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Curly Top

1935 · 75 min

A breezy, sunny comfort watch full of songs and mischief, where a cheeky child melts every stiff adult she meets.

Overview
Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones". As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism5
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, music, comedy
Directed by
Irving Cummings
Written by
Patterson McNutt, Arthur J. Beckhard
Starring
Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell, Rafaela Ottiano, Esther Dale, Etienne Girardot, Arthur Treacher
Cinematography
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Runtime
75 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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