Rebecca Winstead (Shirley Temple) is under the guardianship of her greedy stepfather Harry Kipper (William Demarest) after the death of her mother. She is brought to a radio audition with many other little girls. Studio head Tony Kent (Randolph Scott) loathes to listen to all the bad auditions. He is excited to hear Rebecca but she is mistakenly sent away. Harry is unwilling to care for her further and leaves her with her rigid Aunt Miranda who despised her mother falling in with the performing crowd.
This is another adaptation of the classic novel over 20 years after the silent era star Mary Pickford. Shirley Temple would see this as a failure to get the Dorothy role in the Wizard of Oz. She is performing again with her negro partner Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and does many of her hits. It is yet another hit from the child star of the era. For me, I'd rather have more of the farm. There are a lot of contrivances and conveniences. The various relationships are crashing into each other. I'm sure this was the bee's knees of American families back in the day.
This is another adaptation of the classic novel over 20 years after the silent era star Mary Pickford. Shirley Temple would see this as a failure to get the Dorothy role in the Wizard of Oz. She is performing again with her negro partner Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and does many of her hits. It is yet another hit from the child star of the era. For me, I'd rather have more of the farm. There are a lot of contrivances and conveniences. The various relationships are crashing into each other. I'm sure this was the bee's knees of American families back in the day.