Hold That Baby! (1949)

Slip (Leo Gorcey) and Sach (Huntz Hall)lose their jobs with a laundry company after they wreck the delivery truck. They talk Louie (Bernard Gorcey) into using the back room of his Malt Shop... See full summary »

Director:

Reginald Le Borg

Writers:

Charles R. Marion (screenplay), Gerald Schnitzer (screenplay)

Stars:

Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leo Gorcey	...	Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall	...	Sach Debussy Jones
Gabriel Dell	...	Gabe 'Gabie' Moreno
Frankie Darro	...	Bananas Stewart
Anabel Shaw	...	Laura Andrews
John Kellogg	...	Mason
Edward Gargan	...	Policeman Burton
William 'Billy' Benedict	...	Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Benny Bartlett	...	Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
David Gorcey	...	Chuck
Ida Moore	...	Faith Andrews
Florence Auer	...	Hope Andrews
Bernard Gorcey	...	Louie
Pierre Watkin	...	Lawyer John Winston
Torben Meyer	...	Doctor Hans Heinrich

Storyline

Slip (Leo Gorcey) and Sach (Huntz Hall)lose their jobs with a laundry company after they wreck the delivery truck. They talk Louie (Bernard Gorcey) into using the back room of his Malt Shop for a laundromat. Laurie Andrews (Anabel Shaw)leaves her baby wrapped in a bundle at the launderette to hide him from her neurotic aunts, Hope (Ida Moore)and Faith Andrews (Florence Auer),who have Laura committed to a sanitarium in a plot to gain the rich estate left by their brother to his grandson, Laurie's baby. Sach finds the baby and the Bowery Boys hold onto him because of Laurie's note that she will return. Meanwhile mobster "Bananas" Stewart (Gabriel Dell sees the baby and he and "Cherry-Nose" inform the aunts they will return the baby for the offered $25,000 reward. The aunts offer them an additional $25,000 if they will keep the baby hidden until after the will is read. Slip does not see this as a good plan, and begins to investigate the matter further.

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Plot Keywords:

baby | aunt | inheritance | gangster | laundromat | 

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Taglines:

Leo is a "Little Mother" Now! The whole gang is diaper-daffy...when the infant heir to millions turns up in their washing machine!

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 June 1949 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monogram Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

64 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 14th of 48 Bowery Boys movies.

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Quotes

Sach Debussy Jones: I'll give Whitey a manicure, he hasn't had one for 10 yeas, or has he?

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Connections

Follows Fighting Fools (1949)

User Reviews

Another fun entry in the Bowery Boys series

Ida Moore and Florence Auer almost steal the movie as two sweet looking but actually grasping greedy elderly sisters trying to rob a baby of his rightful inheritance by having his mother committed to an insane asylum. Fortunately, the mother, played by Anabel Shaw, hides the baby in the laundromat attached to Louis' Sweet Shop and run by the ever enterprising (and usually unemployed) Terrence "Slip" Mahoney. The boys are up to their usual antics with Slip getting the best lines and Sach doing the most humorous routines. According to the grandfather's will, the baby or his Mom must be at the reading of the will for him to inherit. So the elderly sisters and their crooked partners want to keep the baby from the reading and the Mom in the asylum while the Bowery Boys want to get the Mom out of the asylum and make sure the baby inherits. The routine in the asylum where Slip gets Sach committed is a highlight. This one is a good entry into a long running series.