Smart Boy, Stupid Adult (Boys Will Be Boys)

@Ted-Says - On an old-time radio quiz show, an adult is pitted against a boy, but to the man's discomfort, the boy clearly has the knowledge. If nothing else, it gives me yet another opportunity to use "The Blue Danube".
This heavily edited (actually slashed) upload features nine-year-old Richard Hall (aka Dickie Hall) as Bobby. The first time I saw him in a film, he played piano, same the second time; according to early publicity, he began reading at the age of one, playing the piano at two, and gave his first piano concert at the age of three. He had a moderately successful screen career in the 1940s, although often in uncredited parts, and abruptly dropped off the radar before reaching his eleventh birthday, possibly to concentrate on his education (he obviously came from a good background, apparently raised by his grandfather). WARNING - to anyone wishing to research this particular Richard Hall, there are a lot of different people with the same name connected to the film industry.
The competing adult might be familiar to older viewers.

• #entertainment
• #richard_hall
• #dickie_hall
• #robert_benchley
• #radio_quiz_show
• #early_sound_effects
• #1940s_america