Come Back, Miss Pipps Explained

Come Back Miss Pipps
Director:Edward Cahn
Cinematography:Clyde De Vinna
Editing:Leon Borgeau
Distributor:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country:United States
Language:English

Come Back Miss Pipps is a 1941 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 198th Our Gang short to be released.[1] The tile evokes MGM's British schoolteacher film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and was Clarence Wilson's final film appearance.

Plot

Upon learning that Mr. Pratt, the mean old school board chairman, has fired their beloved teacher Miss Pipps because she threw a birthday party for one of her students during class, the gang decides to invite their parents to a special performance of a play exposing Pratt's injustices in running the school. As a result, he's demoted to caretaker, while Mr. Swenson is justifiably promoted to Pratt's former position...and Miss Pipps returns. Yet, compassion is shown to Mr. Pratt when his birthday is honored.

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maltin . Leonard . Bann . Richard W. . Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals . 1977 . Crown Publishers . 242 . 978-0-517-52675-0 . 3 March 2024.