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66% Critic Match
Poor Little Rich Girl
“ARE YOU AN ARMFUL OF HEAVEN ON EARTH? ...YOU ARE---BUT DEFINITELY!”
6.6 / 10• 1936• 1h 19m•NR• English
AdventureFamily
Storyline
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
Cast & Crew
Shirley Temple
Barbara Barry
Lead
Alice Faye
Jerry Dolan
Gloria Stuart
Margaret Allen
Jack Haley
Jimmy Dolan
Michael Whalen
Richard Barry
Sara Haden
Collins
Jane Darwell
Woodward
Claude Gillingwater
Simon Peck
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Irving Cummings's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Poor Little Rich Girl is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
