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1923
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
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The 'secretary' of a busy newspaperman is revealed to be a cherubic small child, Baby Peggy. When a rich woman's pearl necklace is stolen, Baby Peggy's employer promises to make the reporter who cracks the case Editor-in-Chief. The little girl seizes the opportunity, and - several disguises and chases later, with the grudging aid of the office-boy - duly returns with the jewels to achieve promotion, with all the adults scurrying to serve her.
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Cast
Baby Peggy Buddy Williams James T. Kelley Blanche Payson
DirectorDirector
Alfred J. Goulding
StoryStory
Alfred J. Goulding
Executive ProducersExec. Producers
Abe Stern Julius Stern
Studio
Century Film
Country
USA
Primary Language
English
Spoken Language
No spoken language
Genre
Comedy
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Theatrical
30 May 1923
USA
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Review by Naveed Chowdhury
At first this seemed like it would only be entertaining if you really love the idea of small children dressed up as adults and doing adult things, but my heart is not too hard to be won over by the sight of a small child being flung out a second-story window.
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Review by Portsman ★★★
This played before Girl Shy at the Music Box. Really incredible premise here: a 4 year old child is a genuine reporter for a newspaper. It feels like something out of the 90s, except it's the 20s and the film seems to delight in being hilariously cruel to the titular character. We see her get thrown out of windows, dragged by cars, and tossed every where. A lot of the laughs at the theater came from the sheer shock of seeing how cruel the film was to the kid.
But it's all in good, silly fun. A cute movie that inspired me to look into Baby Peggy after - a child actor whose parents squandered all the money she made in these films. She ended up becoming an advocate for child actors ever - and I can see why.
Fascinating artifact and still very funny.
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Review by Robert Loerzel ★★★
With Jay Warren on organ. Part of a double feature with "Girl Shy."
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Review by jsabath ★★★★★
They tossed that baby out the window! WTF!
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Review by allison ★★★★★
kids doing adult stuff has always been funny!
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Review by annaloisa ★★★★★
this little girl looked identical to me as a child, literally did a double take bc i forgot when i starred in a black and white short in the 1920s abt a kid reporter out for blood
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Review by Elliott
when little peggy came out in the suit and mustache i was sold!
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Review by Julia Lutz ★★★
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