Baby Brother (1927)

6.5/10 20 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Joe Cobb

Joe

Jackie Condon

Jackie

Jean Darling

Jean

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Farina

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Horatio

Scooter Lowry

Scooter

Harry Earles

Gus, one of Barr's midgets

Anita Garvin

Amorous nursemaid

Oliver Hardy

Ice Man

Mildred Kornman

Jackie's sister

Lyle Tayo

Party guest

Clifton Young

Bonedust

Symona Boniface

Party guest

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