Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)

NR07/18/1936Adventure, Family, Music1h 19m
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ARE YOU AN ARMFUL OF HEAVEN ON EARTH? ...YOU ARE---BUT DEFINITELY!

Overview

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Shirley Temple

    Barbara Barry

  2. Cast 1

    Alice Faye

    Jerry Dolan

  3. Cast 1

    Gloria Stuart

    Margaret Allen

  4. Cast 1

    Jack Haley

    Jimmy Dolan

  5. Cast 1

    Michael Whalen

    Richard Barry

  6. Cast 1

    Sara Haden

    Collins

  7. Cast 1

    Jane Darwell

    Woodward

  8. Cast 1

    Claude Gillingwater

    Simon Peck

  9. Cast 1

    Paul Stanton

    George Hathaway

Shirley Temple couldn't have been more than eight years old when she starred - and that is the word - in this gently amusing comedy about a young girl "Barbara" who lives the life a molly-coddled girl with her doting, wealthy father "Richard" (Michael Whalen). When he decides to send her to school, she gets lost and ends up lodging with street entertainer "Tony" (Henry Armetta) and his large family, before meeting with a husband-and-wife entertainment outfit whom she sings and dances with - charming her way to success with soap millionaire "Peck" (Glaude Gillingwater). It's a light-hearted and...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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