''Minding the Baby'' is a 1931

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Talkartoon

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film starring

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and Bimbo.

Synopsis

Bimbo's mom has fallen out with her husband and has had an

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with the ice man. Bimbo's mother goes shopping and leaves Bimbo in charge of his baby brother, Aloysius.

wants Bimbo to come over to her house to play. Bimbo then sneaks over to Betty's. Aloysius misbehaves while Bimbo is over at Betty's apartment. Aloysius then uses a vacuum cleaner and vacuums Betty and Bimbo from next door and his mother from off the street. Bimbo's mother is furious, as Betty, Bimbo and Aloysius hide behind a chair in Bimbo's apartment. Aloysius starts to cry, Bimbo then zips his brother's mouth shut.

References

External links

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''Minding the Baby'' at the Cartoon Database
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