A troubled child tries to patch up her parents' broken marriage by running away..

Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for the golden age of Hollywood or just want to see Shirley Temple do her thing, you’ll probably find something to love here. If you’re allergic to heavy-handed melodrama or children being used as emotional weapons in a script, you might want to skip this one entirely. Th...


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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for the golden age of Hollywood or just want to see Shirley Temple do her thing, you’ll probably find something to love here. If you’re allergic to heavy-handed melodrama or children being used as emotional weapons in a script, you might want to skip this one entirely. The whole premise is honestly a bit stressful to watch today. A kid thinks she can fix a crumbling marriage by simply disappearing, which is a wild leap in logic even for a 1935 movi..."
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