Little Miss Broadway (1938)

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

Director:

Irving Cummings

Writers:

Harry Tugend (original screen play), Jack Yellen (original screen play)

Stars:

Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shirley Temple	...	Betsy Brown
George Murphy	...	Roger Wendling
Jimmy Durante	...	Jimmy Clayton
Phyllis Brooks	...	Barbara Shea
Edna May Oliver	...	Sarah Wendling (as Edna Mae Oliver)
George Barbier	...	Fiske
Edward Ellis	...	Pop Shea
Jane Darwell	...	Miss Hutchins
El Brendel	...	Ole
Donald Meek	...	Willoughby Wendling
Patricia Wilder	...	Flossie
Claude Gillingwater	...	Judge (as Claude Gillingwater Sr.)
George Brasno	...	Himself (as George)
Olive Brasno	...	Herself
Charles Williams	...	Mike Brody

Storyline

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | orphan | orphanage | twins | uncle | 

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

Miss Broadway

Filming Locations:

Stage 3, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ben Welden (Taxi Driver) and Clarence Wilson (Scully) are in Studio Records for their roles, but they were not seen in the movie. They may have been filmed, but cut before release.

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Goofs

When the spectator in the courtroom pushes Mrs. Wendling after the "Sing Me an Old-Fashioned Tune" bit, the bench wobbles.

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Quotes

Jimmy Clayton: Eight bucks from the Tri-State Field and five from the Downs. Now how much we short?
William J. 'Pop' Shea: About twenty-one hundred.
Jimmy Clayton: National debt! I thought I was bringing home the bacon.
Flossie: And you laid an egg!
William J. 'Pop' Shea: Thanks just the same. You're a great guy, Jimmy.
Flossie: That goes for me too, bubble-brain.
Jimmy Clayton: Is that straight from the balcony, Juliet? Must be my streamline personality. Guess I ain't as bad as I look, eh?
Flossie: You couldn't be!
William J. 'Pop' Shea: That does it! From now on whenever you talk to me, you can start the conversation with goodbye!

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Connections

Featured in Tap (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Swing Me an Old Fashioned Song"
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Spina
Lyrics by Walter Bullock
Sung by Shirley Temple, George Barbier, Donald Meek,
C. Montague Shaw and Frank Dae

User Reviews

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway is a very enjoyable movie musical format in miniature with bright,bouncy tunes,a plot that moves with light touches of comedy,sentiment and slight conflicts..All the main characters perform solidly,but THE main sharply etched brilliant performance belongs to Edna May Oliver...when I was a child,I was at first repelled by her "mean old pumpkin" ways...OH! but to look closer as one grows older..WOW! What subtle hysterical faces and brilliance beneath that unique face and her ever so subtle softness of heart which peeks out more and more towards the end..She truly stands out..such a marvelous artist!