Sexylocher Masterful Movie

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

JohnHowardReid Associate producer: Buddy G. De Sylva. Executive producer: Darryl F. Zanuck. Copyright 24 July 1936 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation. New York opening at the Radio City Music Hall: 25 June 1936 (ran two weeks). Australian release: January 1937. 7,093 feet. 79 minutes.SYNOPSIS: Motherless Barbara Barry has everything a child could want: a wealthy soap manufacturer for a father, toys, clothes, and pets, to say nothing of a private nurse, Collins, who rushes her charge into bed at the first sneeze. It is decided that Collins will take Barbara away to school, but outside the railroad station the nurse is struck by a car, rushed to the hospital, and Barbara decides to become Betsy Ware, the heroine in her favorite book that Woodward, the housekeeper, reads to her. She meets Tony and his monkey and follows them home for the night, insisting she is an orphan. The following morning, hearing dance steps from the flat above, Barbara imitates the steps so perfectly that Jimmy and his wife Jerry hurry down to see who the "smart hoofer" really is. NOTES: A re-make of the 1917 silent starring Mary Pickford. The stage play by Eleanor Gates opened at the Hudson on 21 January 1913, running a most satisfactory 160 performances. Viola Dana in the title role was directed by Richard Walton Tully for producer Arthur Hopkins.Although a smash hit in the U.S./Canadian market, "Poor Little Rich Girl" did not earn enough money to place it in the first ten box- office winners. In Australia, however, the movie took 4th place. Another Temple-Faye star attraction, "Stowaway", was 2nd.COMMENT: Despite up-dating, the script is still an old-fashioned bit of nonsense in which the incredibly jejeune plot is made all paramount and never mind what damage is done to characterization. We are asked to accept for example that Whalen is a completely sympathetic figure, yet he doesn't even bother to check that his darling daughter has got to school safely. Also take all this business with that shady character who keeps hovering around in the background. It all comes to nought, his motives being neither revealed nor hinted at. Presumably he's condemned because of his sinister face. But as nothing actually happened we imagine that he successfully sued the police later for false arrest. In fact the whole business of the Faye-Haley plot is left conveniently up in the air. A quick cut to the "Military Man" finale suffices.Whilst the direction is certainly smooth, it's equally dull and routine. Increasing the tedium of this lack of directorial style are an unmemorable lot of songs and dances, poor man's production numbers. Only the cleverly choreographed "Military Man" finale (in which Alice keeps up amazingly well with Shirley and Jack) has any real interest or vitality. Production values are well above average, though technical credits for the most part are as blandly undistinguished as the direction.OTHER VIEWS: Typically cutesy Temple vehicle in which the strong support cast is neither well used nor adequately catered for by script or director. (The songwriters and dance director seem to concentrate all their energies on Miss Temple too). Miss Faye (who is not especially attractively made up or photographed) and Mr. Haley make a disappointingly late entrance. Part of the limelight that should have shone on Miss Faye is taken over by Gloria Stuart, who looks attractive enough but seems too svelte for the likes of woodenly unbelievable millionaire father figure, Michael Whalen. On the other hand, Claude Gillingwater heavily exaggerates his role, often reducing it to a theatrical caricature. More reliable support players like Jane Darwell and Sara Haden drop out of the story altogether at an early stage. - JHR writing as George Addison.

Enrique Sanchez Shirley Temple charms your socks off in this delightful story of a rich girl who wanders off on her way to boarding school and is befriended by a couple of vaudeville performers.Shirley is adorable as she sings, dances and plays her imaginary game with Alice Faye and Jack Haley. I love the way she charms the curmudgeonly old man. It is also wonderful to see lovely Gloria Stuart in her heyday.Anyone who complains about the weakness of the plot should have their head examined...these were vehicles for Shirley's rich talent and irresistible charisma. There are no plot holes, the stalker obviously wants to kidnap Shirley for ransom because he always asks her Shirley who her father is (knowing that he is rich) and Collins, the "lost" nanny from the beginning is mentioned in the closing minutes. I am sure they will find "Collins" but it does not really matter to the story arc at this point in the story.If you are not mesmerized by Shirley and this delightful story, you've lost something vital in your memories, your sensibilities and your tenderness of heart.This movie is recommended for ALL AGES...

bkoganbing Shirley Temple is our Poor Little Rich Girl who gets pampered by her widower father Michael Whalen a soap manufacturer with a radio program and rival to Claude Gillingwater. When a lot of the servants tell Whalen he's spoiling the child by treating her like a hothouse plant and school might be good for, he entrusts Temple with Sara Haden to take her to a boarding school.But on the way there, Haden meets up with an accident when she's hit by a car. Temple left to her own devices decides to go on 'vacation' first with organ grinder Henry Armetta and his family and later with former vaudevillians Alice Faye and Jack Haley who are trying to get a break in radio.Wouldn't you know it, Faye and Haley decide that Shirley is just what they need for their act and no one else has a claim on her since Shirley said she ran away from an orphanage. And of course who does our little moppet charm into giving them a radio program? None other than her father's rival soap magnate, cantankerous old Claude Gillingwater.Since this is a Shirley Temple movie I think you know where this is all going. Shirley's little white lie about an orphanage nearly lands the innocent Haley and Faye and Armetta for that matter in some trouble. And she does almost run afoul of a real kidnapper in John Wray. If it had been me, my backside surely would have been blistered for all the trouble I caused, but this is a Temple movie not real life.What the film does do is provide some good musical numbers by the song writing team of Mack Gordon and Harry Revel who were Alice Faye's composing team at 20th Century Fox in the late Thirties. Faye's two ballads of When I'm With You and But Definitely are not overshadowed by Shirley's obbligato. And the first one is actually first sung in the film by a young baritone named Tony Martin who wound up marrying the star.This must have been a trying part for Claude Gillingwater. He suffered from a crippling arthritis and the scene where he gives Temple a piggy back ride must have been unbearable. Gillingwater committed suicide a few years later because he couldn't stand the intense pain in his life.Best number in the film is You've Got To Eat Your Spinach Baby sung by Jack, Alice and Shirley, it's a charming piece. The finale they did dressed up in Ruritanian soldier uniforms called Military Man. It's a nice visual number, but after all gang they're performing on the RADIO.After over 70 years, Shirley Temple still has the capacity to charm anyone.

KT-31 After all these years and with all the changes within our society it is amazing to feel the charm of this sparkling young girl. Even with Jack Haley, Alice Faye and Claude Gillingwater providing such good support, there is no doubt who makes this film work - Shirley Temple.A child that any parent could be proud of. Strong-willed, intelligent, talented, and fearless yet obedient and loving.The performance, with Jack and Alice of the "Spinach" song, coupled with the final dance routine would, by themselves, make this movie worth watching repeatedly.