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One thing Shirley Temple did extremely well (besides sing, dance, and act) was turn the cranky cuddly. She'd done it effectively, two years prior, in 1935's The Little Colonel with grandfather ...( read more  read more... )Lionel Barrymore. Now in Heidi she turns her reclusive grumpy grandfather, Adolf (Jean Hersholt), into the loving sort she knows he really is. Heidi is an orphan, dumped into the Swiss Alps by self-centered Aunt Dete (Mady Christians) onto a grandfather she's never known, but they soon learn to love each other. Heidi's mercenary aunt returns and sells (!) Heidi to a cruel woman, appropriately named Fraulein Rottenmeier (Mary Nash). Adolf sets out on a quest to find his granddaughter. Meanwhile, Heidi charms Klara Sesemann (Marcia Mae Jones), the wealthy handicapped girl in Fraulein Rottenmeier's care. Look for a delightful Arthur Treacher as the Sesemann butler. There's a cute fantasy production number, "In Our Little Wooden Shoes," featuring Temple in various period costumes. Throughout Heidi, Temple is, as always, wonderfully joyful. This is perhaps the best-known rendering of the popular children's story by Johanna Spyri (it's been filmed some 10 times). --N.F. Mendoza

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G, 88 min.

Directed by: Allan Dwan

Release Date: October 15, 1937

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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002

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  • clooneyfan
    September 30, 2007
    clooneyfan
    Classic Shirley temple!
  • dreamfaeries
    November 9, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    It was okay.
  • graveling861
    March 25, 2009
    graveling861
    When Shirley Temple cries, it makes me want to cry. How gay is that?
  • trisarahtops22
    November 17, 2007
    trisarahtops22
    Absolutely my favorite Shirley Temple movie. It's funny and touching.
  • threefolddado
    May 4, 2007
    threefolddado
    Grandfather, where are you!!!
  • Arianeta
    September 23, 2009
    Arianeta
    Shirley Temple is realy good as usual in every way (sing dance and act).
    Classic story but even I like a lot old movies I felt that something missing in this film
  • maweggywoo
    August 20, 2009
    maweggywoo
    bleddy hell is that a real kid or a doll lol
  • shchase2000
    July 25, 2009
    shchase2000
    Saw it before and really love her movies
  • carolynmj19774
    July 23, 2009
    carolynmj19774
    This was SOOOOO cute....LOVED IT.
  • JamesThePirate
    June 23, 2009
    JamesThePirate
    SEEN IT
    REVIEW COMING SOON

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