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Our Little Girl is a american film of genre Drama directed by John S. Robertson released in USA on 1 january 1935 with Shirley Temple
Our Little Girl (1935)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1935
Length 1h5
Directed by John S. Robertson
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating62%
Our Little Girl is a 1935 Drama directed by John S. Robertson, starring Shirley Temple and Joel McCrea. Molly Middleton (Temple), daughter of Dr. Donald Middleton (Joel McCrea) and his neglected wife Elsa (Rosemary Ames), who becomes attracted to Don's best friend Rolfe Brent (Lyle Talbot).
Coming immediately after Bright Eyes and The Little Colonel and before Curly Top and The Littlest Rebel, all major hits for Temple that shot her to international stardom, Our Little Girl is largely overshadowed. Unlike her other films in this period, there was no dancing and only one song. Also unlike the rest of her films, she played a character that was neither partially or completely orphaned. In fact, this movie would be the next to last film by Temple during her time at Fox in which she was not playing a partial or full orphan (the last being The Blue Bird). Her next 13 movies would feature her in these orphaned roles. The film was the final directorial effort of veteran John S. Robertson.
Synopsis
Don Middleton (Joel McCrea) is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa (Rosemary Ames). Lonely Elsa begins to spend more time with Don's best friend and they become attracted to one another. Don and Elsa decide to get a divorce, unaware of the effect their problems are having on their daughter Molly (Shirley Temple). When Elsa announces plans to remarry, Molly runs away from home.Actors
Shirley Temple
(Molly Middleton)
Joel McCrea
(Donald Middleton)
Rosemary Ames
(Elsa Middleton)
Lyle Talbot
(Rolfe Brent)
Erin O'Brien-Moore
(Sarah Boynton)
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