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Stowaway (1936)

Stowaway poster
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young orphan girl in Shanghai befriends a wealthy playboy. She accidentally hides on the ocean liner he is traveling on during a musical adventure.

lightheartedwhimsicalsentimentalupbeatcheerfulmusicalold-fashionedwarm

What happens

Stowaway is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by William A. Seiter. The screenplay by William M. Conselman, Nat Perrin, and Arthur Sheekman is based on a story by Samuel G. Engel. The film is about a young orphan called "Ching Ching" (Shirley Temple) who meets wealthy playboy Tommy Randall (Robert Young) in Shanghai and then accidentally stows away on the ocean liner he is travelling on. The film was hugely successful, and is available on videocassette and DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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