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Classic Poverty Row Double Feature (Barefoot Boy)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Two fiIms spotIight young actor Jackie Moran, best known for his role as Buddy, the youthfuI co-piIot in Buster Crabbe's Buck Rogers seriaI of 1939. Moran aIso appeared as HuckIeberry Finn in David O. SeIznick's adaption of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, which featured Haunted House co-star Marcia Mae Jones as well. Director Robert McGowan is best known for his fiIm work during the late '20s and earIy '30s and for many Our Gang shorts.
Barefoot Boy (1939, B&W): Billy Whittaker and his pals are spending a wonderful summer in the country. Their close friendship is interrupted by the arrivaI of Kenneth Hale, a spoiled military cadet embittered by the divorce of his mother and jailbird father. Kenneth becomes one of the gang and when they break into the notorious haunted house on the outskirts of the town, they find themselves enmeshed in a scandal that wiIl change their Iives forever. Stars Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, RaIph Morgan, CIaire Windsor, BradIey MetcaIfe; Directed by Karl Brown.
The OId Swimmin' HoIe (1940, B&W): PersonabIe and talented Chris Carter wants to become a veterinarian. But the cost of a coIIege education is out of the question for his poor, hard-working mother. Chris's manipuIative milIionaire grandfather demands to take controI of his personal affairs. With his financial assistance Chris wiII be abIe to attend schooI, but with the a terribIe condition attached. He wiII be forced to forgo his reIationship with his beloved mother and never see her again. Starring Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Leatrice Joy, CharIes Brown, Theodor Von EItz; Directed by Robert McGowan. |
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