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Glad Rags To Riches
''Baby Burlesks'' was a series of short films produced by Educational Pictures in the early 1930s. The series featured three-year-old Shirley Temple in her first screen appearance. 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. 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. As a star, Temple, received $10 a day.Black, p. 15; Windeler, p. 111 In 2009, all eight films were available on videocassette and DVD. *''Runt Page'' *''War Babies'' *''Pie Covered Wagon'' *''Glad Rags to Riches'' *''Kid in Hollywood'' *''The Kid's Last Fight'' *''Polly Tix in Washington'' *''Kid 'in' Africa'' See also * Shirley Temple filmography References Works cited * * * External links * * * *''The Kid's Last Fight''at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lamont
Charles Lamont (May 5, 1895 – September 11, 1993) was a prolific filmmaker, directing over 200 titles and producing and writing many others. He directed several Abbott and Costello comedies and many Ma and Pa Kettle films. Biography A California native, Lamont was born in San Francisco. Lamont came from a family of actors, being the fourth generation to be an actor. He appeared onstage while a teenager and started appearing in films from 1919. He worked as a prop man before becoming assistant director. Lamont started directing comedy shorts in 1922, including for Mack Sennett and Al Christie. Some of Lamont's earliest directorial jobs were silent short-subject comedies for Educational Pictures. One of the studio's popular series was ''Juvenile Comedies'', featuring the child actor Malcolm "Big Boy" Sebastian. Lamont directed some of these films, as well as some of the competing " Buster Brown" comedies for Universal Pictures release. Both Educational and Universal figured p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
