Fast Company is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 32nd Our Gang short subject to be released.
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Plot
Mickey trades places with a little rich boy, who is staying at a ritzy hotel. Mayhem ensues when the gang invades the hotel to look for Mickey and discover the snooty society ladies, a mischievous monkey, and a fireworks salesman. Later, the gang dress up as cannibals and organize a mock-tribal ritual.
Production notes
Regular Our Gang director Robert F. McGowan was injured in a fall after a camera platform collapsed, rendering him unable to work for several months. Director Charles Parrott stepped in for the ailing McGowan but was called away to New York City to address corporate matters and the unfinished film was shelved indefinitely. McGowan eventually resurrected production and completed the film nearly a year later. This resulted in appearances from Our Gang members Ernie Morrison and Jack Davis who had already left the series but returned to complete Fast Company.
When the silent Pathé Our Gang comedies were syndicated for television as "The Mischief Makers" in 1960, Fast Company was retitled The Big Switch.
Cast
The Gang
Joe Cobb — Joe
Jackie Condon — Jackie McChicken
Mickey Daniels — Mickey
Allen Hoskins — Farina
Jack Davis — Jack McChicken
Mary Kornman — Mary
Ernie Morrison — Ernie
Dinah the Mule
Additional cast
Lassie Lou Ahern — Mary's sister
Hal Roach Jr. — boy teasing Farina
Walter Wilkinson — Rondamere Von Swell
Charles A. Bachman — police officer
Helen Gilmore — Traveler's Aid Society woman
Charlie Hall — bellboy
Del Henderson — hotel guest
Lyle Tayo — hotel guest
Charley Young — man falling out of a window