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Playin’ Hookey (1928) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1928 · 29 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Robert A. McGowan
- Starring
- Jean Darling, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins, Jay R. Smith
Wheezer watches with delight as his dog Pansy tears through chickens and backyard furniture, prompting his mother’s anger and his father’s decision to fetch his rifle to shoot the animal. Meanwhile, Joe Cobb has trained Pansy to play dead; after the ruse, he slips the dog into Farina’s house for safety.
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