Movies by Gus Meins

Little Papa

Little Papa

The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asleep first.

Beginner's Luck

Beginner's Luck

Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.

Anniversary Trouble

Anniversary Trouble

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

The Higgins Family

The Higgins Family

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

Romance on the Run

Romance on the Run

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in recovering a stolen necklace. In the process also gets involved with a secretary at the insurance company.

Maid in Hollywood

Maid in Hollywood

Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Patsy's deviousness, Thelma gets a call to come to the studio immediately to audition for a costume drama.

The Newlyweds' Christmas Party

The Newlyweds' Christmas Party

18th episode in the Newlyweds and Their Baby 2-reel comedy series and Snookums compile a list of toys he wants from Santa.

The Hit Parade

The Hit Parade

Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. He finds Ruth Allison, drives her hard through rehearsals and makes her a star. But she is worried about her past, something she hasn't told Pete: She's an ex-convict and jumped bail in order to keep her partners in crime out of it. Further she's in love with Pete, but feels that he's still carr...

The Lucky Corner

The Lucky Corner

The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to move their lemonade stand.

Second Childhood

Second Childhood

A lonely, rich, hypochondriac is celebrating her 65th birthday in the same manner in which she observes the other 364 days of the year by complaining, berating her servants, taking her pills and grumping about everything around her, including the sunshine. A toy airplane comes flying through an open window and breaks a vase, and when its owner, Spanky, comes in search of it he is informed he will have to pay seventy-five cents for the broken vase. Spanly has never seen six-bit, much less having it in his pants, so he offers his and his frien...

The Covered Trailer

The Covered Trailer

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.

Earl of Puddlestone

Earl of Puddlestone

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.

Money To Burn

Money To Burn

In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.

Babes in the Goods

Babes in the Goods

Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.