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Little Miss Marker
Little Miss Marker

6.4

Little Miss Marker

NR·1934·79m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Alexander Hall

Lyricist

Leo Robin

Screenplay

Sam Hellman

Screenplay

Gladys Lehman

Screenplay

William R. Lipman

Story

Damon Runyon

Reviews

K

Kandarr

September 5, 2017

10

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.

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

prayer
motherly love
little girl
orphan
bookie
mother figure
bedtime story
father figure
betting
gambling racket
abandoned child
collateral
blood donor
race horse
bookies