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Stowaway

1936 · 87 min

A gentle, song-filled old-fashioned charmer that coasts on cuteness and warmth, easy to watch and hard to dislike.

Tagline
She sings and speaks Chinese!
Overview
Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker, also on the ship, marries Randall to give Chin-Ching a family.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • family
  • love
  • isolation
  • class
Places
  • sea
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism5
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
adventure, family
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Written by
Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman, William M. Conselman
Starring
Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher, Allan Lane, J. Edward Bromberg
Runtime
87 min
Country
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Languages
Mandarin, English

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