A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sybil Jason | ... | Gloria | |
| Glenda Farrell | ... | Jean | |
| Robert Armstrong | ... | Steve | |
| Edward Everett Horton | ... | Mortimer | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Doré (as Jack LaRue) | |
| Arthur Vinton | ... | Kell | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Bert (as J. Carroll Naish) | |
| Edgar Kennedy | ... | Onderdonk | |
| 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 | |
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A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
7 September 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Pequena Ditadora See more »Filming Locations:
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Music by Harry Warren
Played when Norton and Doré run into each other in the arcade
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The following actors supposedly were in the movie, but were not seen. These were, with their roles if available: Joseph Crehan (Banker), Don Downen (Page Boy), Gene Morgan (Man #1), Ernest Wood (Man #2) and Claudia Coleman. See more »Goofs
[All goofs for this title are spoilers.] See more »Soundtracks
Keep Young and Beautiful(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played when Norton and Doré run into each other in the arcade
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Warner definitely seems to have seen Sybil Jason as their answer to Shirley Temple, and this film takes many elements from "Little Miss Marker", which Shirley starred in the year before. But the screenplay spends a good deal of time with the gangsters who are the cause of Sybil's troubles, and there is a very real sense of Depression-era desperation. Director Michael Curtiz makes all this very vivid, framing and lighting the shots to give this urban melodrama a hard edge. Robert Armstrong gives an excellent performance as one of the con men who takes Sybil in. This film may be a little too intense for Shirley Temple fans, but it's a strong melodrama with a solid cast.