Little Miss Marker
Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker (1934)

6.4 ? Jun 01, 1934 1h 19m

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy Family

Release Date

June 01, 1934

Rating

6.4 /10

Runtime

1h 19m

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Sorrowful Jones

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Big Steve Halloway

Dorothy Dell

Dorothy Dell

Bangles Carson

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

Sore Toe

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Regret

Sam Hardy

Sam Hardy

Bennie the Gouge

John Kelly

John Kelly

Canvas Back

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Doc Chesley

John Sheehan

John Sheehan

Sun Rise

Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy

Dr. Ingalls

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Bettor (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Marky's Father (uncredited)

James Burke

James Burke

Detective Reardon (uncredited)

Mildred Gover

Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)

Willie Best

Willie Best

Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Garry Owen

Grinder (uncredited)

Huey White

Eddie (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Bugs (uncredited)

Veda Buckland

Nurse (uncredited)

K

Kandarr

10.0/10

Sep 05, 2017

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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