Product Details

• Actors: Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, Shirley Temple, Lynne Overman
• Directors: Alexander Hall
• Writers: Damon Runyon, Gladys Lehman, Sam Hellman, William R. Lipman
• Producers: B.P. Schulberg
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 17, 1996
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304153066
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,659 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Shirley Temple's superstardom in the 1930s was associated with Twentieth Century Fox, but before Fox locked her down she made two films for Paramount. It was 1934, her breakthrough year, and these pictures are not quite yet the showcase vehicles Fox would assemble for their pint-sized meal ticket. In Little Miss Marker, Shirley comes under the wing of Sorrowful Jones (Adolphe Menjou in good form), as Damon Runyon's world of bookies and gamblers and soft-hearted gangsters comes to life around her. It's a heartstring-tugger of an expert kind; Shirley's final line, delivered in an operating room, should have grown men weeping on their knees. --Robert Horton

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Runyon Classic with a great cast!, May 21, 2000

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"denise_imaan" (Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Miss Marker [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of the best films based on Damon Runyon's stories, 'Little Miss Marker' is a well-cast, smartly directed movie.

Yes, Shirley Temple plays the title character. Five years old and on loan from her home studio, Fox, she gave a fresh and interesting performance. Those who loathe the treacle and unrealistic characters in Temple's later work will find this film a pleasant surprise. Shirley doesn't sing (she has one short song), she doesn't dance, and she doesn't play an angel. She does, however, show off her incredible acting talent as an orphaned child thrown among gangsters. As she spends more time with them, she falls more and more under their influence, until she turns into a baby moll who tells people to "scram" and "lay off". It's an interesting commentary on the influence parents and adults have on the children who observe them.

The film captures the atmosphere of the early thirties very well. Dorothy Dell, playing lounge singer/gun moll Bangles,is fantastic, and does a wonderful number at the Diamond Horseshoe cabaret.

Even if you aren't a Temple fan, you'll probably love this film!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shirley Temple's First, and Best, November 15, 1999

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This review is from: Little Miss Marker [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Most of Shirley Temple's films are so corny, you wonder how one release kept leading to yet another. "Little Miss Marker", which was remade many times over the years, is the easy answer. It was Shirley's first movie and, yes, she's an orphan from the very start. But thanks to Damon Runyan, a wonderful cast led by Adolph Menjou, and a very original story line (again, thank you Mr. Runyan), the start of the Shirley Temple series is a comical, off-beat delight that surpasses the distilled maple syrup of her later efforts, enjoyable though they may be. Only in the early thirties would you find such a movie as this, and in no other film does the neat and dapper Adolph Menjou play such an unrepentant, but soft-hearted, slob (seeing this alone is worth the price of the movie). It would be great if Hollywood had not lost the knack for making films like this. If you don't like Shirley Temple that much, but you'd like to know what all the noise was about, you'll like this one.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Little Miss Marker made Millions!, August 12, 2001

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Kristin Rattigan (In Bed) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Miss Marker [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Little Miss Marker has Shirley Temple as the star character.A child thrown about by a bunch of gangsters Temple wins the heart of Adolph. This is temple's first role and from the start she's an orphan. Dorothy Dell is great with Temple in this movie. After a while you see Shirley has changed a bit saying things like "Scram "and "Not Tellin" this movie is cute and when she gets thrown of Dream Prince you get all scared. Remember Temple did her own stunts,pretty good for a 6 year old! She doesn't sing or dance much in this movie but she shows of she's an actress . Pretty cute. I recomend this movie,to all the Temple fans who forgot she could act! and to anyone else