Series: Our Gang Director: Charles Parrott, Robert F. McGowan Producer: Hal Roach Titles: H.M. Walker Photography: Harry W. Gerstad, Art Lloyd, Robert Doran Editor: Stars: Mickey Daniels, Walter Wilkinson, Allen Hoskins, Jack Davis, Jackie Condon, Joe Cobb, Ernest Morrison, Mary Kornman Company: Pathé Exchange Released: 16 November 1924 Length: 2 reels Production No.: A-16 Filming dates: March 5-15, 1923; retakes June 13-21, 1924 Rating: 3/10

Fast Company

Mickey is in bed being irritated by a fly on his face when the milkman arrives. His dog runs to the house with the bottle in his mouth and then pulls Mickey out of bed with the use of a rope. Meanwhile over at the Cobb residence, Joe's parents are arguing in the kitchen. Joe's mother is repeatedly hitting his father over the head with a rolling pin and each time he hits the ground the whole house rattles. Joe gets out of bed and goes downstairs to give his mother the linnament for his father's sores! The McChicken brothers (Jack and Jackie) are messing about at a water pump whilst Farina is out with Ernie on their horse and laundry wagon. Farina sees a garden hose on a lawn nearby and wanders off to get a drink from it. A young boy hides behind a wall and begins controlling the flow of water to the hose, turning it off every time Farina goes to put his mouth up to the nozzle. Farina leaves with Ernie and after hooking up with the McChicken boys and Joe they find Mickey and ask him to go swimming with them but Mickey has to deliver some eggs instead. A woman (HELEN GILMORE) from the Traveler's Aid Society receives a telegram advising her to pick up 'Little Rondamere' from the train station and take him to a hotel to wait for his mother to arrive. Little Rondamere walks off and finds Mickey delivering his eggs. After some talk between them they decide to switch places so that Mickey can get taken to the hotel instead. Mickey gets collected from the station and taken to the hotel by Helen, whilst Rondamere bumps into Mickey's friends and explains the deal. In the hotel lobby whilst checking in, Helen tells Mickey to help tie her shoelaces so he gets down and ties her laces to the laces of the woman standing next to her (turns out to be Mary's mother) and down they both go.

Rondamere and Mickey share a brief telephone exchange before one of the hotel guest's pet monkey jumps on board Mickey's goat and causes havoc in the hotel lobby. The goat pulls away and starts running through the hotel, ramming into all the guests and making them fall over. The monkey jumps to a balcony where it finds an open box of fireworks and begins launching them onto the ground from above. The kids run after the runaway goat, and they are all followed by the bellboys and chaos ensues. Eventually the boys are escorted from the hotel by the doorman and staff. Mickey, who is upstairs in the hotel, opens a window and tells the others to climb up via the fire escape ladder. They all make it safely into the room through the window (including the goat) as Mickey finds Mary and encourages her to join him and his friends. A pedestrian informs a passing cop that she saw the boys climb up and into the first floor window and so he goes to investigate. Mickey locks the cop in the room and the kids escape through the hotel and hide inside The Cocoanut Grove. Joe sits in a cooking pot as the others dance around him wearing face paint. A monkey spills the contents of a coconut into the tuba Jack is playing and everybody gets sprayed with coconut milk. Joe, who thinks it's all funny, cracks open his coconut as well and sprays the boys with even more milk. The milkman arrives and sees the kids and decides to chase them all. The boys scatter throughout the hotel, leading one guest to jump out of a window. The goat runs amok and eventually the boys are rounded up by the bellboys and escorted out of the hotel. They go and sit down on a bench but leave when two men sit down and begin smoking. And that is how it ends.

Favourite bit When all the boys climb up the fire escape ladder and through the window into the room where Mickey is. Followed by the goat!

Trivia • Copyrighted October 2, 1924. • Film #16 in the series. • Filming began in March 1923 but was halted and wasn't completed until June 1924, during which time 16 more films in the series were made. • The telegram in the film says January 4th, while the calendar on the wall is January 1924. • Sante Fe station was the shooting location for the scenes where Little Rondamere waits to be collected, and then later when Mickey switches places with him. • At least one source lists Dell Henderson and Lyle Tayo in the film. It is believed this is a case of mistaken identity for Jules Mendel and Dorothy Vernon respectively. Charlie Hall is also listed by other sources but this is also a disputed credit. • This was the last appearance from Ernest Morrison in the series. • I constructed the plot summary by using three different prints of the film, all with varying degrees of quality. My opinion • It's all over the place! Not much makes sense, seems very random and made up as they went along. There is nothing really interesting or important about the film and there are parts (such as Mary Kornman) that begin and then just vanishes for the rest of the film. In short, it's a muddled mess.

	Mickey Daniels Mickey
	Walter Wilkinson Little Rondamere Von Swell
	Allen Hoskins Farina
	Jack Davis McChicken brother
	Jackie Condon McChicken brother
	Joe Cobb Joe
	Ernest Morrison Ernie
	Mary Kornman Mary
	Lassie Lou Ahern Mary's sister
	Jack Hill Milkman/Doorman
	Monte Collins Sr. Mickey's grandfather
	Hal Roach Jr. Boy who douses Farina with hose
	Helen Gilmore Woman from the Traveler's Aid Society
	Anna Magruder Joe's mother
	Martin Wolfkeil Joe's father
	Roy Brooks Desk clerk
	Charles Meakin Desk clerk
	Chester Bachman Policeman
	Al Hallett Man falling out of window
	Dorothy Vernon Woman whose hat blows up
	Julia Griffith Hotel guest
	Joe Forte Fireworks saleman
	Jules Mendel Fireworks salesman's associate
	Philip Sleeman Hotel guest
	Louis Natheaux Hotel guest
	Charles Lloyd Bellboy
	Sam Lufkin Bellboy
	George Rowe Bellboy
	Jack Ackroyd Bellboy
	Jack O'Brien Bellboy
	Al Flores Bellboy [*image is from a lobby card]
	Sammy Brooks Bellboy [*image is from a lobby card]
	UNIDENTIFIED Secretary
	UNIDENTIFIED Hotel guest with monkey
	UNIDENTIFIED Laughing bellboy [*possibly Clarence Morehouse or Sam Lufkin]
	UNIDENTIFIED Woman who summons the cop
	UNIDENTIFIED Woman in bathroom

INTERTITLES (click image to enlarge)

LOBBY CARDS (click any image to enlarge)

SHOT ON THE BACK LOT (click any image to enlarge)

SHOT ON LOCATION (click any image to enlarge)

Acknowledgements: The Little Rascals: The Life And Times Of Our Gang by Leonard Maltin & Richard W. Bann (book) http://www.theluckycorner.com/rps/016.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Jesse Brisson (identification of Jules Mendel, Joe Forte, Dorothy Vernon, Sam Lufkin, George Rowe, Jack Ackroyd, Al Flores, Jack O'Brien, Jack Hill, Monte Collins Sr, Charles Meakin, Philip Sleeman, Louis Natheaux, Julia Griffith) This page was last updated on: 12 July 2025