One Terrible Day is a 1922 silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters in September 1922 by Pathé.
Wealthy Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a wealthy matron, comes up with the idea of taking a group of local children on an outing to her country estate. Five boys show up at her house and present her secr...
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One Terrible Day is a 1922 silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters in September 1922 by Pathé.
Wealthy Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a wealthy matron, comes up with the idea of taking a group of local children on an outing to her country estate. Five boys show up at her house and present her secretary Alvira, played by Clara Guilol, with their invitations. The five boys are Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, a tall boy wearing glasses and having a snobbish attitude, played by Lincoln Stedman, and the twins, Winston and Weston Doty. Just as Mrs. Van Renssalaer, with her pet monkey, comes out of the house, Ernie Morrison arrives with his little sister Farina in tow in her toy wagon. Neither of these two children have an invitation. When Alvira tells Jackie that he cannot come because he does not have an invitation either, Jackie’s dog chases...
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