As I would like to compare this movie to another one with what I believe is the same plot, this may or may not qualify as a spoiler. I hope this is sufficient warning, if need be.
Call me crazy and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I could swear this movie was remade three years later as a Shirley Temple vehicle! Baby Take A Bow by Fox has exactly the same plot as I recall, except that Clara's role has been made into a mother and is filled by Claire Trevor. All the other roles seem to be exactly the same in the two films as does the plot. The other differences are that this heavy melodrama is converted into a musical comedy and it is Shirley and her character that accounts for most of the change. I think it would be interesting to consider what it might be like if Clara had reprised her role and had played Shirley Temple's mother! Again, I may be totally off base, but I think the parallels as I saw it anyway, are worth noting.
Call me crazy and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I could swear this movie was remade three years later as a Shirley Temple vehicle! Baby Take A Bow by Fox has exactly the same plot as I recall, except that Clara's role has been made into a mother and is filled by Claire Trevor. All the other roles seem to be exactly the same in the two films as does the plot. The other differences are that this heavy melodrama is converted into a musical comedy and it is Shirley and her character that accounts for most of the change. I think it would be interesting to consider what it might be like if Clara had reprised her role and had played Shirley Temple's mother! Again, I may be totally off base, but I think the parallels as I saw it anyway, are worth noting.