PLAZA THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 287, 31 August 1935, Page 13

PLAZA THEATRE

“Our Little Girl” Shirley Temple, wonder actress of her age, who has captured so many thousands •f hearts, uses her winsome personality io bring two hearts together in Our Little Girl." which had a most successful premiere at the Plaza Theatre last night. Featured with the child star are Rosemary Ames and Joel McCrea, who are cast as the child’s parents. McCrea, is seen as Donald Middleton, a young doctor whose research activities and his medical practice absorb so much of his time that his wife Elsie, finds life very lonely. Twice a year they picnicked at a sylvan rendezvous, and these occasions were as much looked-for by their sma l daughter, Molly, as by her parents, whose anniversary occasions they marked.. On their way home from one of faese picnics, they pass the great Brentwood estate, and meet its owner. Rolfe Brent, who has been a hunting friend of Elsie Middleton before her marriage Breiu extends a dinner invitation to the Middletons, but in the middle of it, Donald is called away to perform an urgent operation, leaving his wife with Brent. The riding acquaintance wag renewed, and gradually they came to ride togethei; day after dav. Friendship developed into love, while the young doctor still pursued his researches, heedless to the calls of his home. The inevitable trouble arose, and a break followed. The child seemed powerless to hold them together, although Shirley had taken a dislike to Brent and refused to become friendly with him. She heard her mother and father quarrel, and hoard Brent telling her mother that Shirley was in the way. Quietly she packed away her money box. a few clothes, provisions as for a picnic, and set out to find another home. That was the day that Rosemary and Brent had chosen to leave. Both parents, separately, had heard of her disappearance, and to both, her safety became a paramonnt consideration. Eventually the trails led them both to the one spot. “Heaven’s Gate,” the old picnic ground, where the quest ended.