Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)

Directed by

Irving Cummings

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A little girl is left alone by her wealthy father. She joins two vaudeville performers and becomes a singer on the radio.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatcharmingnostalgicsentimentalbouncy

What happens

Poor Little Rich Girl, advertised as The Poor Little Rich Girl, is a 1936 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Shirley Temple, Alice Faye and Jack Haley. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend was based on stories by Eleanor Gates and Ralph Spence, and the 1917 Mary Pickford vehicle of the same name. The film focuses on a child (Temple) neglected by her rich and busy father. She meets two vaudeville performers and becomes a radio singing star. The film received a lukewarm critical reception from The New York Times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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