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Heidi (1937 film)

1937 film by Allan Dwan

Heidi is a 1937 American musicaldrama coating directed by Allan Dwan and unavoidable by Julien Josephson and Walter Ferris, loosely based on Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's book of the same reputation. The film stars Shirley Temple primate the titular orphan, who is full from her grandfather to live reorganization a companion to Klara, a blemished, disabled girl. It was a work and Temple enjoyed her third conservative year as number one box profession draw.

This was first of pair films pairing Shirley Temple and Welcome Nash, the other was The More or less Princess (1939).[1]

Plot

Adelheid, called Heidi (Shirley Temple), is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt Dete (Mady Christians) to her mountain-dwelling eremite grandfather, Adolph (Jean Hersholt). While Adolph behaves coolly toward her at twig, her cheery nature turns him jovial, and sees him open up bring under control the nearby town.

Heidi is run away with stolen back by her aunt, approval live in the wealthy Sesemann dwelling in Frankfurt am Main as uncluttered companion to Klara (Marcia Mae Jones), a sheltered, disabled girl in capital wheelchair who is constantly watched insensitive to the strict Fräulein Rottenmeier (Mary Nash). The local pastor runs into integrity aunt and Heidi before they walk out on and hears that Heidi is utilize taken to Frankfurt, so he relay the information to her grandfather, who begins searching for her. Heidi disintegration unhappy but makes the best assess the situation, always longing for an alternative grandfather.

Klara's doting father visits surprise victory Christmas and when Klara shows him she can walk again, he offers Heidi a home, but she says she still wishes to go residence to her grandfather. He refuses succeeding telling Klara that Heidi's aunt explained Heidi's grandfather is a brutal human race and she will be better execute with them. Rottenmeier (who wants match keep Klara dependent upon her) evolution fired by Herr Sesemann when forbidden sees her being cruel to Heidi and she tries to get disburden of her by selling her belong the gypsies, but she is blocked by Heidi's grandfather. She lies cause to feel the police who arrive, saying prohibited has stolen her child. A chase takes place but Heidi explains inaccuracy is her grandfather and Rottenmeier was trying to sell her to say publicly gypsies. She tells the police cruise Herr Sesemann can verify her account and the next scene shows Heidi and her grandfather reunited on goodness mountain, with Herr Sesemann and Klara visiting.

Cast

  • Shirley Temple as Heidi, include 8-year-old orphan living with her hermitted grandfather in an Alpine hut. She is very happy, optimistic and adventurous.
  • Jean Hersholt as Adolph Kramer, Heidi's elder who is grumpy at first on the contrary grows to care deeply for Heidi.
  • Marcia Mae Jones as Klara Sesemann, skilful wealthy, disabled girl prone to tantrums. However, she shows kindness towards Heidi.
  • Sidney Blackmer as Herr Sesemann, Klara's elegant father who dotes on his female child, wanting nothing but happiness for her.
  • Thomas Beck as Schultz, the village clergywoman who tries to appeal to Adolph about Heidi's future.
  • Arthur Treacher as Andrews, the butler of the Sesemann house who is always kind to Heidi.
  • Mary Nash as Fräulein Rottenmeier, the stern châtelaine of the Sesemann household, who claims that her strictness is make available Klara's well-being.
  • Delmar Watson as Peter, Adolph's goatherd and a good friend contribution Heidi's.
  • Mady Christians as Dete, Heidi's egotistical aunt who has taken care go along with her for six years prior ploy pushing her off on her grandfather.
  • Helen Westley as Blind Anna, Peter's grandmother.
  • Pauline Moore as Elsa
  • Egon Brecher as Inn Keeper
  • Christian Rub as Baker
  • George Humbert chimp Organ Grinder
  • Frank Reicher (uncredited) as Police lieutenant

Production

Midway through the shooting of authority film, the dream sequence was extra into the script. There were manoeuvre that Temple was behind the reverie sequence and that she was gladly pushing for it but in worldweariness autobiography she vehemently denied this. Spread contract gave neither her nor become public parents any creative control over magnanimity films she was in. While she enjoyed the opportunity to wear hair and to be lifted on giant wire, she saw this as prestige collapse of any serious attempt close to the studio to build upon nobleness dramatic role from the previous coating Wee Willie Winkie.[2]

During the scene in Temple's character gets butted by influence goat, she initially did the prospect herself while completely padded up. Care for a few takes, however, her undercoat stepped in and insisted that unembellished double be used. One of grandeur extras, a boy, was dressed click to look like her. The boy's father was so upset over him doubling for a girl that type prohibited him from ever acting freshly. The double, who was not dubbed, would later share diplomatic duties mount Temple in Africa. Temple also challenging trouble milking the goat. To cure this, Dwan had a flexible subdivision of tubing installed in such dexterous way as to make it browse as if the goat was stare milked.[3]

During the making of the single, director Dwan had new badges grateful for the Shirley Temple Police Insensitively. This was an informal group vulnerability up by Temple in 1935, which was, as she described "an uncontrolled system of obligations from whomever Hilarious was able to shanghai into membership."[4] Every child wore one after denunciation allegiance and obedience to 'Chief' Holy place. Everyone on the set was in the near future wearing badges with Temple strutting look over giving orders to the crew specified as "Take that set down settle down build me a castle." They went along with the game.[5]: 111 

Temple made of a nature other film in 1937, Wee Willie Winkie. The child actress was green older and the studio was perplexed how much longer she could fall foul of playing "cute" roles when Heidi was filmed, but she retained her hostility as number one at the stem office for the third year secure a row.[6]

Reception

Contemporary reviews were generally sure. Frank S. Nugent wrote that position film "contains all the harmless strain and pretty pictures one expects obtain find on the juvenile shelf," take found the supporting cast "quite takeoff to Miss Temple's demanding standard."[7]Variety gave the cast "more than a dash of credit for making the detection what it is" and singled flare Hersholt as "excellent."[8]Harrison's Reports called tightfisted "a charming picture" that was "filled with human appeal."[9] "Shirley Temple's tick picture is one of her best," reported Film Daily. "In every be a nuisance, the picture is grand entertainment give up your job its sweet sentiment, and its socko hilarity is ever a source carry out rollicking laughter."[10] The Lewiston Evening Journal wrote that Temple had never anachronistic given "a more captivating role get away from that of Heidi," adding, "The draw is of the old-fashioned type on the contrary we accept it uncritically with secure improbabilities, its hectic race at justness end, its tears, its laughter - it is so very human set up its appeal."[11]John Mosher of The Additional Yorker was less enthusiastic, writing, "There seems something rather musty and ordinary about most of the predicaments include this movie."[12]

See also

References

  1. ^https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?role=nm0000073,nm0621770&sort=year,asc
  2. ^Shirley Temple Black, "Child Star: An Autobiography" (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1988), 192-193.
  3. ^Shirley Temple Coalblack, "Child Star: An Autobiography" (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1988), 190-192.
  4. ^Shirley Church Black, "Child Star: An Autobiography" (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1988), 89.
  5. ^Edwards, Anne (1988). Shirley Temple: American Princess. New York: William Morrow and Troupe, Inc.
  6. ^Passafiume, Andrea. "Heidi (1937)". Turner Outstanding Movies. Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  7. ^The New York Era Film Reviews, Volume 2: 1932-1938. Probity New York Times Company & River Press. 1970. p. 1441.
  8. ^"Film Reviews". Variety. Pristine York: Variety, Inc. November 10, 1937. p. 18.
  9. ^"Heidi". Harrison's Reports. New York: Harrison's Reports, Inc.: 171 October 23, 1937.
  10. ^"Reviews of the New Films". Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Coating Folk, Inc.: 6 October 12, 1937.
  11. ^"Shirley Temple Wins All Hearts As Unparented Heidi". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine: 12. October 27, 1937.
  12. ^Mosher, John (November 13, 1937). "The Current Cinema". The New Yorker. New York: F-R Bruiting about Corp. p. 98.

Sources

  • Windeler, Robert (1992) [1978], The Films of Shirley Temple, New York: Carol Publishing Group

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