Having grown older -- if perhaps, no wiser -- I know that running away from home can be a darned stupid thing to do when you have halfway decent parents. As we learn in this episode of MGM's short subject series, it can lead to crime, and -- repeat after me -- Crime Does Not Pay!
Unhappily, not all parents are at least halfway decent, and certainly when you're all grown up at 15 and they won't let you get married, and there's no money, running away becomes attractive. What Kenneth Howell and Linda Perry don't realize in this short is that their parents do care, and stand ready to help. They just can't find them!
Gustav Machatý, the director of this short, was a big director in Hungary. When he came to the United States with his star discovery, Hedy Lamar, he found out that they wanted Hedy, but his talents were more technical as far as the producers were concerned. He spent about ten years in Hollywood before returning to Europe.
Unhappily, not all parents are at least halfway decent, and certainly when you're all grown up at 15 and they won't let you get married, and there's no money, running away becomes attractive. What Kenneth Howell and Linda Perry don't realize in this short is that their parents do care, and stand ready to help. They just can't find them!
Gustav Machatý, the director of this short, was a big director in Hungary. When he came to the United States with his star discovery, Hedy Lamar, he found out that they wanted Hedy, but his talents were more technical as far as the producers were concerned. He spent about ten years in Hollywood before returning to Europe.