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Bupp Filmology
Week Twenty-Two

"Little Men" 1934

MOVIE NAME:  LITTLE MEN
STUDIO: MASCOT PICTURES
PRODUCER: NAT LEVINE
DIRECTOR: PHIL ROSEN
DATE: 1934
TYPE: HISTORICAL,DRAMA
CAST:
RALPH MORGAN as Professor Bhaer, ERIN O'BRIEN-MOORE as Jo Bhaer, JUNIOR DURKIN as Franz, CORA SUE COLLINS as Daisy , PHYLLIS FRASER as Mary Anne, ROBERT CARLTON as Laurie, FINIS BARTON as Amy, FRANKIE DARRO as Dan, DAVID DURAND as Nat Blake, DICKIE MOORE as Demi, TAD ALEXANDER as Jack, BUSTER PHELPS as Dick, TOMMY BUPP as Tommy Bangs, RONNIE CROSBY as Rob Bhaer, BOBBY COX as Stuffy , DICKIE JONES as Dolly, HATTIE McDANIEL as Asia, JACQUELINE TAYLOR as Nan

SOURCE:  AFI, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940

STORY:   In 1871, at New England's Plumfield School for Boys, Professor Bhaer and his wife Jo, lovingly instruct and care for all their boys. Then comes Nat, a street orphan, sent to the school by a benefactor, who quickly becomes part of the happy farmhouse school. Nat becomes a friend and partner of Tommy Bangs, saving money by collecting and selling eggs. Nat runs into Dan, a friend from his street days, and takes him to Plumfield. Bhaer resists allowing Dan to stay, believing him to be a bad influence on the other boys, but Jo talks him into letting the boy stay. Dan soon earns a reputation as a trouble maker, but promises to do better and stays out of trouble for several months. Then one of Tommy's dollar bills is discovered missing and Dan is suspected. Dan is falsely accused and sent to a reformatory by the Professor, but runs away after being flogged by the headmaster. Jack eventually confesses and Professor Bhaer feels guilty and unsuccessfully searches for Dan. At a gloomy Thanksgiving dinner, Bhaer's son Teddy, finds Dan in the barn hiding under a haystack, and brings him inside to a happy and tearful reunion.

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