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Baby, Take a Bow

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After doing time in prison, Eddie Ellison (James Dunn) decides to turn his life around and marries Kay (Claire Trevor). Years later, they are parents to a young daughter named Shirley (Shirley Temple). When Eddie's friend Larry (Ray Walker) is released from prison, Eddie gets him a job as a chauffeur. Soon, however, there is a theft where they work. Welch (Alan Dinehart), a private investigator with a grudge against the two men, believes they are guilty and aims to prove it.

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Steve D far too sweet for me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/09/23 Full Review StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 13 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/21/23 Full Review Chris M When a pearl necklace is stolen. An insurance investigator has already convicted Eddie a new employee because being an ex-con. As if you ever commit a crime, even from desperation it means you're always a crook and prison is just to keep you locked up and not for rehabilitation. Also, even the cops in the movie says he's basically breaking the law by barging into the guy's house. It doesn't help that Eddie's friend is who stole the pearls and hid them in Eddie's apartment. They tried to do it for comedy and some of it is funny. But for a movie called "Baby, Take A Bow". Shirley is just a piece of furniture and really doesn't have much to do about the main story. This feels more like a short that got stretched to 76 minutes. Considering there are long segments of no talking or music score, it doesn't help the draggy. There are better Shirley Temple movies. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Shirley was cute as a button, but the script lacked anything interesting to keep my attention. Very slow moving, especially scenes without Temple. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member she was to cute in this moive Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Cute Shirley Temple vehicle, as expected it is quite overly sentimental but it works in this movie. Good supporting cast and a couple of sweet musical numbers are plusses. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After doing time in prison, Eddie Ellison (James Dunn) decides to turn his life around and marries Kay (Claire Trevor). Years later, they are parents to a young daughter named Shirley (Shirley Temple). When Eddie's friend Larry (Ray Walker) is released from prison, Eddie gets him a job as a chauffeur. Soon, however, there is a theft where they work. Welch (Alan Dinehart), a private investigator with a grudge against the two men, believes they are guilty and aims to prove it.
Director
Harry Lachman
Producer
John Stone
Screenwriter
Philip Klein, Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 13m