Curly Top
Curly Top is a 1935 American musical romantic comedy film starring Shirley Temple, John Boles and Rochelle Hudson.
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Screenplay by | Patterson McNutt Arthur J. Beckhard |
| Based on | Daddy-Long-Legs 1912 novel by Jean Webster |
| Produced by | Winfield Sheehan |
| Starring | Shirley Temple John Boles Rochelle Hudson |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Music by | Ray Henderson R.H. Bassett Hugo Friedhofer Arthur Lange |
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| Distributed by | Fox Film |
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Running time | 75 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A bachelor wants to adopt an orphan, but she refuses to leave behind her older sister, so he adopts them both. The man eventually falls in love with the latter.
Cast
- Shirley Temple as Elizabeth Blair
- John Boles as Edward Morgan
- Rochelle Hudson as Mary Blair
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Denham
- Rafaela Ottiano as Mrs. Higgins
- Esther Dale as Aunt Genevieve Graham
- Etienne Girardot as Mr. Wyckoff
- Arthur Treacher as Butler
- Maurice Murphy as Jimmie Rogers
Reception
Helen Brown Norden wrote in Vanity Fair that Temple "has great charm and a phenomenal ease which permit her to dominate even such an absurd situation and stupid dialogue as are forced on her in her latest picture, Curly Top.[1] Maclean's critic Ann Ross was of the opinion that "Admirers of the screen's first child wonder will dote on 'Curly Top.' People who find that all child performances on the screen, even Temple performances, stir up the wicked old Herod in them, had better stay away.[2]
References
- Norden, Helen Brown (September 1935). "Hollywood on parade". Vanity Fair.
- Ross, Ann. "Shorts and Angles". Maclean's.
External links
- Curly Top at IMDb
- Curly Top at the TCM Movie Database
- Curly Top at AllMovie
- Curly Top in the American Film Institute catalog