After reading a newspaper article regarding old Tightwad's rise in the world, Bill and Jim hit upon a plan to get some of Tightwad's easy money by holding young Tightwad for ransom. They accordingly hire a rig, take the boy and conceal him in a cave. The boy, instead of weeping and wailing for home and mother, proclaims himself "Red Chief" and makes it uncomfortable for his captors. (Moving Picture World)
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FRED ALLEN: "The Ransom of Red Chief" with OSCAR LEVANT (1952) [CLIP]
From the 1952 anthology film "O. Henry's Full House" here's the very funny segment starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant titled "The Ransom of Red Chief".
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