Week Fifty-Three
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| "Pepper" 1936 |
MOVIE NAME: PEPPER
STUDIO: TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX
PRODUCER: SOL M. WURTZEL
DIRECTOR: JAMES TINLING
DATE: 1936
TYPE: YOUTH, COMEDY
CAST:
JANE WITHERS as Pepper Jolly , IRVIN S. COBB as John Taylor, SLIM SUMMERVILLE as Uncle Ben Jolly , DEAN JAGGER as Bob O'Ryan, MURIEL ROBERT as Helen Wilkes , IVAN LEBEDEFF as Baron Von Stofel, MAURICE CASS as Doctor, TOMMY BUPP, as Jimmy , ROMAINE CALLENDER as Butler
SOURCE: A F I, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940
SONG: "Song of the Coyotes"
AKA: Public Nuisance #1
STORY: Pepper and her gang organize to raise eleven dollars for Mrs. Donahue, a mother of twins, to pay her rent. Ben Jolly, a street sweeper and Pepper's uncle, witnesses Helen Wilkes, daughter of millionaire John Taylor Wilkes, run down a vegetable cart as she and her fiancé, Baron Von Stofel as she speeds away in her convertible. Officer Bob O'Ryan, takes her and the baron to police headquarters despite her protests that she is to be married the next day. After raising only $6.22, Pepper sneaks into Mr. Wilkes's sitting room and tells him the story about Mrs. Donahue. He offers her twenty-five dollars, but only excepts five. Upon learning that Wilkes is unhappy, Pepper invites him to go to Coney Island, and after initial reluctance because his doctor has warned him he is dying, Wilkes joins her. After riding many rides and eating many hamburgers, Wilkes realizes that he has lost his wallet, and he and Pepper wash dishes to pay for the food. Officer Bob catches Helen and the baron speeding again. When Wilkes, whose feet and stomach ache, desires to go home, Pepper puts shoe polish on his glasses as he sleeps and puts his hat in his hand so that when she sings people will think that he is blind and drop coins in his hat. They get enough money for the subway, and at Wilkes request, they spend the night at her apartment, where Uncle Ben keeps Wilkes awake with stories of his past. The next day, Wilkes sees a newspaper story about his daughter spending the night in jail and hurries home. Uncle Ben recognizes the baron from his picture, but can't remember where he knew him. Wilkes offers $5000 in cash if Ben can prove that the baron is a fake before the wedding. After Pepper draws glasses, a mustache and a beard on the baron's picture, Ben remembers his real identity, but the baron and his brothers kidnap him and Pepper. Pepper bites the chauffeur and escapes. Pepper gathers hundreds of children though out the city and storms the wedding. Uncle Ben revives and locates Bob, who rides with him on his horse to the mansion. When the children burst into the wedding, the baron's brothers are chased out. When Uncle Ben identifies the baron as a union treasurer who absconded with union funds, Helen faints into Bob's arms. When asked what she will do with the $5000, Pepper says she will count it.
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