THE PIE-COVERED WAGON (1932) Shirley Temple, Georgie Smith & Eugene Butler | Comedy, Western | B&W

Baby Burlesks was a series of Pre-Code short films produced by Educational Pictures in the early 1930s. The series featured three-year-old Shirley Temple in her first screen appearances. In her autobiography, Temple describes the Baby Burlesks series as "a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence," and that the short films were sometimes racist or sexist.

SYNOPSIS
Bizarre little novelty short about a wagon train crossing the Plains, being stopped by the Indians.... and all the actors are little children in diapers!

CAST & CREW
Shirley Temple as Shirley
Georgie Smith as George
Eugene Butler as Gene
Philip Hurlic as Dynamite
Arthur J. Maskery as Indian Chief
Jimmie Milliken as Baby

Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Jack Hays, Charles Lamont
Produced by Jack Hays
Cinematography Sidney Wagner, Dwight Warren
Edited by William Austin, Howard Dillinger, Arthur Ellis
Music by Alfonso Corelli
Distributed by Universal Pictures, Educational Film Exchanges, Inc., Fox Film
Release dates April 11, 1931 - November 6, 1933
Running time 10-11 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
All eight films in the Baby Burlesks series were produced by Jack Hays and directed by Charles Lamont, except the first, Runt Page, which was directed by Ray Nazarro.[2] As a star, Temple, received $10 a day.

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