Little Miss Marker(1934)

Name: Little Miss Marker
Director: Alexander Hall
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1934-01-01
Duration: 79 min
Cast: Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford, Dorothy Dell, Warren Hymer

Shirley Temple Adolphe Menjou Charles Bickford Dorothy Dell Warren Hymer

Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.