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Bright Eyes (1934)An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody. Director:David Butler |
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Title: Bright Eyes (1934)
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Cast
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James Dunn | ... |
Loop Merritt
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Mrs. Higgins
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Judith Allen | ... |
Adele Martin
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Lois Wilson | ... |
Mary Blake
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Charles Sellon | ... |
Uncle Ned Smith
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Walter Johnson | ... |
Thomas
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Joy Smythe
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Theodore von Eltz | ... |
J. Wellington Smythe
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Dorothy Christy | ... |
Anita Smythe
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Brandon Hurst | ... |
Higgins
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Judge Thompson
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When a maid is accidentally hit by a car and killed, her young orphaned daughter is forced to live with the snooty couple she used to work for. A custody battle soon ensues between an aviator who adores the little girl and the couple's crotchety Uncle Ned. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 December 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ez a kislány eladó See more »Filming Locations:
Glendale Grand Central Air Terminal - Grandview Avenue, Glendale, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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| (FMC Library Print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Anita Smythe: Now what are we to do?
J. Wellington Smythe: She's no concern of ours. We have neither a legal nor a moral responsibility.
Anita Smythe: But after all, the woman worked for us. People will naturally expect us to do something. Maybe one of those aviators would like to adopt her.
J. Wellington Smythe: Well, if they do, let them go to court. All we can do is see that the little girl is placed in an institution.
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(1857) (uncredited)
Music by James Pierpont
In the score during Christmas
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One scene called for Shirley Temple to slap Jane Withers. Temple repeatedly refused to do so, but after much coercion from director David Butler, she finally slapped Withers so hard that both girls burst into tears. See more »Goofs
During the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop" while the plane is taxiing you can see the edge of the screen where they are projecting the outside. This is most obvious when she sings the line "...and there you are..." just after "Cracker Jack Bands fill the air" the first time. See more »Quotes
J. Wellington Smythe: As far as I can find out, there are no relatives.Anita Smythe: Now what are we to do?
J. Wellington Smythe: She's no concern of ours. We have neither a legal nor a moral responsibility.
Anita Smythe: But after all, the woman worked for us. People will naturally expect us to do something. Maybe one of those aviators would like to adopt her.
J. Wellington Smythe: Well, if they do, let them go to court. All we can do is see that the little girl is placed in an institution.
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Soundtracks
"Jingle Bells"(1857) (uncredited)
Music by James Pierpont
In the score during Christmas
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Author/Director David Butler put together a script that showcases SHIRLEY TEMPLE as a lovable little girl who gets caught up in a nasty custody battle when her mother dies and her aviator god-father (JAMES DUNN)wants to adopt her. Scenes between Temple and Dunn are so natural that you'll have a hard time not getting a lump in your throat in the scene where he assures her that her mother (who has just died) is in heaven with the angels. Yes, it does get a little sticky at times.
But wait!! Before things become to saccharine and predictable, little JANE WITHERS, America's most lovable brat, shows up as a nasty rich girl who delights in tormenting everyone around her, especially Shirley. It's a great role for Jane and she makes the most of it, whether imitating a machine-gunner or threatening to make mincemeat of Shirley's dolls.
And believe me, she's a welcome presence in a Shirley Temple vehicle that does tend to get all dewy-eyed over the adorable princess. Watch the scene on the plane where the aviators all watch Temple as she sings "On the Good Ship Lollipop", strolling down the aisle and enjoying all the male attention. You can almost sense something darker than is supposed to meet the eye with the way they all leer at her. But she is, quite simply, at her most fetching in that casually charming little number.
Shirley's first film tailored just for her, and it opened at Radio City Music Hall in 1934 to cheer Depression-era audiences with its innocent star at her most disarming. Easy to see why she would become the nation's number one box-office star four years in a row.