Dad for a Day is a 1939 Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

short comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 184th Our Gang short (185th episode, 96th talking short, 97th talking episode, and 16th MGM produced episode) that was released.

Plot

While planning to participate in the annual Fathers and Sons Day Picnic, the Our Gang kids are reminded that their pal Mickey has no father. The kids prevail upon friendly gas-station owner Mr. Henry to act as Mickey's surrogate dad during the festivities. Not only does Mr. Henry win every competition, but he also works up enough nerve to propose to Mickey's widowed mother (he'll appear again in "All About Hash

All About Hash

All About Hash is a 1940 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 189th Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:...

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Cast

• Mickey Gubitosi
  Robert Blake (actor)
  Robert Blake is an American actor who starred in the film In Cold Blood and the U.S. television series Baretta. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife, but on November 18, 2005, Blake was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.-Early...
  
   (later known as Robert Blake) as Mickey
• George McFarland
  George McFarland
  George Robert Phillips "Spanky" McFarland was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s...
  
   as Spanky
• Carl Switzer
  Carl Switzer
  Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer was an American child actor, professional dog breeder and hunting guide, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters.-Early life and family:Switzer was born in Paris,...
  
   as Alfalfa
• Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
• Leonard Landy
  Leonard Landy
  Leonard Landy is an American former child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1938 to 1941....
  
   as Leonard
• Darwood Kaye as Club member
• Tommy McFarland as Club member
• Louis Jean Heydt
  Louis Jean Heydt
  Louis Jean Heydt [April 17, 1905 - January 29, 1960] was an American Film, TV, and Theatre character actor from Montclair, New Jersey.-Early life:Heydt was born in Montclair New Jersey and Educated at Worcester Academy and Dartmouth College...
  
   as Mickey's surrogate dad, Bill Henry
• Mary Baker
  Mary Baker
  Mary Baker was an English painter of portraits and portrait miniatures.She was born in London and produced works for the Society of Arts, as well as exhibiting miniatures and portraits at the Royal Academy over a fourteen year period...
  
   as Mickey's mother
• Tom Herbert as gas station patron
• Mary Treen
  Mary Treen
  -Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
   as receptionist
• Milton Parsons as Mr. Kincade, father of triplets
• Arthur Q Brian as father who presents the awards
• Walter Sande
  Walter Sande
  Walter Sande was an American actor, notable for film roles including Paul Revere in Walt Disney's Johnny Tremain....
  
  as extra