Five Little Peppers at Home (1940) 2nd of 4 'Pepper' films.

Drama | Family | USA | B&W | 67min Cast: Edith Fellows, Clarence Kolb, Dorothy Peterson, Ronald Sinclair, Charles Peck, Tommy Bond, Bobby Larson, Dorothy Anne Seese, Herbert Rawlinson, Laura Treadwell The second of four 'Five Little Peppers' movies made in 1939 and 1940. The further adventures of the Pepper family, Mrs. Pepper (Dorothy Peterson) and her five children, Polly (Edith Fellows), Phronsie (Dorothy Ann Seese), Ben (Charles Peck), Joey (Tommy Bond) and Davie (Bobby Larson). The four Five Little Pepper' films were vehicles for Columbia's juvenile star Edith Fellows, who played Polly. The rest of the kids were Charles Peck as Ben, Tommy Bond as Joey, Bobby Larson as Davie, and Dorothy Ann Seese as Phronsie. The first film was devoted mostly to Fellows as the senior member of the Pepper brood, and was not an exact reflection of the book. The other three films were homespun family stories with elements of comedy and drama. Edith Fellows carried the series, although by the fourth film, five-year-old Dorothy Ann Seese had become an audience favourite and was billed at the head of the cast, second only to Fellows. The Pepper screenplays had little to do with the original books Margaret Sidney, but the films were popular with moviegoers.