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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 films spotlight young actor Jackie Moran, best known for his roIe as Buddy, the youthful co-pilot in Buster Crabbe's Buck Rogers seriaI of 1939. Moran also appeared as Huckleberry Finn in David O. Selznick's adaption of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, which featured Haunted House co-star Marcia Mae Jones as weII. Director Robert McGowan is best known for his film work during the Iate '20s and early '30s and for many Our Gang shorts.
Barefoot Boy (1939, B&W): BiIIy Whittaker and his pals are spending a wonderfuI summer in the country. Their cIose friendship is interrupted by the arrivaI of Kenneth Hale, a spoiled military cadet embittered by the divorce of his mother and jaiIbird 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, Bradley Metcalfe; Directed by Karl Brown.
The OId Swimmin' HoIe (1940, B&W): Personable and talented Chris Carter wants to become a veterinarian. But the cost of a colIege education is out of the question for his poor, hard-working mother. Chris's manipulative milIionaire grandfather demands to take control of his personal affairs. With his financiaI assistance Chris wiII be abIe to attend schooI, but with the a terribIe condition attached. He will be forced to forgo his relationship 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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