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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| 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.) | |
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George Brasno | ... | George Brasno (as George) |
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Olive Brasno | ... | Olive Brasno (as Olive) |
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Charles Williams | ... | Mike Brody |
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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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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 July 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bowery Princess See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 3, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Willoughby Wendling: Did you ask her?
Roger Wendling: I asked her for the hotel and fifteen hundred dollars, just enough to rent a theater and back a show to give those poor devils a chance to earn a living for themselves.
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(1893) (uncredited)
Music by Mildred J. Hill
Lyrics by Patty S. Hill
Sung by all at Betsy's birthday party
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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. See more »Goofs
When Roger introduces Betsy to his aunt he calls her Betty instead of Betsy. See more »Quotes
Roger Wendling: It's my property and my money just as much as it is hers, and trustee or no trustee, she's got to give it to me.Willoughby Wendling: Did you ask her?
Roger Wendling: I asked her for the hotel and fifteen hundred dollars, just enough to rent a theater and back a show to give those poor devils a chance to earn a living for themselves.
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Soundtracks
Happy Birthday to You(1893) (uncredited)
Music by Mildred J. Hill
Lyrics by Patty S. Hill
Sung by all at Betsy's birthday party
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Being this the very first Shirley Temple movie I've ever seen, I must say it's my favorite. Shirley gives a great performance singing and dancing in all her numbers! And that one we can really call "musical". On the other ones we can see only one or two scenes with singing and dancing, but at this one you can see singing and dancing almost all the time.
Shirley's an optimistic orphan who is adopted by a Vaudeville hotel "owner" and his daughter. She meets a guy (George Murphy, who is FABULOUS dancing with Shirley on the number "We Should be Together") trying to convince his aunt (Edna May Oliver, the real owner) to not close the hotel.
Shirley looks so sweet in that movie, in all her numbers -- especially in "If the world was a paper", "We should be together" and "Little Miss Broadway".
Anyway, this is a very enjoyable movie. Anyone who watches it can enjoy not just Shirley's performances but almost everything in the movie: the story, the characters, the songs, the dancing and so on. A heartwarming movie starring one of the sweetest Child-Stars of all the time with fabulous co-stars. A family movie that can be watched by children, adults and even teenagers and old people.