These films were shot across the United States with casts of children who each paid a fee for the opportunity to star in the two-reel shorts.
During the first half of the twentieth century, filmmakers traveled across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, making a business of shooting films starring local talent for a fee.
These home talent films, or town boosters, featured community landmarks, businesses, and local residents.
Others would mimic popular films, or create some sort of limited narrative in order to focus on the local community.
Melton Barker Juvenile Productions would contact local theaters and newspapers to sponsor the film, after which a casting call for children would go out and parents would be encouraged to fill out the paperwork provided and after paying a small fee, the children would participate in a short audition before a representative of the production company.