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Sonny Jim and the Amusement Company, Ltd.

Sonny Jim and the Amusement Company, Ltd.

1915Short⏱️ 13m
ComedyShort
5.8
IMDB Rating
12 votes

Sonny Jim is told by the Sunday school teacher he cannot go to the School Picnic because he brought a huge bullfrog to school and it jumped into her lap. Sonny retaliates by getting up "The Amusement Company, Limited," then gettin...

Director
Tefft Johnson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Bobby Connelly, Tefft Johnson, Mabel Kelly
Release Date
September 13, 1915
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Bobby Connelly
Bobby Connelly
as Sonny Jim
Tefft Johnson
Tefft Johnson
as Sonny Jim's Father
👤
Mabel Kelly
as Sonny Jim's Mother
Edwina Robbins
Edwina Robbins
as Miss Tabitha
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George Stevens

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Vitagraph Company of America

🏷️ Keywords

character name in title

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Why Do The Adults Think They Don't Have To Buy Tickets?
by boblipton2025-04-12
5/10

"Edwina Robbins demands to know what Bobby Connelly has in his pocket. When it turns out to be a frog, she bans him from the picnic next Saturday. So Master Connelly and his friends decide to hold a circus and charge a penny for admission. Some people may look at this short subject and see it as an early example of movies about children that would flower into Hal Roach's "Our Gang" series. I disagree. That series was respectful to children, portraying people who did not remember what it was to be a child as mean;. Here, Miss Robbins insists on knowing what young Connelly has in ..."

📖 Synopsis

Sonny Jim is told by the Sunday school teacher he cannot go to the School Picnic because he brought a huge bullfrog to school and it jumped into her lap. Sonny retaliates by getting up "The Amusement Company, Limited," then gettin...