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Director:
Writers:
Harrison Jacobs (story)
Jerry Wald (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 September 1935 (USA) more
Tagline:
"A great kid!" "A great bet!" "A great show!" -- Say the Critics more
User Comments:
Warners' Answer to Shirley Temple more (5 total)
Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Sybil Jason | ... | Gloria 'Countess' Gibbs |
| Glenda Farrell | ... | Jean |
| Robert Armstrong | ... | Steve Craig |
 | Edward Everett Horton | ... | Mortimer Thompson |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Jack Doré (as Jack LaRue) |
| Arthur Vinton | ... | Norton 'Nort' Kell |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Bert (Kell's henchman) (as J. Carroll Naish) |
| Edgar Kennedy | ... | Onderdonk (hotel manager) |
| Addison Richards | ... | Hank Gibbs |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Doré's henchman (as Joseph Sauers) |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Orphanage matron |
| Ward Bond | ... | Kell's henchman |
| Tammany Young | ... | Ralph Lewis (the rajah) |
| Murray Alper | ... | Doré's henchman |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Doré's henchman |
| Guy Usher | ... | Lt. Adams |
| Mary Foy | ... | Orphanage matron #2 |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Claudia Coleman | ... | (scenes deleted) |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | Banker (scenes deleted) |
| Don Downen | ... | Page boy (scenes deleted) |
| Gene Morgan | ... | Man #1 (scenes deleted) |
| Ernest Wood | ... | Man #2 (scenes deleted) |
| Max Barwyn | ... | Waiter with message (uncredited) |
| Ann Bupp | ... | (uncredited) |
| Burr Caruth | ... | Soda fountain customer (uncredited) |
| Glen Cavender | ... | Bystander at shooting (uncredited) |
| Kernan Cripps | ... | Policeman #1 (uncredited) |
| Gloria Fisher | ... | Little girl (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Gray | ... | (uncredited) |
| Lew Harvey | ... | Kell's henchman (uncredited) |
| Dell Henderson | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Howard C. Hickman | ... | The judge (uncredited) |
| Earle Hodgins | ... | New York City tour barker (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | ... | Soda fountain customer (uncredited) |
| Olin Howland | ... | Doc (Kells' henchman) (uncredited) |
| George Humbert | ... | Head waiter (uncredited) |
| Payne B. Johnson | ... | Small boy on street (uncredited) |
| Milton Kibbee | ... | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Georgia O'Dell | ... | (uncredited) |
| Arvert Pott | ... | Black child (uncredited) |
| Richard Powell | ... | Nick (wine waiter) (uncredited) |
| Lee Prather | ... | Policeman #2 (uncredited) |
| Jacqueline Saunders | ... | Maggie (uncredited) |
| Jesse Scott | ... | Black child playing harmonica (uncredited) |
| Eddie Shubert | ... | Kell's genchman (uncredited) |
| Lee Shumway | ... | Police announcer (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Michael Curtiz | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Harrison Jacobs | (story) | |
| Jerry Wald | (screenplay) & | |
| Julius J. Epstein | (screenplay) & | |
| Robert Hardy Andrews | (screenplay) (as Robert Andrews) | |
Produced by | |||
| Samuel Bischoff | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Heinz Roemheld | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Tony Gaudio | |||
| Byron Haskin | (uncredited) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jack Killifer | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Hugh Reticker | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Orry-Kelly | (uncredited) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Sherry Shourds | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Frank McDonald | .... | dialogue director | |
Production Companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures (as Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1935) (USA) (theatrical)
- Vitaphone Corporation, The
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78 min | USA:72 min (Turner library print)
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1.37 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1087)
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Byron Haskin took over as director of photography when Tony Gaudio started work on Dr. Socrates (1935). more
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I'm a Little Big Shot Now more
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Adorable Sybil Jason tugs on the heartstrings of everyone save the most hard-boiled gangsters in this obvious attempt by Warners to come up with their own Shirley Temple. It almost works! Sybil plays an abandoned little girl whose innocence wins over a small-time con man (Armstrong) and his partner-in-petty crime (Edward Everett Horton). Indeed, Horton's presence here lends some humanity to the big lug that Armstrong plays--anyone with well-meaning bumbler Horton as his best pal can't be all bad. The gang warfare that underlies the plot makes for an uneasy ride for the little girl and the audience, however. Sybil is both charming and heart-rending as "The Countess", and the highlight is her rendition of the title song on the street to make some money for her new-found adopted father figures. But when the plot explodes in a burst of gunfire in a deadly police raid at movie's end it is clear why this movie failed at building a Shirley Temple-like franchise for Warners: falling back on their tried-and-true gangster formula, they mixed a bit too much death and danger into this story to make it a winner with family audiences. It's a shame, too, because Sybil Jason was definitely star material and could have given Temple a run for her money. (Jason later got to serve at the feet of the prototype herself (literally!) when she winningly played a Cockney chargirl to "The Little Princess" in 1939.)