Out West with the Peppers

Out West with the Peppers
Out West with the Peppers
Directed by	Charles Barton
Screenplay by	Harry Sauber
Based on	Out West with the Peppers; by Margaret Sidney
Produced by	Jack Fier
Starring	Edith Fellows; Charles Peck; Tommy Bond; Bobby Larson; Pierre Watkin; Ronald Sinclair
Cinematography	Benjaman H. Kline
Edited by	James Sweeney
Music by	Sidney Cutner
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 30, 1940;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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

Edith Fellows as Polly Pepper
Charles Peck as Ben Pepper
Tommy Bond as Joey Pepper
Bobby Larson as Davie Pepper
Dorothy Anne Seese as Phronsie Pepper
Pierre Watkin as Mr King
Ronald Sinclair as Jasper
Dorothy Peterson as Mrs Pepper
Victor Kilian as Jim Anderson
Helen Brown as Alice Anderson
Emory Parnell as Ole
Walter Soderling as Caleb
Roger Gray as Tom
Hal Price as Bill
Ernie Adams as Oscar
André Cheron as Frenchman
Rex Evans as Martin
Eddie Laughton as Lumberjack
John Rogers as Ship Steward
Kathryn Sheldon as Abbie

Reception

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

References

^ 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.
^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Five Little Peppers". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.