Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

JLRMovieReviews Here Shirley Temple is Rebecca Winstead who is looking for fame and fortune. Well, maybe. But mainly she wants to sing. Her stepfather, played by William Demarest, who she calls Uncle, and who takes care of her now that her mother is dead, is the one who wants the fortune. He tries to get her on the radio and she would have been picked, but there was a miscommunication between Randolph Scott and one of his staff. When Randy tells him to find her, while he's going for a country vacation, the guy can't, because Uncle, fed up with taking care of her, drops her off at his sister-in-law, played by Helen Westley, in the country! Everyone in these Shirley Temple films is cranky, until they meet Miss Shirley. Helen Westley is no exception. She's held a grudge for 25 years against Slim Summerville for not showing up on their wedding day, because he got too drunk the night before the wedding. Slim lives next door and tries to nudge his way back into her life. Meanwhile, guess what, Randy is the next-door neighbor, who eventually finds the little girl. Will Helen let her niece sing on the radio? Will they have to go behind her back to do it? Will she ever forgive Slim? Will Randy get married to his fiancée or get smitten with another young lady he meets in the country, costar Gloria Stuart? Does Uncle show up again to take advantage of his now-profitable stepdaughter, since he does have legal custody in the eyes of the law? With the locale switching from New York to the country several times, it didn't turn out to be like what I expected at first, but it was very good, and, as an added bonus, it has Shirley and costar Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dancing. Franklin Pangborn has a very brief but memorable bit as a radio substitute who never gets to go on, until.... If you love Shirley Temple (you wouldn't be reading this if you didn't,) you'll enjoy spending time with Rebecca and company.

mark.waltz When young Shirley Temple believes she's been overlooked by a radio producer, her stepfather (William Demarest) drops her off at the farm of her crotchety aunt (Helen Westley). The producer (Randolph Scott) just happens to live next door right under Aunt Westley's chins, and has been searching for her after a misunderstanding at her audition. Westley hasn't been friendly with the neighbors for years due to a misunderstanding with Scott's basset faced servant (Slim Summerville) when they courted years ago. Scott manages to get Shirley on the radio without Westley knowing and she is an instant hit. But of course, the grouchy aunt finds out leading to a lot more complications, some touching reunions and the big finale with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Temple repeats some of her hits and dances with Bojangles while picking berries. The film is cute but ridiculous in spots, and Shirley is obviously a bit more mature than her character's 8 years. Still, worth watching for the charm of country life. Ah, those Green Acres.

Franklin McAlister III This is one of the good movies that Shirley Temple made because I just love how you get so much laughter out of it. I just laughed like crazy when that one neighbor helped get little Shirley out of the upstairs bedroom and down the ladder to the other house then he got trapped up there because the ladder fell off the side of the house. I just cracked up and laughed because of how many funny scenes there are in this movie. I really laughed when the Aunt came upstairs and found that man in the bed instead of little Shirley. I also got a huge amount of laughs out of one of the final scenes in the movie when Shirley is taken away from her Aunt and how she fakes loosing her voice just to get back around the people she loves.

Ron Oliver A frantic radio producer must find the perfect Little Miss America for an advertiser's national program. He discovers her in his country neighbor, REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, an incredibly talented & precocious moppet, who proceeds to charm all around her & bring happiness into the lives of those who love her.Little Shirley Temple turns in another crowd-pleasing performance in this pleasant family film - which bears almost no resemblance to the Kate Douglas Wiggin classic. It's easy to see why the little tyke was Hollywood's top star for years. Her smile & vivacity are still stunning decades later.This time Shirley is surrounded by a plethora of male talent: rugged Randolph Scott, giving a slightly wooden performance no doubt caused by the chagrin of playing second fiddle to a ten-year-old; peppy Jack Haley, always eager to please; veteran William Demerest, displaying some of his best pratfalls; laconic comic Slim Summerville, the unlikeliest lover; flustered Franklin Pangborn, as a very nervous organist; and the great Bill `Bojangles' Robinson, given distressingly little to do in his role as a farmhand - until the film's final moments when he gets to shine in a tap routine with Shirley.Helen Westley is great fun as grumpy Aunt Miranda; lovely Gloria Stuart is given little to do except look, well, lovely.That's champion character actress Eily Malyon as the Reverend's cake-eating wife. Movie mavens will recognize old Clarence Wilson as a shyster attorney.Shirley sings `An Old Straw Hat' & `Come And Get Your Happiness', as well as a medley of her past hits.Query: Why do film makers think radio audiences are thrilled by listening to tap dancing? In films like this you don't ask questions like that.