Going Ga-Ga
About Going Ga-Ga
Anita Garvin and Marion Byron take a baby that was handed to them and sneak it into an orphanage. They then learn the child was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward they go back at night, dressed as men to get past the curfew, and try to get him out. Max Davidson plays a detective who is already watching them.
Cast & crew
More about Going Ga-Ga
James W. Horne directed, with Gilbert Pratt. Leo McCarey wrote the scenario and supervised the production. He did not direct it. Art Lloyd photographed. H. M. Walker wrote the titles. William Terhune edited. Hal Roach produced. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it on January 5, 1929. Two reels. Warren Mills plays the baby. Edgar Kennedy and Kay Deslys are billed. A fragmentary 35mm print with Czech titles is at the Národní filmový archiv. The film is in the public domain in the United States.
Themes
Look
Art Lloyd photographed the orphanage and the night return.
Preservation
Fragmentary. A 35mm positive with Czech intertitles is at the Národní filmový archiv. Public domain in the United States.
Notes
- The night break-in is in men's clothes, to beat the orphanage curfew.
- McCarey supervised. Horne directed.
- What survives is a fragment, not a complete two-reeler.
- The Czech archive holds the 35mm piece.
Scenes
- They smuggle the baby in, then learn whose child he is.
- Dressed as men, they go back after dark.
Also available
- Národní filmový archiv
