Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
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| 5 Little Peppers and How They Grew | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Barton |
| Screenplay by | Nathalie Bucknall Jefferson Parker |
| Story by | J. Robert Bren Gladys Atwater |
| Produced by | Jack Fier (producer) Irving Briskin (executive producer) |
| Starring | Edith Fellows Charles Peck Tommy Bond Jimmy Leake Dorothy Anne Seese |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | James Sweeney |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | August 22, 1939 |
Running time | 58 minutes |
| Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
| Sprache | Englisch |
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is a 1939 American black and white film. It is the first Five Little Peppers film.
Plot
Mrs. Pepper and her 5 children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie are a poor but happy family. Mrs. Pepper's husband, John Pepper (a mine engineer) died when the copper mine he half owned caved in on him. Teenage Polly inherited his share of the mine, which her father wanted her to keep at least until she came of age, despite him never finding copper in it. Polly looks after the other Pepper children while Mrs. Pepper is at work. By happenchance, Polly and Joey meet rich but lonely teenager Jasper King, who ends up befriending the Pepper children. Jasper lives with his wealthy grandfather, J.H. King, who ignores Jasper as he is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. J.H. has no interest in Jasper befriending the Peppers until he learns who they are as J.H. has bought the other half of the mine and wants Polly's half as cheaply as possible to start developing it. Hiding his true intentions, J.H. starts spending time with the Peppers, plying them with gifts. But J.H is forced to spend more time with the Peppers than he expected and the Pepper children grow to love J.H. and Jasper- but will that change when they discover J.H.'s secret plans?
Cast
- Edith Fellows as Polly
- Charles Peck as Ben
- Tommy Bond as Joey
- Jimmy Leake as Davie
- Dorothy Ann Seese as Phronsie
- Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Pepper
- Ronald Sinclair as Jasper
- Clarence Kolb as Mr. King
- Leonard Carey as Martin