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Little Miss Broadway

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Parentless Betsy Brown (Shirley Temple) escapes orphanage life with the help of her uncle "Pop" Shea (Edward Ellis) and goes to live with him at the Hotel Variety, a boarding house he runs for performers. Betsy fits right in with the zany tenants, but the landlady, Sarah Wendling (Edna May Oliver), who lives just next door, wants to evict her noisy neighbors. When Betsy is then sent back to the orphanage, Sarah's nephew Roger (George Murphy) concocts a plan to rescue Betsy and the hotel.

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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 07/22/2019
In other words, Little Miss Broadway is the sort of picture that no Temple fan would dream of missing, and that old meanies who don't care for Shirley wouldn't be dragged to with a court summons. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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David K @RT61474040 Nov 29 Shirley Temple. Nuff said. See more Steve D @RT35616104 06/10/2023 Same as all the rest. See more 03/22/2014 not one of my favorites shirley temple vehicles See more 09/04/2011 Love this film as a kid! See more 01/08/2011 Ya kno...after a while, all her movies kinda the same! A little disturbing too... She was just a girl but had to act like a grown lady in a child's body! Her story is definitely a sad one to me! See more 07/25/2010 Not the best Shirley Temple film but it's still decent. See more Read all reviews
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Irving Cummings

Director

Shirley Temple

Betsy Brown Shea

George Murphy

Roger Wendling

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Clayton

Phyllis Brooks

Barbara Shea

Edna May Oliver

Sarah Wendling
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Synopsis Parentless Betsy Brown (Shirley Temple) escapes orphanage life with the help of her uncle "Pop" Shea (Edward Ellis) and goes to live with him at the Hotel Variety, a boarding house he runs for performers. Betsy fits right in with the zany tenants, but the landlady, Sarah Wendling (Edna May Oliver), who lives just next door, wants to evict her noisy neighbors. When Betsy is then sent back to the orphanage, Sarah's nephew Roger (George Murphy) concocts a plan to rescue Betsy and the hotel.
Director
Irving Cummings
Screenwriter
Harry Tugend, Jack Yellen
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 1938, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 10m