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Young People

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Tired from years on the road as a family vaudeville act, Joe and Kit Ballantine move with their daughter, Wendy, to a small New England town in search of a normal life. However, when they arrive, the Ballantines find that the locals, including a curmudgeonly schoolteacher, aren't interested in welcoming performers to their town. But when a massive storm hits, the family is given a chance to prove its worth.
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Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Jul 18, 2009
Interesting musical about liberal young people in revolt against small town conservative economics; good direction by Allan Dwan. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 Jun 11, 2023 Might be Temple's worst See more Oct 1, 2012 THe only thing good about this film are the clips of Shirley Temple when she was younger. See more Jan 3, 2011 I liked this one a lot. Although Shirley still had dead parents in this one, she never knew it because she was adopted when still a baby and was in a cute little showbiz family. The way they clash with the narrow-minded small town folk could just as easily happen in a lot of places today! See more Feb 4, 2008 Shirley Temple had a rare screen presence. This was true whenever she was being filmed, whatever her age. In this one she was twelve but she seemed more like eight. This is enjoyable but, see that smile on Shirley's face? The whole movie is that way. See more Nov 4, 2007 Very sweet cute movies from all of Shirley Temple's movie. I loved all of them. But I didn't watch some of them! I'll copy and paste to the ones I watched!:) See more Read all reviews
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Allan Dwan

Director

Shirley Temple

Wendy Ballantine

Jack Oakie

Joe Ballantine

Charlotte Greenwood

Kit Ballantine

Arleen Whelan

Judith

George Montgomery

Mike Shea
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Synopsis Tired from years on the road as a family vaudeville act, Joe and Kit Ballantine move with their daughter, Wendy, to a small New England town in search of a normal life. However, when they arrive, the Ballantines find that the locals, including a curmudgeonly schoolteacher, aren't interested in welcoming performers to their town. But when a massive storm hits, the family is given a chance to prove its worth.
Director
Allan Dwan
Producer
Harry Joe Brown
Screenwriter
Edwin Blum, Don Ettlinger
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
G
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 18m
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