Director: | Charles Lamont Ray Nazarro |
Producer: | Jack Hays |
Released: | - |
Editing: | William Austin Howard Dillinger Arthur Ellis |
Runtime: | 10-11 minutes |
Cinematography: | Sidney Wagner Dwight Warren |
Music: | Alfonso Corelli |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. Fox Film |
Starring: | Shirley Temple Georgie Billings Danny Boone, Jr Eugene Butler Marilyn Granas Philip Hurlic Gloria Anne Mack Arthur J. Maskery Jimmie Milliken Dorian Samson Georgie Smith |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Baby Burlesks was a series of Pre-Code short films produced by Educational Pictures in the early 1930s.[1] The series featured three-year-old Shirley Temple in her first screen appearances. In her autobiography, Temple describes the Baby Burlesks series as "a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence," and that the short films were sometimes racist or sexist.[2]
All eight films in the Baby Burlesks series were produced by Jack Hays and directed by Charles Lamont, except the first, Runt Page, which was directed by Ray Nazarro.[3] As a star, Temple, received $10 a day.[4] In 2009, all eight films were available on videocassette and DVD.
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