Little Miss Marker (1934)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Alexander Hall

Writers:

Damon Runyon (story)
William R. Lipman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 June 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Cabaret | Jewelry | Suicide | Bookie | Singer

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Adolphe Menjou	...	Sorrowful Jones
Dorothy Dell	...	Bangles Carson
Charles Bickford	...	Big Steve Halloway
Shirley Temple	...	Marthy 'Marky' Jane
Lynne Overman	...	Regret
Warren Hymer	...	Sore Toe
Sam Hardy	...	Benny the Gouge
John Kelly	...	Canvas Back
Frank McGlynn Sr.	...	Doc Chesley
John Sheehan	...	Sun Rise, a Bookie
Frank Conroy	...	Doctor Ingalls

Also Known As:

The Girl in Pawn (UK)

Runtime:

80 min | USA:79 min (re-release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #1356-R, 31 August 1935 for re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Marky and Bangles sing "Laugh, You Son of a Gun," Bangles's mouth doesn't move when she says "You son of a gun."

Quotes:

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, get out of bed. I'll show you how to pray, sort of. But don't you tell anybody, see?
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Is it a secret?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Between you and me. Kneel down. Put your hands together like this. Elbows on the bed. Shut your eyes.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Are you gonna shut yours, too?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No. I gotta see that you do it right.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now what do I do?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Say like this: Now I lay me down to sleep,
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now I lay me down to sleep,
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "All in the Family: Little Miss Bunker (#9.1)" (1978)

Soundtrack:

Low Down Lullaby

Funny, Sad and loaded with characters

This movie is a gem. Shirley Temple dropped into a den of Damon Runyon characters played by terrific actors. Adolphe Menjue's "heart of a bookie" is melted by Shirley. Menjue made over 100 films, and this was one of his best. The rest of the cast is great. You'll enjoy seeing this movie with your mother and your grand kids.