Baby Brother

1927 0h 20m EN

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 7

Comedy

Synopsis

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Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby. Farina finds a fellow African-American neighbor woman who lets him mind her infant which he then paints white and sells to Joe. The rest of the gang has set an assembly-line system that washes, dries, rocks, and feeds male and female babies.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Joe Cobb
Joe
Jackie Condon
Jackie
Jean Darling
Jean
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Farina
Jannie Hoskins
Mango
Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Horatio
Scooter Lowry
Scooter
Harry Earles
Gus, one of Barr's midgets

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert A. McGowan
Writers: Hal Roach
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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99 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Our Gang: The Roach/Pathé silents (1922-1928)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Joe Cobb and Jackie Condon and Jean Darling carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0233271 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert A. McGowan directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
299 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Our Gang: The Roach/Pathé silents (1922-1928)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Joe Cobb and Jackie Condon and Jean Darling carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0233271 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.