Once again in dire financial straits, the Pepper family is forced to pull up stakes and head westward. A bit too syrupy sweet for modern tastes, Five Little Peppers at Home is redeemed by the cynical performance of Rex Evans as a sneering butler. After a slow-moving hour or so, the film picks up tremendously in the final reel when the kids are trapped in a copper mine cave-in, sparking a tension-filled rescue effect. This time around, Polly and the kids try to figure out a way to save their mother (Dorothy Peterson) from bankruptcy, with the help of crusty-but-lovable Mr. The plucky family finally garners a fortune when it is discovered that Polly has inherited the controlling shares in a mine that the grandfather wants to purchase. King moves the Pepper clan into his mansion. After the devoted Polly collapses from working too hard, Mr.

They all wind up stuck together in a quarantined house. Trouble ensues when the littlest Pepper comes down with the measles and infects Jasper and his grandfather, Mr. Polly's newest friend is Jasper, a rich kid who likes to play with the Pepper kids. In this, the first entry in four-part series, children's movie, Polly Pepper takes care of her siblings while her mother toils at a factory. The rest of the kids were Charles Peck as Ben, Tommy Bond of 'Our Gang' as Davie, Bobby Larson as Joey, and Dorothy Ann Seese as Phronsie.įIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW (1939) The four films were vehicles for Columbia's juvenile star Edith Fellows, who played Polly. The Pepper books were the inspiration for a brief series of feature films produced by Columbia Pictures in 1939-40. It covers the lives of the five children of Mamsie and the late Mister Pepper who are born into poverty in a rural 'little brown house'. The Five Little Peppers book series was created by Margaret Sidney from 1881 to 1916. THIS RARE MOVIE COLLECTION HAS NOW BEEN TOTALLY REPACKAGED IN A 4 DVD SET.

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