Olympic Games is a 1927 short silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 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 Robert A. McGowan

Robert A. McGowan

Robert Anthony McGowan was an American screenwriter and film director.-Biography:Born in Denver, Colorado, McGowan is best known as a junior director for the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1926 to 1930, and as the co-writer of the series during the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer period from 1938 to...

. It was the 63rd 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 subject released.

Plot

The Gang competes in their version of the Olympics. As the boys try their hand at shot put, pole vault, and hurdles, Wheezer arrives and begins to teach Minnie how to do a Razzberry. They secretly Razzles the Gang, and the gang keeps beating up an outsider who they accuse of the Razzles. Hilarious action as Farina tries the shot put. Then later exhibits an exceptional pole vault. Poor Joe has troubles with the pull up bar and a javelin. Peggy and Jean arrive to cheer on their hero - Joe. A rival gang appears and begins to pelt the kids with eggs and tomatoes. The Gang returns fire and hilarity results. They eventually catch Wheezer and Minnie razzing them; and they confront Wheezer. Wheezer sics Minnie on the Gang as they run away, Minnie on their heels.

Cast

• Allen Hoskins - Farina
• Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
• Joe Cobb
  Joe Cobb
  Joe Frank Cobb was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929...
  
   - Joe
• Jackie Condon
  Jackie Condon
  John Michael "Jackie" Condon was an American child actor who was a regular on the Our Gang short series during the Pathé silent era.-Career:...
  
   - Jackie
• Jay R. Smith
  Jay R. Smith
  Jay Roger Smith was an American former child actor who replaced Mickey Daniels as the "freckle-faced kid" of the Our Gang series in 1925. He continued appearing in the shorts until 1929.-Our Gang:...
  
   - Jay
• Harry Spear
  Harry Spear
  Harry Spear was a former American child actor, notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929...
  
   - Harry
• Paul Toien - Our Gang member
• Johnny Aber - Rival kid
• Peggy Ahearn - Peggie
• Jean Darling
  Jean Darling
  Jean Darling is a former American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. She remains the last surviving cast member from the silent era.-Career:...
  
   - Jean
• Pete the Dog - Minnie
• Jannie Hoskins - Mango
• Mildred Kornman
  Mildred Kornman
  Mildred Kornman , also known as Ricki VanDusen, is a former American child actress.Mildred, the younger sister of Mary Kornman, leading lady of the silent film Our Gang series, was featured as a regular in the series from 1926–1928 and made more appearances from 1929 until 1935...
  
   - Joe's little sister
• Scooter Lowry - Undetermined role
• Joseph Metzger - Undetermined role
• Robert Parrish
  Robert Parrish
  Robert R. Parrish was an American actor, film editor, film director, and writer. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body and Soul....
  
  - Undetermined role