A charming, short amateur story about a boy who has to babysit his little sister whilst his mother goes shopping. His friend arrives to play with disastrous results involving bows and arrows and paint. The film was made by members of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) and features the producer / director’s own children. Credit: Newcastle & District ACA Presents Title: Kid Stuff Credit: Story by J. R. Wrightson Script by S. Oliver Photographed by...

A charming, short amateur story about a boy who has to babysit his little sister whilst his mother goes shopping. His friend arrives to play with disastrous results involving bows and arrows and paint. The film was made by members of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) and features the producer / director’s own children. Credit: Newcastle & District ACA Presents Title: Kid Stuff Credit: Story by J. R. Wrightson Script by S. Oliver Photographed by A. W. Coxon Credit: The Cast Lilian Muir Leslie Gibson Didney Charlton Wendy Muir Credit: Produced & Directed by Dudley Muir A little boy looks out of his front room window and spots his friend walking by his house. He gestures to him to come round. The friend goes back to his own house first where his mother, all dressed up in a smart pinstripe pencil skirt suit and beret, tells him off and instructs him to stay at home to babysit his sister whilst she is out. He looks fed up. The boy’s mother leaves with a basket to go shopping. Stuck at his own house, the boy looks out of his living room window, where he sees his friend, now the one outside on the street and gesturing to him to come out and play. But instead he calls round with his bow and arrows and his friend lets him in. They go into the garden, where the boy’s sister is playing on the lawn. The two boys begin to play with the bow and arrows. The little girl watches. They shoot arrows at flowers. One of the boys notices and points to an old can of paint in the greenhouse. They discard the bow and arrow, which the little girl picks up to play with. The boys reach for the paint can. They start to paint a target on paper. The boy’s sister has run off with the arrows. The boys grab the arrows back and set up their target. The little girl now discovers the can of paint and begins to daub paint on herself. The boys open a window and perch the target on the windowsill. One of their arrows knocks over a bottle of sauce in the kitchen. The boys turn around and see the little girl whose face and clothes are now covered with paint splodges. Her brother tries to clean it off her face. His friend points to the house. They take the little girl to the kitchen where there’s a bar of Oxydol (laundry soap). The mother arrives back with her shopping. The boy has filled a bowl with water and is scrubbing the little girl with Oxydol. The girl’s mother walks in and scolds her son. Title: The End