Curly Top is a 1935 American musical romantic comedy film starring Shirley Temple, John Boles and Rochelle Hudson.

Curly Top
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Written by	Patterson McNutt Arthur J. Beckhard
Produced by	Winfield Sheehan
Starring	Shirley Temple John Boles Rochelle Hudson
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Jack Murray
Music by	Ray Henderson
Production company	Fox Film
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	July 26, 1935 (1935-07-26)
Running time	75 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A bachelor wants to adopt an orphan, but she refuses to leave behind her older sister, so he adopts them both. The man eventually falls in love with the latter.

Cast

• Shirley Temple as Elizabeth Blair
• John Boles as Edward Morgan
• Rochelle Hudson as Mary Blair
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Denham
• Rafaela Ottiano as Mrs. Higgins
• Esther Dale as Aunt Genevieve Graham
• Etienne Girardot as Mr. Wyckoff
• Arthur Treacher as Butler
• Maurice Murphy as Jimmie Rogers

Reception

Helen Brown Norden wrote in Vanity Fair that Temple "has great charm and a phenomenal ease which permit her to dominate even such an absurd situation and stupid dialogue as are forced on her in her latest picture, Curly Top.[1] Maclean's critic Ann Ross was of the opinion that "Admirers of the screen's first child wonder will dote on 'Curly Top.' People who find that all child performances on the screen, even Temple performances, stir up the wicked old Herod in them, had better stay away.[2]

References

External links

• Curly Top at IMDb
• Curly Top at the TCM Movie Database
• Curly Top in the American Film Institute catalog

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