Unfortunately, the captain never formally adopts her, and a truant officer keeps attempting to take star away from him and send her to public school. A 1936 vehicle for shirley temple, captain january is actually a remake of a 1922. They adore each other, and she thrives having a large community of sailors as her extended family. This list of american films of 1936 compiles american featurelength motion pictures that were released in 1936. The opening song, early bird is a sweet introduction to our character, complete with some fun camera trickery of temple turning a corner and coming out fully dressed. The double bill for march 9 at bucksports alamo theatre, featuring 1936s captain january, starring the perennially cheery shirley temple, paired with 2019s the lighthouse, a dark film about a descent into madness, suggests the festivals guiding principles. Richards captain january was warmed up as a shirley temple picture 14. The story is about a lighthouse keeper and his little girl, star editions. Previously filmed as a vehicle for baby peggy montgomery in 1922, laura e. Maine in the movies film festival march 615 island. Faced with choosing the lesser of two evils, harleys crew finally decides to cast their lot with the captain, who has become the films hero by default. Top 147 books published in 1936 that people have added on goodreads.
Captain calamity adventures of ship captain bill jones captain calamity is a 1936 american film that managed to take the core concept of romanticized piracy showcased in many pieces of media over the last two centuries, and turn in upside down by inserting a lot of realism into it. List of 20th century studios movies simple english. What happened in 1936 important news and events, key. International spy pictures, even the poorer ones, are always bound to be fairly exciting, and rendezvous happens to be one of the good ones. The dustjacket features two photographs of shirley temple in movie costume. Complete annual us box office top 55 chart of 1936. Shirley lives with a lighthouse keeper kibbee who rescued her when her parents drowned. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at.
In 1937, john ford was hired to direct the sepiatoned wee willie winkie temples own favorite and an alist cast was signed that included victor. Shirley temple in captain january 1936 shirley temple, guy kibbee, and. The screenplay by sam hellman, gladys lehman, and harry tugend is based on the 1890 childrens book of the same name by laura e. Captain january was filmed in 1936, directed by david butler. The screenplay by sam hellman, gladys lehman, and harry tugend is based on the story the lighthouse at cape tempest by laura e. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but shes rescued by relatives. Hand color tinted photo of shirley temple from the 1936 movie, stowaway shirley jane temple born april 23, 1928, later shirley temple black, is an american film and television actress, singer, dancer, autobiographer, and former u. Captain january 1936 star shirley temple is a shipwrecked orphan girl growing up with a gentle lighthousekeeper named captain january guy kibbee, who rescued her from the waves when she was. Shirley temple, guy kibbee 1936 7 captain january, orig austrian film program shirley temple, guy kibbee 1936. The only clue to the babys identity was a locket with a photograph of a woman around her neck, so judkins adopted her as his own daughter. Captain january 1936 shirley temple, guy kibbe dvd new. Complete annual us box office top 55 chart of 1936 with grosses is available here. The big broadcast of 1937 jack benny, george burns. I have written up very brief summaries of each of shirleys movies, if you have a more complete summary, please email me your summary and i will add it to the website.
Meddlesome agatha morgan tries to prove that cap is not a suitable guardian for star, and that she should be in school, but star scores higher than her peers when. Shirley temple plays star, a young orphan who is discovered in a storm by captain january, who decides to raise her as her own. Its hero william powell is a code expert and very useful to washington. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school. This 1936 film stars shirley temple as star mason, who, as an infant, is rescued from the sea by lighthouse keeper captain january guy kibbie. Captain january 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Captain january shirley temple color version 1936 high. All ends happily when january and his two chums are hired as crew members on the morgans yacht.
Captain january by richards laura, first edition abebooks. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but shes rescued by relatives. An american boy turns out to be the longlost heir of a british fortune. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket and the book with a small chip and a tear at the upper spine. Mythical savior and universal bailout amongst marines. The company was founded on may 31, 1935 as a merger between fox film corporation and 20th century pictures. Richards captain january was warmed up as a shirley temple picture 14 years later. For some reason, one that i cant quite put my finger on, i have always held this movie above the others. An outstanding portrait of daily life in berlin in this rare, well preserved film, with the magical feeling of the pastel colors of agfachrome.
The vaudeville and broadway hoofer was brought to hollywood by mgm in 1935, and made his film debut that year in broadway melody of 1936. Temple plays star, a child of divorce who is looked after by crustybutlovable lighthouse. Shirley temple list of movies and tv shows tv guide. What happened in 1936 major news stories include jesse owens wins 4 gold medals, the queen mary begins atlantic crossings, spanish civil war begins, king edward viii abdicates to marry wallis simpson, hoover dam finished, bbc first public tv broadcasts, crystal palace is destroyed by fire, 1936 the depression lingered on with unemployment. The film stars shirley temple, guy kibbee, and sara haden in a story about a. Strangely, it appears that parts of this documentary were filmed in 1939, after the siegessaule was moved to its new location. In october 1937, graham wrote in a british magazine that shirley was a complete totsy and her admirersmiddleaged men and. List of all of shirley temples full movies as listed on imdb. Unfortunately, the captain never formally adopts her, and a truant officer keeps attempting to take star. Captain january is a 1936 american musical comedydrama film directed by david butler. Buy shirley january captain january shirley january. Box office madness the worlds biggest box office database. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Captain january shirley temple color version 1936 highdef. Jan 23, 2020 on january 26, 1986, in new orleans, louisiana, the chicago bears score a super bowl record number of points to defeat the new england patriots, 4610, and win their first championship since 1963. Aug 18, 2015 captain january is a 1936 american musical comedydrama film directed by david butler. Based on temples many screen successes, zanuck increased budgets and production values for her films. With shirley temple, guy kibbee, slim summerville, buddy ebsen. Buy captain january movie posters from movie poster shop. Time magazine noted that this film broke box office records in some major cities, including milwaukee, cincinnati, boston and baltimore. No shorts were included, only feature length films. Though filmed nearly two years before the outbreak of ww2, pirate of the seven seas was foresighted enough to include a german villain in its cast of characters. Captain blood is a 1935 american blackandwhite swashbuckling pirate film from first national pictures and warner bros. Jan 16, 2020 the double bill for march 9 at bucksports alamo theatre, featuring 1936s captain january, starring the perennially cheery shirley temple, paired with 2019s the lighthouse, a dark film about a descent into madness, suggests the festivals guiding principles.
A truant officer haden decides she should go to boarding school, but shes rescued by relatives. For the movies of those two companies, see list of pre1940 fox films and list of 20th century pictures films. The blue bird my favorite shirley temple movie still watch it. Signed by fox in 1934 at the age of five, she made eight films that year, and skyrocketed to fame. The film does a great job balancing these themes, while still telling a truly engaging story and building a world that we can really dive into and enjoy. Overall, captain fantastic is a sneaky little indie film that has flashes of brilliance, but its ending is a really let down. The showstopper that people best remember captain january for is at the codfish ball where temple dances with buddy ebsen. Captain january is a 1936 american musical comedydrama film. Star shirley temple, an orphan, lives with captain cap january, a retired sailor who runs a lighthouse. On this occasion, the roles of rival siblings henry and james durrie were played by richard thomas and michael york.
Shirley temple in captain january shirley temple, shirley temple. Originally telecast in the united states as a threehour tv film on january 31, 1984, the production subsequently aired on scottish television as a sixpart miniseries, 25 minutes per episode. This is a list of movies produced andor distributed by the u. One of shirley temples best films, captain january would be. That old dude that saved shirley temple from not only eminent death, but also kept the truant officer from locking her up. A little girl named star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. Pictures, produced by harry joe brown and gordon hollingshead with hal b. Shirley temple pictured in a white sailor suit, dark blue scarf. Buy shirley january captain january shirley january captain. Captain january movie posters from movie poster shop. Richards, and later transformed into two films, the 1924 silent film captain january, starring baby peggy and the 1936 musical film captain january, starring shirley temple. The film also starred shirley temple and guy kibbee as captain january her adopted father. Although it was released at the end of 1935 and appears on the list of american films of 1935, a tale in two cities was one of ten films.
By the time she appeared in captain january 1936, seven year old shirley temple was the number one box office star in nation. With shirley temple, guy kibbee, slim summerville, buddy ebsen, sara. Captain january 1936 shirley temple, guy kibbe dvd. By the following year, fox, which had been on the brink of bankruptcy, was turning a profit. Box office weekly tagged 1936, box office, captain january, charts. The captains kid 1936 young abigail sybil jason disobeys her protective aunt may robson and slips off to see her drunken uncle asa guy kibbee. He is also much appreciated by a beautiful society. The film is offered in both its original blackandwhite presentation and in. In her book, temple captions a photo of her dancing with buddy ebsen in captain january the best dancing partner. In 1936, captain january, poor little rich girl, dimples, and stowaway were released.
Both movies are set in lighthouses, and, interestingly, both are shot in. Captain january shirley temple movie 1930s film info and ranking. Here she was, a cute and enourmously talented youngster coming exactly at the right time during the great depression, and whammo. Captain january is a young girl who lives in a lighthouse in maine with her guardian, jeremiah daddy judkins hobart bosworth. Buddy ebsen dances at the codfish ball with shirley. This film was remade in 1936 as a vehicle for shirley temple. Jul 03, 2017 posts about 1936 written by box office madness. Captain january is an 1891 childrens novel, written by laura e.
The romanticism of the sea, and the men that give their lives to serve it. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Overview of captain january, 1936, directed by david butler, with shirley temple, guy kibbee, slim summerville, at turner classic movies. Shirley lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. Captain january may be my favorite shirley temple movie. The film stars shirley temple, guy kibbee, and sara haden in a story about a foundling pursued by a truant officer. Captain january shirley temple movie 1930s film info and ranking shirley temple movies shirley temples movies may have been produced in the 1930s, but many have proven to be timeless, appealing to kids of all ages even today. On january 27, 1941, shirley temple appeared on the lux radio theater in a broadcast adaptation of the 1936 film captain january. Release date company cinecon year summary captain salvation 1927 mgm 26 1990 captive, the 1915 laskyparamount 40 2004 captured on film the true story of marion davies 2001 timeline 37 2001 cardboard lover, the 1928 mgm 40 2004 careless lady 1932 fox 25 1989 carol for another christmas, a 1964 abc 33 1997 casanova in burlesque 1944 republic. Maine in the movies film festival march 615 island institute. She began her film career in 1932 at the age of three, and in 1934, skyrocketed to superstardom in bright.
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