Just Around the Corner (1938)

Just Around the Corner (1938)

20th Century Fox

November 11, 1938
Musical
DVD
C

Interesting elements but it doesn't all hang together.  This is based on Paul Gerard Smith's short story "Lucky Penny," and directed by Irving Cummings.

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

Twentieth Century Fox

July 29, 1938

Musical?

DVD
D+

I just couldn't tell where they were going with this.  I mean, yes, there's probably going to be some fundraiser, but Shirley goes from being an orphan cheerfully singing about how no one will love you if you're unhappy to hanging out in the lobby of a vaudeville hotel.  Irving Cummings directed.

Curly Top

Curly Top

Fox

July 26, 1935

Comedy, Musical
DVD
C-

This is the first up of a Shirley Temple collection.  I'm sure I saw it (and some of the others) a bunch of times as a kid, but Shirley's cutesiness is a little hard to take now.  Still, bumped up a notch for the "Animal Crackers in My Soup" song.  This is based on Jean Webster's novel Daddy Long-Legs and directed by Irving Cummings.