After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Read More »
Tag Archives: Shirley Temple
Now and Forever (1934) Henry Hathaway, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Drama, Romance
Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Read More »
Young People (1940) Allan Dwan, Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Drama
Shirley’s last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life.
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Honeymoon (1947) William Keighley, Shirley Temple, Franchot Tone, Guy Madison, Comedy
Pretty but scatterbrained Barbara Olmstead arrives in Mexico City to marry her soldier fiance, learns he’s been delayed, and runs off to find a place to stay. Meanwhile, fiance Phil arrives after all, just misses Barbara, and goes off in quest of her. As further complications ensue, American consul David Flanner (who has an impatient fiancee of his own) is caught in the middle and driven nearly frantic…
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Kathleen (1941) Harold S. Bucquet, Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, Drama, Romance, Comedy
Kathleen is a 12 year old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and her, and tells everyone that she has such a family. Because of this story, she cannot invite any friends over as they will see that it is not true. Kathleen and her nanny, Mrs. Farrell do not get along, so her father hires a psychologist name Dr. Kent to be her new nanny for the summer. Her father has a new girlfriend, named Lorraine, who he is considering for his wife and mother to Kathleen. Kathleen does not like her and Lorraine is cold to Kathleen. Kathleen envisions Dr. Kent as the perfect mother for her and wife for her father.
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