Name: Movie From the Past - War Babies - 1932
Uploaded: 2024-04-24T23:32:09+00:00
Duration: 9 min 17 s
Description: War Babies is a 1932 American comedy short film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the second in a series of eight one-reelers that satirized adult films and themes called Baby Burlesks. The casts in t

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Entertainment Babies & Kids War Babies is a 1932 American comedy short film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the second in a series of eight one-reelers that satirized adult films and themes called Baby Burlesks. The casts in the series are pre-schoolers dressed in adult costumes on top and diapers fastened with large safety pins on the bottom. War Babies takes place in a cafe where children pose as adults specifically musicians soldiers a bar keep and a dancer. The short film stars Shirley Temple who was three at the time of filming. War Babies was Temple's first speaking role and she has her first onscreen kiss with Eugene Butler.[1] Others in the cast are Georgie Billings Philip Hurlic Ted Frye

War Babies is a 1932 American comedy short film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the second in a series of eight one-reelers that satirized adult films and themes called Baby Burlesks. The casts in the series are pre-schoolers dressed in adult costumes on top and diapers fastened with large safety pins on the bottom. War Babies takes place in a cafe, where children pose as adults, specifically musicians, soldiers, a bar keep, and a dancer.

The short film stars Shirley Temple, who was three at the time of filming. War Babies was Temple's first speaking role and she has her first onscreen kiss with Eugene Butler.[1] Others in the cast are Georgie Billings, Philip Hurlic, Ted Frye, Georgie Smith, and Ashley Shepherd. In 2009, the film was available on DVD.

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