Directed by:
Allan DwanComposer:
Cyril J. MockridgeCast:
Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard, Minor Watson, Mae Marsh, Irving Bacon, Charles Halton (more)Plots(1)
Shirley Temple stars as the orphaned Wendy in her final film with Allan Dwan. Adopted as an infant by the husband and wife vaudeville team of Joe (Jack Oakie) and Kit Ballantine (Charlotte Greenwood), she grows into childhood as a vital part of their act. But, as she approaches school age, the couple feel that life on the road is not the best thing for Wendy, and they decide to buy a farm in Vermont and settle down. However, the local populace, led by the stiff-necked Hester Appleby, openly express their doubts about the morality of show business people. Mike Shea (George Montgomery), the owner of the local newpaper is alone in his openness toward the Ballantines. When Joe agrees with Mike's notion of promoting tourism at a town meeting, the citizenry sardonically appoint the vaudevillian a one-man chamber of commerce. When Wendy turns a school play directed by Hester into an impressive vaudeville show, the children's parents are scandalized by its content and call a halt to the show in mid-performance. Yet, all is not lost for the resourceful Ballantines. This standard Temple vehicle includes an interesting sequence of film clips revealing the child star's growth from her earliest screen appearances to adolescence. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Shirley Temple
USA
Best movies:
Heidi (1937)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Jack Oakie
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Call of the Wild (1935)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Charlotte Greenwood
USA
Best movies:
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Arleen Whelan
USA
Best movies:
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Ramrod (1947)
George Montgomery
USA
Best movies:
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Roxie Hart (1942)
Bomba u 10 i 10 (1967)
Kathleen Howard
Canada
Best movies:
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Laura (1944)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Minor Watson
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Charles Halton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Darryl Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Network (1976)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Storm Warning (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
Fern Emmett
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Dell Henderson
Canada
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
The Crowd (1928)
Our Relations (1936)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Lafe McKee
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Syd Saylor
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Harry Tyler
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)