(72 min) Released 1938-07-22
Director: Irving Cummings
Stars: Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante.
Nick Castle ... dances staged by
Geneva Sawyer ... dances staged by
Genres: Drama | Musical
This is a full-blown musical where ST sings and dances. George Murphy leaps to the challenge and brings his easy-breezy best.
Here are the chapters where musical numbers are found, for those times you want to skip 'the orphan is in jeopardy' + 'the rent is due' plot:
- Ch 2: Be Optimistic
- Ch 6: How Can I Thank You?
- Ch 8: We Should Be Together *dancing ST & GM
- Ch 11: If All the World Were Paper (hooray, good grammar)
- Ch 21: Thank You for the Use of the Hall
- Ch 22: Swing Me an Old-Fashioned Song
- Ch 23 of 24: Little Miss Broadway *dancing ST & GM
Apparently Daryl Zanuck had lifted his ban on unrealistic settings for musical numbers in the last one. Which makes it welcome in my book. Make sure you watch well enough to appreciate GM's vertical prowess in both dances.
Note: Ch 4 has no musical number despite having an italicized title in the menu.
The plot and the 'meh' songs push this to a minus, but GM rescues it back to mezzo 6.
Fox, dir. Cummings; 6
