Little Daddy
About Little Daddy
With their father in jail, Farina is left in charge of his little brother Stymie. The authorities move to put Stymie in an orphanage. Farina plans a going-away party and calls the other kids to stop the man who comes to take him. Stymie is still sent off.
Cast & crew
More about Little Daddy
Robert F. McGowan directed this Our Gang short, the 105th released. H. M. Walker wrote it. Hal Roach produced it. Art Lloyd photographed it. Richard C. Currier edited it. Leroy Shield wrote the music. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it. Allen Hoskins plays Farina. Matthew Beard plays Stymie. Jackie Cooper, Norman Chaney, Bobby Hutchins, and Mary Ann Jackson are billed. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Making
McGowan shot the removal as a neighborhood fight that still loses.
Look
Art Lloyd shot the party and the attempt to stop the removal.
Music
Leroy Shield wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The catalog calls the party a going-away party for the orphanage.
- One plot account says the father was jailed for moonshining.
- The kids' fight does not keep Stymie.
- It is short number 105 in the series.
Scenes
- Farina calls the kids when the man comes for Stymie.
- Stymie is taken anyway.
