Curly Top
Affluent Edward Morgan is won over by a curly-haired orphan and her pretty elder sister, Mary, and he arranges to adopt both under the alias 'Mr. Jones'. As he spends more time with them, he finds himself falling in love with Mary.
Director(s)
Irving Cummings
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I hate kids in films... with a vengeance! Yet, there is something about the young Shirley Temple that cuts to the quick. She has a charm about her that really makes me smile. This film is a sort of "Oliver Twist" meets "Annie" derivative with the star as the genial youngster "Elizabeth" in the Lakeside Orphanage where she is discovered by millionaire John Boles ("Morgan") who decides that he is going to adopt her, elder sister "Mary" (Rochelle Hudson) her pony and her duck. Temple's ability to charm doesn't stop at the audience. Pretty soon she has his aunt, his butler, his chef and just about everyone else eating out of her hands as she befriends wherever she goes. It's a feel good film, as ably demonstrated by her couple of cheery numbers - "Animal Crackers in my Soup" and "When I Grow Up" and although the editing sometimes gives away her cues, for much of the time she is a natural in front of the camera and has a chemistry with Boles here - as we can clearly see from their affectionate tactility - that I quite enjoyed for 75 minutes.
Curly Top FAQs
Irving Cummings is the director of Curly Top.
The cast of Curly Top includes Bess Flowers as Guest at Charity Bazaar, Maurice Murphy as Jimmie Rogers, Etienne Girardot as Mr. Wyckoff, John Boles as Edward Morgan, Jane Darwell as Mrs. Denham, Esther Dale as Genevieve Graham, Shirley Temple as Elizabeth Blair, Arthur Treacher as The Butler, Rochelle Hudson as Mary Blair, and Rafaela Ottiano as Mrs. Higgins.
The duration of Curly Top is 1h 15 mins.
Curly Top was released on 26 Jul 1935.
Curly Top is listed under Family, Music, and Comedy on Fanbiz.
Curly Top has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I hate kids in films... with a vengeance! Yet, there is something about the young Shirley Temple that cuts to the quick. She has a charm about her that really makes me smile. Th..."
