Film

Little Miss Marker

1934 · 1h 19m · Comedy · Family

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Metacritic

68

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.

Shirley Temple

Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'

Adolphe Menjou

Sorrowful Jones

Charles Bickford

Big Steve Halloway

Dorothy Dell

Bangles Carson

Warren Hymer

Sore Toe

Lynne Overman

Regret

Sam Hardy

Bennie the Gouge

John Kelly

Canvas Back

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Doc Chesley

John Sheehan

Sun Rise

Frank Conroy

Dr. Ingalls

Ernie Adams

Bettor (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Marky's Father (uncredited)

James Burke

Detective Reardon (uncredited)

Mildred Gover

Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)

Willie Best

Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)

• Alexander HallDirector
• Sam HellmanScreenplay
• William R. LipmanScreenplay
• Gladys LehmanScreenplay
• Damon RunyonStory
• B.P. SchulbergProducer
• Alfred GilksDirector of Photography
• William SheaEditor

Release date

June 1, 1934

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Comedy, Family

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