Pay As You Exit
- Synopsis
- American comedy short. Hoping to attract customers to Spanky McFarland’s barnyard production of Romeo and Juliet, star performer Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer proposes a ‘pay as you exit’ policy: If the kids like the show, they’ll pay the one-cent admission on the way out. The show is nearly over before it starts when leading lady Darla Hood walks out, complaining that Alfalfa has been eating onions (which, he insists, improve his speaking voice). After stalling for time, Spanky hits upon a replacement for Darla: black youngster Billy ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas, wearing a blonde wig.
- Series
- Our Gang
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1936
- Duration
- 11 mins
Credits
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
- Producer
- Hal Roach
- Cinematographer
- Walter Lundin
- Cast
Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer Alfalfa (Romeo) Darla Hood Darla (Juliet) Eugene ‘Porky’ Lee Porky George ‘Spanky’ McFarland Spanky Joe Cobb Joe
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; Amateur theatre
Notes
- Notes
- Available on DVD as part of THE LITTLE RASCALS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. This version is colourised.
Production Company
- Name
Hal Roach Studio
- Address
- USA
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
- Name
UCLA Film & Television Archive
- arsc@ucla.edu
- Web
- http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (310) 206 5388
- Fax
- (310) 206 5392
- Address
- Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA
Distributor
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Pay As You Exit". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37710 (Accessed 02 Nov 2024)