Jubilo, Jr.
1924 film by Robert F. McGowan
Jubilo, Jr. is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 27th Our Gang short subject to be released.
Plot
A hobo tells of his adventure as a child when he tried to raise the money to buy his mother a hat for her birthday.
Notes
Jubilo, Jr. would be remade in 1932 as Birthday Blues.
The title references Rogers' 1919 film Jubilo.
Though never included in the original television package of Our Gang silents, this film did appear in the TV series Silents Please.
The grocer is played by Mickey Daniels’ father Richard Daniels.
About thirty seconds of unused footage was used in the later Our Gang film Boys Will Be Joys.
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