Million Dollar Baby overview

Synopsis:

In this children's movie, a married vaudevillian team learns that talent scouts are looking for the new Shirley Temple. Unfortunately, they have an adorable little boy. This does not prevent them from dressing up like Temple and entering him in a contest, which he, unfortunately for him, wins. He then finds himself bewigged and train-bound for Hollywood. The hapless lad, would rather die than face life as a little girl, and so leaps from the speeding train. He soon encounters a friendly vagabond and a gang of fugitive bank robbers who think the lad may be able to help them with their nefarious schemes.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Joseph Santley
  • Studio: Monogram
  • Year: 1935
  • Run Time: 67 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Set in: Hollywood, CA
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy, Crime
  • Filmed in: B&W

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