KID IN HOLLYWOOD (1933) Shirley Temple, Georgie Billings & Gloria Ann Mack | Comedy | B&W

Baby Burlesks was a series of Pre-Code short films produced by Educational Pictures in the early 1930s. 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.

SYNOPSIS
An aspiring actress is rejected by casting, but gets her chance to perform when the star doesn't feel like performing. The cast is all young children, performing adult roles.

CAST & CREW
Shirley Temple as Morelegs Sweettrick
Georgie Billings as Yes-Man #1
Gloria Ann Mack as freta Snobo
Georgie Smith as Jawn Sourpuss
Danny Boone Jr. as Yes-Man # 3
Marilyn Granas as Phone Operator
Philip Hurlic as Porter
Bobby 'Wheezer'Hutchins as Stagehand (cameo)
Arthur J.Maskery as Frightwig von Stumblebum

Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Jack Hays, Charles Lamont
Produced by Jack Hays
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 April 11, 1931 - November 6, 1933
Running time 10-11 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
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.

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