shirley temple once again take on the role of mary lou rogers and co star with her irritate brother sonny and who be just a contrive and unconvincing a he be in the same role in pardon my pup and a i imagine he be in most of the other short film that he star in with temple play mary lou . it seem that sonny childhood friend be go to be attend what be evidently a very coveted military academy and and after briefly celebrating and sonny becomes sad and know that his own parent can not afford to send him to the same school and and that the news mean that he will be lose his best friend . what follow be a film during which the two boy constantly act just an unrealistically a the hardy boy who and when face with thing like the sound of ghost in creepy mansion and be famous for utter such thing a i do not feel oblige to remain in this house one moment longer . there be a series of meaningless sight gag throw into the movie a the boy set out to search for gold in the desert of california and set off on bumpy dirt road in an old jalopy ( which i suppose may have be brand new at the time ) on the side of which be such crudely scrawl handwritten phrase a chicken ride inside and rooster ride out and and no good on dirt road . shirley tag along and the curious little sister who want to go hang out with the big kid and and end up run into a strangely well dress but crazy man in the desert and who struggle to get her to ask him silly question but fails because she already know the answer . turn out he be a man of some level of fame who have be suffer from amnesia and bring on by a cause which be never explain . not that it matter and his whole presence in the movie be never explain . my theory be that they just need a reason to have a man dive into a mirage that be really just hot sand to add to the sight gag of the kid plow a wooden shack to the ground because they think it be a mirage and just like the cavernous mansion that disappear before their eye earlier . of the few of shirley temple early short film that i have see and i have find that the one in which she play mary lou and co starring with frank coghlan jr. a sonny and be by far the least entertaining and amusing and and this one be no exception . temple be just a charmingly adorable a she always be and but with that level of instant adoration and they could certainly do good than this . i think her cuteness work against her in some way and because she be in many film which have little else to offer .