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]
| Baby Burlesks | |
|---|---|
 Shirley Temple in Glad Rags to Riches (1933) | |
| Directed by | Charles Lamont Ray Nazarro |
| Written by | Jack Hays Charles Lamont |
| Produced by | Jack Hays |
| 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 |
| Cinematography | Sidney Wagner Dwight Warren |
| Edited by | William Austin Howard Dillinger Arthur Ellis |
| Music by | Alfonso Corelli |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. Fox Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 10-11 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Filmography edit
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.
- 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 edit
References edit
Works cited
- Black, Shirley Temple (1988), Child Star: an Autobiography, New York: Warner Books, Inc., ISBN 0-446-35792-8
- Edwards, Anne (1988), Shirley Temple: American Princess, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Windeler, Robert (1992) [1978], The Films of Shirley Temple, New York: Carol Publishing Group, pp. 17, 111–129, ISBN 0-8065-0725-X
External links edit
- The Runt Page at IMDb
- The Pie-Covered Wagon at IMDb
- Glad Rags to Riches at IMDb
- Kid in Hollywood at IMDb
- The Kid's Last Fight at the Internet Movie Database
- Polly Tix in Washington at IMDb
- Kid 'in Africa at IMDb
- War Babies at the Internet Archive
- Partial script from Polly-Tix in Washington at the IMDB
