Out West with the Peppers

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Out West with the Peppers
Directed by Charles Barton
Screenplay byHarry Sauber
Based onOut West with the Peppers
by Margaret Sidney
Produced by Jack Fier
Starring Edith Fellows
Charles Peck
Tommy Bond
Bobby Larson
Pierre Watkin
Ronald Sinclair
CinematographyBenjaman H. Kline
Edited byJames Sweeney
Music bySidney Cutner
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 30, 1940 (1940-06-30)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Out West with the Peppers is a 1940 American Western comedy film. It is the third Five Little Peppers film. [1]

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Plot

Mrs. Pepper falls ill, and is told by her doctor to move to a higher climate. Polly writes to their Aunt Alice in Oregon, and secures an invitation for the family to live with her — although Alice's husband Jim is not happy about the intrusion.

Cast

Reception

On July 10, 1940, Variety wrote, "Third of the series. The most inferior of the lot. Tasteless fare from beginning to end." [2]

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References

  1. Blottner, Gene (December 22, 2011). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. pp. 186–189. ISBN   978-0-7864-8672-4.
  2. Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Five Little Peppers". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN   9780786486724.