GLAD RAGS TO RICHES (1932) Shirley Temple, Eugene Butler & Lawrence Harris | 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
A girl has to decide who to marry: a poor country boy or a rich nightclub owner.

CAST & CREW
Shirley Temple as Nell/La Belle Diaperina
Eugene Butler as Nightclub Owner
Lawrence Harris as Policeman
Georgie Smith as Elmer
Marilyn Granas as The Maid

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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