Baby Brother
About Baby Brother
Rich Joe Cobb wants a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the Our Gang children, and he offers three dollars for a baby. Farina finds a neighbor who will let him mind her infant, paints the baby white, and sells the child to Joe. The rest of the gang runs a line that washes, dries, rocks, and feeds babies. Oliver Hardy plays the nursemaid's boyfriend.
Cast & crew
More about Baby Brother
Robert A. McGowan directed the 61st Our Gang short. Art Lloyd photographed it. It is Bobby Hutchins's first appearance. He plays Horatio and later became known as Wheezer. Jean Darling, Allen Hoskins, Jackie Condon, and Jannie Hoskins are in the gang.
Themes
Look
Art Lloyd shot the short, including the baby-washing line.
Notes
- Harry Earles appears as Gus, one of Barr's midgets. Anita Garvin plays the amorous nursemaid.
- Eulalie Jensen and Lincoln Plumer play Joe's mother and father.
- Symona Boniface and Lyle Tayo are party guests.
Scenes
- Joe offers three dollars for a baby.
- Farina paints a neighbor's infant and sells the child to Joe.
