Baby Burlesks

&nbsp Baby Burlesks is a one reeler series featuring 8 short subjects produced from 1932 to 1933. The series focuses on pre-schoolers with diapers on the bottom and regular clothes on the top while performing adult roles. The show is sometimes racist or sexist. The show is also notable of featuring child star Shirley Temple as a three year old, also it marks one of her first onscreen appearances, who will in the future do feature films in her successful years in 20th century Fox. The shorts were produced and directed by Charles Lamont and Jack Hays. The show is very similar to the more popular Our Gang series.

Filmography:
1. Runt Page (directed by Ray Nazarro) (1932)

2. War Babies (1932)

3. The Pie-Covered Wagon (1932)

4. Glad Rags to Riches (1933)

5. Kiddin' Hollywood (1933)

6. The Kid's Last Fight (1933)

7. Polly Tix in Washington (1933)

8. Kid in Africa (1933)

Cast Members:
Shirley Temple

Georgie Smith

Eugene Butler

Danny Boone Jr.

Georgie Billings

Tommy Bond

Philip Hurlic

Jimmie Milliken

Arthur J. Maskery

Marilyn Granas

Gloria Anne Mack

Length: 10-11 minutes

Director: Charles Lamont

Producer: Jack Hays

Editor: William Austin, Howard Dillinger, and Arthur Ellis

Cinematographer: Syd Wagner and Dwight Warren

Release Date(s): 1932 and 1933

Writer: Jack Hays and Charles Lamont

Studio: Universal Pictures, Educational Film, Exchanges, Inc., and Fox Film