Shirley Temple stars in this classic version of Johanna Spyri's story.
The cuteness factor is dialed way up in this version, as Miss Temple charms everyone from shaggy and irascible Jean Hersholt to Sidney Blackmer. The sour old maids, of course, are immune to her charms, with Mary Nash as the rotten Fraulein Rottenmeier, and Mady Christians as her aunt who sells her to Blackmer as a living doll for his daughter, the crippled Marcia Mae Jones.
It was a comeback for director Allan Dwan, who had been languishing in 20th Century-Fox's B division for a while. The result was another hit for Miss Temple and her dependable dimples.
The cuteness factor is dialed way up in this version, as Miss Temple charms everyone from shaggy and irascible Jean Hersholt to Sidney Blackmer. The sour old maids, of course, are immune to her charms, with Mary Nash as the rotten Fraulein Rottenmeier, and Mady Christians as her aunt who sells her to Blackmer as a living doll for his daughter, the crippled Marcia Mae Jones.
It was a comeback for director Allan Dwan, who had been languishing in 20th Century-Fox's B division for a while. The result was another hit for Miss Temple and her dependable dimples.