Baby Burlesks Explained

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]

Filmography

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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  1. Black, p. 15; Windeler p. 111
  2. Black, p. 14
  3. Black, p. 15
  4. Black, p. 15; Windeler, p. 111