Heidi

"Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !"

1937 1h 28m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 125

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Synopsis

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Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.

“Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !”

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Cast

Shirley Temple
Heïdi
Jean Hersholt
Adolph Kramer
Arthur Treacher
Andrews
Helen Westley
Blind Anna
Pauline Moore
Elsa
Thomas Beck
Pastor Schultz
Mary Nash
Fraulein Rottenmeier
Sidney Blackmer
Sesemann

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Allan Dwan
Writers: Walter Ferris, Walter Ferris, Julien Josephson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 6

ERA

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89 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt and Arthur Treacher carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !".

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6 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0028988 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Allan Dwan directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
289 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt and Arthur Treacher carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !".
6IMDB entry: tt0028988 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 19 themes, including "gypsy", "kidnapping", "butler", "grandfather".

The technical file

Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Heidi (1937)

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CinemaSerf2022-09-04
★ 7/10
Shirley Temple wasn't even ten years old when she starred in this rather enjoyable adaptation of the timeless Johanna Spyri tale. She is the eponymous young girl sent to live on the mountain with her solitary grandfather (Jean Hersholt). Original unimpressed by this arrangement, she gradually manages to wear down the old man and soon has him eating out of her hands. Suddenly, though, she is whisked away to the wealthy "Sesemann" household where she is to be a companion for the invalid "Klara" (Marcia Mae Jones). Despite the best efforts of the rather austere governess "Frauline Rottenmeier" (Mary Nash), the girls bond and all looks set fair when the young girl's father returns to a very pleasant surprise. In the dead of Christmas night, the woman who brought her in the first place sneaks her from safety to sell her to the gypsies, but luckily her grandfather had come looking and... This is a charming story that deals gently with issues of love, affection, solitude and loneliness and this adaptation from Allan Dawn is solid enough. I didn't feel however, that Temple was a natural in the part. Much of her characterisation seemed to be as if it were out of a bottle. Perhaps because unlike so many of her other films, this has a far more established story to follow - but she has much less opportunity to be spontaneous and unlike the more authentic Marcia Mae Jones, I found she was trying just a bit too hard here. It's still good fun to watch though; plenty of snowy weather and the epitome of happy endings.

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