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7.0/10   355 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Eleanor Gates (story)
Sam Hellman (writer)
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Release Date:
24 July 1936 (USA) more
Plot:
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers. full summary | add synopsis
User Reviews:
Nice Characters; Nice Movie more (18 total)

Cast

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Shirley Temple ... Barbara Barry
Alice Faye ... Jerry Dolan

Gloria Stuart ... Margaret Allen
Jack Haley ... Jimmy Dolan
Michael Whalen ... Richard Barry
Sara Haden ... Collins
Jane Darwell ... Woodward
Claude Gillingwater ... Simon Peck
Paul Stanton ... George Hathaway
Henry Armetta ... Tony
Charles Coleman ... Stebbins
Arthur Hoyt ... Percifal Gooch
John Wray ... Flagin
Tyler Brooke ... Dan Ward
Mathilde Comont ... Tony's Wife
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Additional Details

Runtime:
72 min | Argentina:75 min | USA:79 min (Disney Channel)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While her mother, Gertrude Temple, was being interviewed on the set of this movie, Shirley Temple asked the reporter, "Why don't you talk to me, I'm the star." more
Quotes:
Barbara Barry: Daddy, marry me and let me be your wife! more
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Soundtrack:
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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Nice Characters; Nice Movie, 19 January 2008
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Here is another very nice Shirley Temple film, one of the above-average ones for her (and most of hers were above-average to start with!). This one featured really nice characters, downplayed the villain, and had a lot of songs.

It didn't have as much tap dancing as I would like to have seen, but it did feature a prolonged dance at the end with Shirley, Jack Haley and Alice Faye.

The villain was some mysterious dude who was either a child molester or a kidnapper. It was never really explained. Thankfully, he had a small role. Otherwise, it was all good people and fun ones to watch. I like seeing Gloria Stuart in her early days, too.

The story is predictable, but most of them are and everyone winds up happy in the end. I find nothing wrong with that! It's all the better that Shirley winds up with vaudeville performers, guaranteeing we get a lot of musical entertainment in this movie. And.....where else but a Shirley Temple movie, would you have a song called "You've Got To Eat Your Spinach, Baby?"

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