Heidi

19371937
PassedPassed
1h 28min

Shirley Temple, Thomas Beck, Jean Hersholt, and Helen Westley in Heidi (1937)

Clip: Grandfather's house

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A plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl.A plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl.A plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl.

Director
- Allan Dwan
Writers
- Johanna Spyri(by)
- Walter Ferris(screen play)
- Julien Josephson(screen play)
Stars

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Shirley Temple in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt in Heidi (1937)

Shirley Temple in Heidi (1937)

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Director
- Allan Dwan
Writers
- Johanna Spyri(by)
- Walter Ferris(screen play)
- Julien Josephson(screen play)
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Eight-year-old Heidi is orphaned and her selfish maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with Adolph Kramer, her grumpy, old, outcast, survivalist paternal grandfather. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her angelic ways, sheer love, and adorable personality. When Aunt Dete steals Heidi away to be the companion of a rich man's invalid daughter, the grandfather is enraged and sets out to get her back. Back in Frankfurt, loved and adored by everyone she touches except the villainous housekeeper, Fraulein Rottenmeier, she thrives but is inwardly very sad and lonely. No matter what anyone tells her, Heidi, with faith, hope, and the stubbornness she inherited from her grandfather, knows that some day she will be reunited with the him and the beloved people of the mountain's little village. —Terry Ann Smulen

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Taglines
- Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !
Genres
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Marcia Mae Jones received fan mail from disabled children all over the world after playing Klara in this movie.

Goofs
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
Fräulein Rottenmeier: [Heidi yawns at the dinner table] Adelheid! Did I actually see you yawn? I'm horrified!
Klara Sesemann: Don't scold her. She's had such a hard day.
Fräulein Rottenmeier: I am trying to be patient, Klara. But it is the height of impropreity to yawn at the dinner table. A yawn at any time is a sign of disrespect and lack of control. It shows that the attention is wandering and that the young person is not interested in the improvement of her mind.
[Klara giggles]
Fräulein Rottenmeier: Oh!
[Heidi has fallen asleep]

Crazy credits
Credits are printed into a Heidi storybook. Pages are turned by a hand.

Alternate versions
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Soundtracks
In Our Little Wooden Shoes
(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Lew Pollack
Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell
Performed by Shirley Temple

Top review

10/10

My love of movies began with this one....

As my grandmother will tell you, when I was little I loved this movie. It basically started my love of movies, especially old ones. It also was why I idolized Shirley Temple when I was little.

What's not to love about this movie? Although it is slightly cheesy, it's an incredibly sweet movie that, today, never fails to make me cry! It also has its funny points. I always loved the part where Heidi and Klara steal the organ grinder's monkey. The choas it causes in the house is incredible!

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Release date
- October 15, 1937 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Хейди
Filming locations
- Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Production company
- Twentieth Century Fox
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Runtime
- 1h 28min
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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