Our Gang - Craddle Robbers 1924

The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to some traveling gypsies, Mary shows up and tells them that her little sister just won a prize at the baby show.The boys decide to enter their babies in the show, only to discover that all the prizes are gone except the one for the fattest baby. Mickey comes up with the idea to enter Joe as a baby. After Joe escapes, the gang decides to make their own baby show. When the parents discover their babies are missing they assume that the gypsies stole them. When the gang finds out that their parents are after them, they hide in the gypsy wagon, which drives off. As the police and parents chase the wagon down the street, the babies start falling off the wagon and the parents stop and pick them up as they continue running.The adults finally catch up with the wagon, the gypsy is arrested, and the kids reunited with their parents.

Genre: Short Films Our Gang
Starring: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels
Year: 1924
Color/BW: Black & White
Director: Robert F. McGowan
Movie Type: Public Domain Films
Decade: 1920s
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