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The ’Fraidy Cat
(1924) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by James G. Parrott (James Parrott)

Cast: Charley Chase [Jimmy Jump], Beth Darlington [Dorothy, the doctor’s daughter], Earl Mohan [Lem Tucker, the village sheik], Helen Gilmore [Lem’s mother], Emma Tansey [Jimmy’s mother], Joe Cobb [one of the gang], Mickey Daniels [one of the gang], Ernest Morrison [one of the gang]

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Presented by Hal Roach. / Premiered 10 March 1924 in New York, New York. Released 30 March 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot 4-9 December 1923.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - Animals: Horses - Brooms - Chases - Children - Dummies - Families: Mother-son relationships - Fences: Picket - Flowers - Medical: Doctors - Our Gang - Revenge - Slingshots - Street scenes - Transportation: Buggies

Listing updated: 12 October 2014.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Kerr-Silent p. 111 : ClasIm-298 p. 19 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.