Underplayed Gems

Captain January (1936)

Captain January poster
Directed by
David Butler
Genre
comedy film, musical film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
G
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A little orphan girl lives with a kind old lighthouse keeper. A strict school official tries to take her away and put her in a boarding school.

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What happens

Captain January is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend is based on the 1890 children's book of the same name by Laura E. Richards. The film stars Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, and Sara Haden. There was a tentative attempt at a copyright renewal, but now the film is in the public domain due to "a legal loophole". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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