One Terrible Day

One Terrible Day is a 1922 American silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roachs Our Gang Little Rascals series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the tworeel short was released to theaters on September 10, 1922 by Path.

Wealthy Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, upon hearing of a rival socialites gathering of settlement children for a lawn fete, decides to conduct a similar picnic of her own. Five boys show up at her house and present her secretary Alvira, played by Clara Guilol, with their invitations. The five boys are Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, a tall boy wearing glasses and having a snobbish attitude, and the twins, Winston and Weston Doty. Just as Mrs. Van Renssalaer, with her pet monkey, comes out of the house, Booker T. Bacon arrives with his little sister Farina in tow in her toy wagon. Neither of these two children have an invitation. When Alvira tells Jackie that he cannot come because he does not have an invitation either, Jackies dog chases her down the street until she is forced to climb a tree out of fright. The monkey gets excited and jumps down, to be chased by Mrs. Van Renssalaers chauffeur, played by William Gillespie, who gets doused with water when the monkey finds a garden hose and turns it on him. When things finally settle down, Mrs. Van Renssalaer, Alvira, the chauffeur, and the five boys get into the limousine. Unbeknownst to them, however, Booker and Jackie stow away on the tailgate with Jackies dog sitting beside them, and Farina being pulled along in her little toy wagon.After they get going, Mickey starts flying his kite behind the car, but Mrs. Van Renssalaers monkey grabs the kites tail and is hoisted up into the sky. When the string breaks, the monkey falls. The chauffeur has to get out of the car and rescue the monkey and when he returns, he discovers the stowaways in the rear of the limousine. Mrs. Van Renssalaer tells him to let all the children and the dog ride in the car. After they get going again, the limousine has a blowout. While the chauffeur is changing the tire, the kids start playing with the unused tire. When the chauffeur gets his tire back, he tries to replace it on the car, but the kids continue to pester him. He picks one child up an

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