Little Miss Marker poster

Little Miss Marker( 1934)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Shirley Temple

      Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'

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      Adolphe Menjou

      Sorrowful Jones

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      Charles Bickford

      Big Steve Halloway

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      Dorothy Dell

      Bangles Carson

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      Warren Hymer

      Sore Toe

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      Lynne Overman

      Regret

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      Sam Hardy

      Bennie the Gouge

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      John Kelly

      Canvas Back

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      Frank McGlynn Sr.

      Doc Chesley

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      John Sheehan

      Sun Rise

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      Frank Conroy

      Dr. Ingalls

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      Ernie Adams

      Bettor (uncredited)

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      Edward Earle

      Marky's Father (uncredited)

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      James Burke

      Detective Reardon (uncredited)

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      Mildred Gover

      Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)

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      Willie Best

      Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)

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      Garry Owen

      Grinder (uncredited)

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      Huey White

      Eddie (uncredited)

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      Tammany Young

      Bugs (uncredited)

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      Veda Buckland

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Crauford Kent

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Pauline Wagner

      Nurse (uncredited)

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    A review by Kandarr

    10
    Written by Kandarr on Tue Sep 05 2017
    This movie really threw Shirley Temple into the spotlight, and for good reason. She hits every note perfectly, and showed that she had what it took to move beyond shorts and into feature films. The problems that Little Miss Marker suffers from are mostly caused by the times. The sound is pretty bad throughout the movie, the levels are all over the place, and the acting from a few characters is completely over the top. Of course, that's all due from the movie being made in 1934. The entire industry was still figuring out the whole sound thing, and this film is definitely a reminder of that. Howe...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • prayer
    • motherly love
    • little girl
    • orphan
    • bookie
    • mother figure
    • bedtime story
    • father figure
    • betting
    • gambling racket
    • abandoned child
    • collateral
    • blood donor
    • race horse
    • bookies