The spoiled son of the town’s richest man dislikes losing at baseball, elections, and girls in What's To Do? by writers Ewart Adamson (October 23, 1882 – November 28, 1945), Ernest Pagano (January 16, 1901 – April 29, 1953), and Charles Edward Roberts (May 22, 1894 – November 10, 1951); producer Edwin Hampton Allen (November 15, 1885 – August 13, 1942); and director Charles Lamont (May 5, 1895 – September 12, 1993). Cinematography and sound respectively fall within Dwight Warren’s (July 18, 1889 – August 14, 1979) and Walter C. Smith’s (January 22, 1904 – February 6, 1974) responsibilities. Editing reflects The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures’ pre-release inspection. Filming takes place in the Educational Films Corporation of America’s production company studios.
The 17-minute film appears second in four comedy shorts produced by Educational Films under the theme “The Spice of the Program” and serialized in 1933 and 1934 as the Frolics of Youth. Its release to movie theatres by the distribution company, Fox Film Corporation, carries a date of November 24, 1933. It follows the first-released frolic, Merrily Yours, of October 6, 1933. It precedes:
- Pardon My Pups of January 26, 1934;
- Managed Money of February 23, 1934.
The four comedy shorts merge in emphasizing and problem-solving challenges that surface when Mr. and Mrs. George Rogers, a job-focused father and a family-oriented mother, juggle mischief from their pre-school daughter, Mary Lou, and stubbornness from their teen-aged first-born, Sonny.
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