Back Stage is a 1923 silent Our Gang silent short subject comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan, that is the 13th entry to be released.
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Plot
The gang meets up with the head of a vaudeville troupe, who enlist them to help him out when his co-stars have abandoned him. They manage to make a complete wreck of the act, and Jack and Joe's bugs get loose in the auditorium, putting the audience into an itching frenzy.
Cast
The Gang
Joe Cobb as Joe
Jackie Condon as Jackie
Mickey Daniels as Mickey
Jack Davis as Jack
Allen "Farina" Hoskins as Farina
Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison as Ernie
Andy Samuel as Andy
Dinah the Mule as Herself
Additional cast
Ivadell Carter as Pansy
James W. Cobb as Audience member disrupted by Farina
Richard Daniels as Audience member slapping spider
William Gillespie as Head of the theater troupe
Wallace Howe as Theater manager
Dick Gilbert as Outside worker
Charley Young as Outside worker
Robert F. McGowan as Man in front of the bus
Production
This was the 13th and final film to be released in the original film series contract. Another contract was written and accepted bringing in more films, starting with Dogs of War.
Sequence
012. Giants vs. Yanks (1923) – proceeds
014. Dogs of War (1923) – succeeds