Commencement Day 
 
(1924)

Comedy / Family / Silent

20 minutes

Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Mark Goldaine

Cast:

Jackie Condon as Jackie
Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison as Sunshine Sammy   
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins as Farina
Mickey Daniels as Mickey
Joe Cobb as Joe
Mary Kornman as Mary
Gabe Saienz as Snoozer, the bully
Andy Samuel as Andy
Lyle Tayo as Mary's mother
George B. French as School teacher
Helen Gilmore as Joe's mother
Jannie Hoskins as Mango
Gus Leonard as Parent
Dorothy Vernon as Mickey 's mother
Charley Young as Parent
Dinah the Mule as Dinah 

Released in 1924 by Pathe’, Commencement Day is an Our Gang / Little Rascals silent comedy short directed by Robert F. McGowan and Mark Goldaine.

A program of performances by the students is arranged for the last day of school, but things go wrong in a hurry.   Mickey , with a crush on Mary, gets in a fight with another boy over her.  Jackie and Farina, both with younger siblings in the one-room school house, have trouble keeping them in hand.  Eventually Farina falls into the school’s well and when the adults are outside trying to rescue him the rest of the gang gets into a food fight inside.  Finally, the graduation day ceremonies are over, and school is out!