Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is a 1939 American black-and-white children's comedy drama film directed by Charles Barton, produced by Jack Fier and based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Sidney.
Starring Edith Fellows, Charles Peck, Tommy Bond, Jimmy Leake and Dorothy Anne Seese, it is the first of four Five Little Peppers films.
[1][2][3] Mrs. Pepper and her five children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie are a poor but happy family.
By chance, Polly and Joey meet rich but lonely teenager Jasper King, who befriends the Pepper children.
Hiding his true intentions, King starts spending time with the Peppers, plying them with gifts.