Specialty CollectionGenre: FEATURE FILMS
Description: THIS TOP-FLIGHT SHIRLEY TEMPLE CHARMER HAS THE LOVABLE MOPPET OFF THE BOARDING SCHOOL AFTER THE REPORTED DEATH OF HER FATHER, KILLED IN THE BOER WAR. SHE IS SEVERELY MISTREATED BY THE WICKED NASH, BUT GETS AWAY LONG ENOUGH TO SEARCH THE MILITARY HOSPITALS FOR HER DAD. SHE FINDS HIM, BUT DISCOVERS THAT HE HAS AMNESIA. THE SIGHT OF HIS LONG LOST DAUGHTER, HOWEVER, BRINGS HIM AROUND. THIS IS THE SORT OF FILM THAT MADE TEMPLE A LEGEND. SHIRLEY TEMPLE, RICHARD GREENE, IAN HUNTER, CESAR ROMERO ARTHUR TREACHER, ANITA LOUISE, SYBIL JASON, MILES MANDER, MARCIA MAE JONES, E.E. CLIVE. DIRECTED BY WALTER LANG. 1899 VICTORIAN ENGLAND "OLD KENT ROAD" WALTER LANG DIRECTED THE LAVISHLY PRODUCED REMAKE THAT HAD LITTLE SHIRLEY, LIVING IN 1899 VICTORIAN ENGLAND, GOING FROM RICHES-TO-RAGS THEN BACK AGAIN. SHIRLEY IS A YOUNG SCHOOLGIRL WHO IS SENT TO A HARSH BOARDING SCHOOL WHEN HER ARMY OFFICER FATHER IS POSTED ABROAD. WHEN HER FATHER IS DECLARED MISSING, THE PENNILESS GIRL MUST WORK AS A SERVANT AT THE SCHOOL TO PAY FOR HER KEEP, ALL THE WHILE HAUNTING THE HOSPITALS, NEVER BELIEVING HER FATHER HAS DIED.
