AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20587, 28 November 1936, Page 18 (Supplement)

AMUSEMENTS

STATE THEATRE ' POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL” Shirley Temple, one of the greatest of screen favourites, will be seen at the State to-day in ’’Poor Little Rich Girl.” She is seen as the daughter of Michael Whalen, a wealthy young business man who is far too occupied making money to devote much time to his daughter. Shirley persuades her daddy that she should be sent to boarding school where she can associate and play with other little children. Whalen agrees, but instead of attending to the task himself, delegates Sara Haden to accompany her to the school. Waiting for the train, Shirley wanders off. The busy sidewalks of New York lure her on to adventure. She is entranced by Tony, the organ grinder, and follows him to his home. Tony already has a large family but the new “bambina” so wins him that he lets her stay with his other children. In the meantime, Miss Haden has been run over by an automobile and during the following days. Shirley’s absence goes unreported. Jack Haley and Alice Faye, an out-of-work vaudeville team, notice Shirley singing and dancing. Haley is inspired with the thought that she is just what the act needs, and despite Miss Faye’s protestations, she is taken into the act. Whalen doesn’t just dash down to the broadcasting studio and bring Shirley home for several other complications enter the plot and there’s a whirlwind of exciting events before the thrilling climax is reached. Shirley is said to perform astonishing dances that top everything she has ever done before and she sings five new songs including “When I’m With You,” “But Definitely,” “You Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Ba’by,” “Oh, My Goodness” and “Military Man.”