Feature1934·79m·6.5

Little Miss Marker

ComedyFamily

Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.

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Cast

Shirley Temple

Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'

Adolphe Menjou

Sorrowful Jones

Charles Bickford

Big Steve Halloway

Dorothy Dell

Bangles Carson

Warren Hymer

Sore Toe

Lynne Overman

Regret

Sam Hardy

Bennie the Gouge

John Kelly

Canvas Back

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Doc Chesley

John Sheehan

Sun Rise

Frank Conroy

Dr. Ingalls

Ernie Adams

Bettor (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Marky's Father (uncredited)

James Burke

Detective Reardon (uncredited)

Mildred Gover

Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)

Willie Best

Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Grinder (uncredited)

Huey White

Eddie (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Bugs (uncredited)

Veda Buckland

Nurse (uncredited)

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Age rating: —
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: B.P. Schulberg ProductionsParamount Pictures

Crew

Director

Alexander Hall

Writers

William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, Leo Robin

Alfred Gilks

Director of Photography

William Shea

Editor

Eugene Joseff

Costume Design

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Reviews

Kandarr

9/5/2017

10.0

This movie really threw Shirley Temple into the spotlight, and for good reason. She hits every note perfectly, and showed that she had what it took to move beyond shorts and into feature films. The problems that Little Miss Marker suffers from are mostly caused by the times. The sound is pretty bad throughout the movie, the levels are all over the place, and the acting from a few characters is completely over the top. Of course, that's all due from the movie being made in 1934. The entire industry was still figuring out the whole sound thing, and this film is definitely a reminder of that. However, Little Miss Marker is still a heartwarming little movie with memorable performances and a solid story.