Yesterday evening I watched In Love With Life (1934), which is available to watch or download for free on YouTube. It starred Dickie Moore and in one scene he visited a restaurant that was geared towards kids. The entertainment was provided by The Meglin Kiddies, one of whom sang as song as Betty Boop, however what caught my attention was an easily recognisable member of the audience, a boy with a distinctive snub nose and a wide grin.
Last Edit: Apr 8, 2018 15:34:53 GMT -5 by Buppster
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Tommy appeared in several movies with Dickie Moore. This one included Dickie Jones in the cast list too. The still is from a movie called Love, Honour & Behave (1938).
Last Edit: Apr 22, 2018 4:27:38 GMT -5 by Buppster
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I've just watched Dangerous Holiday (1937) which starred Ra Hould (AKA Ronald Sinclair) as a boy prodigy violinist, burdened with over protective relatives who want to milk his earning potential for every cent they can. Tired of never being allowed to do the things that he'd like to do, he runs away and enjoys his first taste of real freedom, even if he does find himself involved with a criminal gang. It was rather nice to see Ra shoving a bully, played by Leonard Kibrick, into a lake.
Of course in order for me to be making a post about the movie, in this particular thread, it means that another young actor also made a brief appearance. The boy with the snub nose, freckles and a wide grin played the part of a young actor called Billy. I don't even need to mention his real name because he's so instantly recognisable.
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I watched It's A Gift (1934) last night, which was a W. C. Fields comedy and a pretty funny one at that. The cast included Baby Leroy as Baby Dunk and the inimitable Tommy Bupp perfectly cast as W. C. Fields' son Norman Bissonette. Tommy would have been just turned nine years old at the time and right at the start of his film career, nevertheless It's A Gift was one of twenty movies that he appeared in during 1934. One of his best performances that year was in Little Men, in which he played the mischievous but very likeable Tommy Bangs. In this movie Tommy played a very similar sort of character, a real little imp who is both naughty and nice. The movie is available to watch or download for free online at the Internet Archive. Click on the link below for more details.
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Yesterday evening my exploration of the lesser known regions of Buppland continued with a perusal of the 1935 western Arizona Badman (AKA Arizona Bad Man). It starred Reb Russell, who apparently wasn't an actor for very long and on the strength of this movie I'm not surprised. To quote Elliott in E.T he had "Zero charisma." The story was formulaic, most of the acting was pretty wooden. The script was unnatural and the dialogue unrealistic. The picture quality was pretty poor, frequently many of the grey tones were burned out leaving only stark black and white. Even though the movie was only 52 minutes long it seemed far longer because some scenes, such as at a barn dance, went on, and on, and on far longer than was necessary for the purposes of the story. However there was one little ray of sunlight, in the form of Tommy Bupp, whose presence really brightened the movie up. Tommy was actually the best actor in the movie, by a long way. Strangely though he didn't have one of his usual 'boy' character names like Tommy, Billy, Bobby of Shocky and instead was landed with the totally unsuitable character name of Dave. Who has ever heard of a cowboy kid called Dave? Anyway even with that handicap and with a pronounced limp, presumably the result of ill treatment by his abusive step father who, *spoiler alert*, also beat him unconscious in one scene, Tommy bravely soldiered on and even rode a horse pretty well too. However everything was eventually brought to a happy conclusion, *spoiler alert*, when ten year old Tommy (sorry, I mean Dave) got his revenge on his abusive stepfather by shooting him in the gut and killing him! Way to go Dave!
I'd give the movie, at best, 4/10 Tommy, for his performance as Dave, gets at least 8/10
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If my observations of other members 'ranks' are correct then this, my 500th post, will elevate me from a senior member to a god. So for everyone who has ever said or thought that I'd never amount to anything in life I'll leave my favourite movie actor, the incomparable Tommy Bupp, to demonstrate to you exactly how you can stick it in your pipe and smoke it. I'm a god, a real live god I tell you
Last Edit: May 15, 2018 9:00:31 GMT -5 by Buppster
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The postman has just delivered two vintage lobby cards for the 1936 Three Mesquiteers movie Roarin' Guns. I've got the movie on DVD and it's a typical western B of the time but includes among it's cast a young chap by the name of Tommy Bupp, who played the role of an orphan called Bobby. I like that on the top card, the Mesquiteers have their guns drawn on the bad guy while Tommy has a catapult aimed at the villain.
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As well as appearing in Cherokee Strip (1937) with Dick Foran Tommy also appeared in Over The Wall (1938) with him too.
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Funny that I should mention Cherokee Strip in the last post....
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It's a pity about the watermarks but it's a good picture of Tommy & Bobby Breen in Fisherman's Wharf.
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I might not have mentioned him for a while but that doesn't mean that I've forgotten about him or that my enthusiasm has diminished, no siree. So, to mark my 1100th post and restore this thread to the first page again. Here's Tommy, in an uncharacteristically silent and introspective mood, with ne'er an impish grin in sight.
Last Edit: Sept 23, 2018 6:41:45 GMT -5 by Buppster
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Be aware that I am autistic, so my mind does not work in the same way as the minds of the majority of other people. I have a tendency to do things differently and to react in unexpected ways to situations. I may come across as quirky and eccentric or just plain weird. I am very literal and prone to 'black and white' thinking.
1400 posts? Then it's time for a picture of Tommy.
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1600 posts? Then it's time to Bump the Bupp back to his rightful place on the first page.
Be aware that I am autistic, so my mind does not work in the same way as the minds of the majority of other people. I have a tendency to do things differently and to react in unexpected ways to situations. I may come across as quirky and eccentric or just plain weird. I am very literal and prone to 'black and white' thinking.
