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Poor Little Rich Girl

- ARE YOU AN ARMFUL OF HEAVEN ON EARTH? ...YOU ARE---BUT DEFINITELY!

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.

Release Date : 1936-07-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Poor Little Rich GirlThe Poor Little Rich Girl

Cast

Character Name : Barbara Barry

Original Name : Shirley Temple

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jerry Dolan

Original Name : Alice Faye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Margaret Allen

Original Name : Gloria Stuart

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy Dolan

Original Name : Jack Haley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Barry

Original Name : Michael Whalen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Collins

Original Name : Sara Haden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woodward

Original Name : Jane Darwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Simon Peck

Original Name : Claude Gillingwater

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Hathaway

Original Name : Paul Stanton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony

Original Name : Henry Armetta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Baritone Soloist (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stebbins

Original Name : Charles Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Percival Gooch

Original Name : Arthur Hoyt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flagin

Original Name : John Wray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dan Ward

Original Name : Tyler Brooke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony's Wife

Original Name : Mathilde Comont

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-19

Shirley Temple couldn't have been more than eight years old when she starred - and that is the word - in this gently amusing comedy about a young girl "Barbara" who lives the life a molly-coddled girl with her doting, wealthy father "Richard" (Michael Whalen). When he decides to send her to school, she gets lost and ends up lodging with street entertainer "Tony" (Henry Armetta) and his large family, before meeting with a husband-and-wife entertainment outfit whom she sings and dances with - charming her way to success with soap millionaire "Peck" (Glaude Gillingwater). It's a light-hearted and charming affair, with the youngster thoroughly entertaining. It is a bit odd that the father doesn't appear to notice his child is missing for quite a bit of the film (only a day or two) until he hears on the radio and... we've got to keep an eye out for a few dodgy characters en route to quite a fun conclusion. It's got some cheerful ditties along the way - including "Oh, My Goodness" and the cleverly rhyming "You've got to eat your spinach" a song very much after my own heart when I was 8, too. Temple is not the least precocious, and I think that gave her something else, unique amongst the many child stars living the lives of their parents vicariously, and I enjoyed this.