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Having lost her father to a plane crash, 5-year-old Shirley (Shirley Temple) and her mother, Mary (Lois Wilson), live with the Smythe family, for whom Mary serves as a domestic. With the exception of Uncle Ned (Charles Sellon), the Smythes don't much care for Shirley, and she greatly prefers spending time with her godfather, pilot James Merritt (James Dunn). When Mary is killed in a car accident, the distraught Shirley becomes the object of a bitter custody battle between James and Ned.
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    PG
  • Genre:
    comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    David Butler
  • Producer:
    Sol Wurtzel
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    Fox Film Corporation

Cast & Crew

Shirley Temple
Bright Eyes
James Dunn
Loop Merritt
Judith Allen
Adele Martin
Lois Wilson
Mary Blake
Charles Sellon
Uncle Ned Smith
Walter Johnson
Thomas
Jane Withers
Joy Smythe
Theodore von Eltz
J. Wellington Smythe
Dorothy Christy
Anita Smythe
Brandon Hurst
Higgins
David Butler
Director
Sol Wurtzel
Producer
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  • Nov 17, 2007
    I realize the storylines for most of Shirley Temple's movies are pretty much the same, this one no exception. But some are better than others, and this one is very cute, touching, and funny!
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