Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) on Netflix
Bored Barbara Barry is sent to boarding school by her widowed soap manufacturer father. After her nurse is injured en route, she joins the Dolan and Dolan radio act.
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Plot summary
Barbara Barry is the young daughter of Richard Barry, a wealthy soap manufacturer and recent widower. Concerned that she spends too much time alone, he decides on boarding school. At the station, Barbara becomes separated from her nurse Collins after Collins is struck by a car while looking for a stolen handbag. Left alone in the city, Barbara wanders until she meets Tony, a friendly Italian organ grinder. His family invites her in, shares dinner, and lets her sleep with their children. She then attracts the interest of Jimmy and Jerry Dolan, struggling vaudeville performers who live upstairs. They put Barbara into their radio act, presenting her as their daughter. With help from advertising executive Margaret Allen, the act is sponsored by a rival soap company.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
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- Shirley Temple, Jack Haley and Alice Faye could not synchronize their taps for the "Military Man" number; Haley and Temple's mother argued over the blame, one of Temple's teeth fell out during the routine, and with her legal work hours nearly up, Temple performed it alone with Haley's and Faye's taps dubbed in later.
- While her mother was being interviewed on the set of Poor Little Rich Girl, Shirley Temple strolled over to the reporter and asked, "Why don't you talk to me? I'm the star."
