Heidi (1937)

Director:

Allan Dwan

Writers:

Johanna Spyri (novel) and
Walter Ferris (writer)

Release Date:

15 October 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Drama

Tagline:

Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !

Plot:

When little Heidi is stolen by her cruel aunt (who sells her) her grouchy grandfather searches for her...

Plot Keywords:

Invalid | Wheelchair | Gypsy | Governess | Cow

Cast

Shirley Temple	...	Heidi Kramer
Jean Hersholt	...	Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather
Arthur Treacher	...	Andrews, the Butler
Helen Westley	...	Blind Anna
Thomas Beck	...	Pastor Schultz
Mary Nash	...	Fräulein Rottenmeier
Sidney Blackmer	...	Herr Sesemann
Pauline Moore	...	Fräulein Elsa
Mady Christians	...	Dete
Marcia Mae Jones	...	Klara Sesemann
Delmar Watson	...	Peter, the Goat General
Egon Brecher	...	Inn Keeper
Christian Rub	...	Baker
George Humbert	...	Organ Grinder

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

New Zealand:G | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | UK:U | USA:G (1994)

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The movie was filmed during the summer, and Jean Hersholt's heavy costume once caused him to collapse from heat exhaustion.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Dete brings Heidi to the Sesemann house in the evening, and she leaves almost immediately. However, the next day, Fräulein Rottenmeier says that Dete did not leave until earlier that morning.

Quotes:

Pastor Schultz: I do not know this Adolph Kramer, but the village thinks that the child should be taken away from him.
Blind Anna: You've just come to Dörfli, Herr Pastor, or you'd understand why.
Pastor Schultz: They say you have known Kramer for 50 years. What sort of a man is he?
Blind Anna: Who knows? He was a grand young man, except for his wild temper. And his son grew up just like him. Tobias wanted to marry a girl from Mayenfeld. Adolph disliked her and forbade it, but the boy married her just the same and brought her home. Adolph turned them away in a rage and told Tobias never to come back until he'd given up the girl.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "20 to 1: Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (#6.6)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Silent Night

Lovely Movie!

These are one of the best movies I like for the rest of my life since I was little. In that movie, Heidi (who was played by Shirley Temple) lived with her grandfather then has been kidnapped by her nasty Aunt Dete then been threatened by that stupid Frauline Rottenmeier. It has really great scenes that takes place in the Alps of Germany and then Frankfurt. Since when I saw that movie, I thought it wouldn't be interesting but, now it is. By the way, the video of the movie is now in a colorized version.