Curly Top (1935)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Irving Cummings

Writers:

Patterson McNutt (screenplay) and
Arthur J. Beckhard (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 July 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr...

Plot Keywords:

Orphan | Household Servant | Aunt | Beach | Deception

Cast

Shirley Temple	...	Elizabeth Blair
John Boles	...	Edward Morgan
Rochelle Hudson	...	Mary Blair
Jane Darwell	...	Mrs. Denham
Rafaela Ottiano	...	Mrs. Higgins
Esther Dale	...	Aunt Genevieve Graham
Etienne Girardot	...	Mr. Wyckoff
Arthur Treacher	...	Butler
Maurice Murphy	...	Jimmie Rogers

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Netherlands:6 (2008) | USA:Approved (PCA #1062) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G

Company:

Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, the First Lady of China, was such a fan of this film that she arranged for repeat private viewings.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the benefit gala when Shirley is doing her skit as an old lady she hobbles on stage with a cane then lays it down on the floor next to her rocking chair. When she stands up to dance the cane has disappeared.

Quotes:

Mrs. Higgins: Under the circumstances, I have made every allowance for you, but when you bring animals into the dormitory, I must act.
Elizabeth: That's what my daddy and mommy used to do!
Mrs. Higgins: What?
Elizabeth: Act!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

Soundtrack:

Curly Top

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Shirley was cute, but if you are a woman, and honest, you will admit to yourself that while you are enjoying Shirley as the little orphan charmer, that it is John Boles and Rochelle Hudson who keep your interest perked in this film. John Boles was drop dead gorgeous, probably THE best looking leading man EVER to come out of Hollywood. I have to admit that he is the reason I enjoy watching this film over and over again. They don't make leading men like him anymore in Hollywood. Men who looked like real men, distinguished, wearing real suits and ties: not models, porn stars, hippies, or gay stereotypes.