Sorry, folks, but I couldn't watch all 4 minutes and 5 seconds of this clip.
Bobby Breen, a Child Star Who Hit a High Note in the 1930s, Dies at 87. (The New York Times, 9/24/2016)
Meteoric, in other words. He was Bobby Breen, and in a torrid run of seven more films over the next three years, he melted maternal hearts and emerged as a major star, in the same league as Mickey Rooney, Jane Withers and Freddie Bartholomew, earning $50,000 a year — a huge sum then — from testimonials alone.Admit it, you never heard of him, even if the New York Times memorialized him, after all these years, with a 1062-word obituary. (I'm just looking for some company here.)
"All the News That's Fit to Print."
And that's why I've been a subscriber for 30-some years. And before I subscribed, I purchased a copy each day, whenever possible, going back to the early 1970s
IMDb lists 11 credits
From whom 'Flo' learned her chops.
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Jane Withers. (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
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