Heidi

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s r @ScottR 08/16/2021 Another lost flixster rating. This is my favorite Shirley Temple movie. It is so moving and well made to boot. A beautiful film. See more 12/27/2020 "Heidi" Stars An 8-Year-Old Shirley Temple Plays The Title Character. Heidi Is A Highly Intelligent, Quick-Witted Orphan Turned Kidnappee. Heidi's Self-Interested Aunts Takes Her To Live With Her Grandfather, Adolph Kramer, An Old, Introverted Grouch. When The Grandfather Begins To Have A Beautiful Bond With Heidi, The Aunt Returns To Steal Heidi Away To Sell Her To A Family In Need Of A Playmate For The Rich Mansion Owner's Sickly Daughter. Far From Home And Missing Her Grandfather, Heidi Must Learn To Adjust To A Large House, A New Friend, And A Villainous Châtelaine... I Loved This Film. It's Adventurous, Humorous, Well-Written, And Well-Directed. This Film Brings So Much Nostalgia. It Could Easily Compete And Win Over Films Such As Home Alone Or The Nightmare Before Christmas For Best Cult Classic Christmas Film If It Weren't Underrated And Already 83 Years Old... Shirley Temple Was Phenomenal As Usual. With This Film, She Proved Something That We All Knew Before And After Her Performance: Shirley Temple Is The Poster Child For Great Child Acting. Not Only Could/Did She Act -- She Sang And She Tapped Danced Simultaneously. A True National Treasure, She Did What No Child Actor Could Have Done In That Time. She Made The Movie Great. Aside From One Or Two Laughably Ridiculous Moments, Heidi Was An Impressive, Heartwarming Tale That Audiences Of All Ages Could Enjoy -- 98% See more 08/23/2020 Absolutely the worst Heidi movie ever made. As a Swiss I grew up with the book Heidi written by Johanna Spyri. Poor Johanna wouldn't just turn in her grave if she know the Shirley Temple Heidi, no she would spin like a Helicopter blade See more steve d 07/23/2020 Cute adaptation, one of Temple's best. See more andy h 02/11/2020 I have problems with the way the women and some men treat the children in here as it is timely dated, but it's still a pleasure to watch Shirley temples character overcome those emotional obstacles and socialize with everyone otherwise. See more 08/04/2019 Shirley Temple is, possibly, the greatest child star that ever was or ever will be. At the very least, she will certainly go down in history as the most universally popular. Between the ages of 7 and 10, she was the top box-office draw for 4 years in a row, beating out other popular actors like Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Appearing in her breakout role in the film Stand Up and Cheer at the age of 5, she was a little girl with a near-prodigy level talent for dance, singing, and acting (she even has a tap combination named after her). An orphaned girl tends goats for her grandfather until she's sold to serve as a disabled girl's companion. A truly touching family drama, Heidi is a wonderful film. Even though most of the film takes place in the winter, Heidi was, actually, filmed in the middle of summer in Lake Arrowhead, California. At one point the heat became so, unbearable that Hersholt collapsed from heat exhaustion. Shirley, also, suffered health problems during the shoot when she, accidentally, swallowed fake snow. This resulted in throat problems that forced the production to shoot around her for two days. Despite the mishaps, Shirley still enjoyed making this film, even suggesting the fanciful "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" number herself and during production "helped" direct her fellow child actors through the dance steps. See more Read all reviews

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