Seeing the World (1927)
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.
- Date of release
- 1927-02-13
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Robert A. McGowan, Robert F. McGowan
- Collection
- Our Gang: The Roach/Pathé silents (1922-1928)
Casting
- Stan Laurel — English pedestrian
- Joe Cobb — Joe
- Jackie Condon — Jackie
- Johnny Downs — Johnny
- Allen 'Farina' Hoskins — Farina
- Scooter Lowry — Scooter
- Ed Brandenburg — Window washer
- Frank Butler — English pedestrian
- Dorothy Darling — Girl at Pier
- Jean Darling — Jean
- Peggy Eames — Peggy
- James Finlayson — 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
Interesting facts
Seeing the World is a 1927 silent Our Gang film, the 57th in the series, directed by Robert F. McGowan and Anthony Mack. The film features James Finlayson and contains a brief appearance by Stan Laurel, who later wrote: "That 'Seeing the World' is a very bad film, plus the print—I felt sorry for Finlayson practically working alone with nothing funny to do—He made every face in the book in this one!!"
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