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Shirley Temple Dimples from: Fox Video |
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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0024543018377 Format: NTSC Label: Fox Video Manufacturer: Fox Video Publisher: Fox Video Release Date: March 11, 2003 Studio: Fox Video Theatrical Release Date: October 16, 1936 Sales Rank: 1257 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: The pathologically adorable Shirley Temple provides a neat escape hatch from modern movies' irony and cynicism in Dimples, a 1936 classic about a down-and-out 6-year-old busker sharing a squalid Bowery flat with her scoundrel of a grandfather, the Professor. When Dimples and her posse of ragamuffin performers score a gig at a rich old lady's party, the thieving Professor pulls the plug on everyone's good time by five-fingering the guests' furs. Dimples is nabbed but negotiates her freedom from fat-cat hostess Caroline with nothing more than her cuteness. Indeed, the lonely widow is so smitten by Dimples that soon she's offering the money-grubbing but goodhearted Professor five grand for the girl. No amount of money, of course, could buy the precocious Dimples from her grandpa, whom she considers "a gentleman and a scholar," but when he winds up in a heap of trouble for letting $800 slip through his fingers--money that was supposed to go toward costumes for a play in which Dimples stars--his only hope is to cash in on Caroline's desire for Dimples. The great Bill Robinson directs all Temple's dance numbers, none of which dashes nostalgic viewers' notions that a dose of sugar and spice and everything nice needn't be nothing special. Even those overly susceptible to sneering will succumb to this film's sweetness. The black and white film is also available in a colorized version. --Tammy La Gorce Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - "Dimples (1936) ... Shirley Temple ... 20th Century Fox (2006)"20th Century Fox presents "DIMPLES" (released: 16 October 1936) (78 mins) (B&W/Color Versions) - Under William Seiter (Director), Nunnally Johnson (Producer), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Nat Perrin (Screenwriter), Arthur Sheekman (Screenwriter), Bert Glennon (Cinematographer), Ted Koehler (Songwriter), Jimmy McHugh (Songwriter), Louis Silvers (Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score), Herbert Levy (Editor), William S. Darling (Art Director), Thomas K. Little (Set Designer), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Choreography) - - - - - - our story line has a precocious little tot (Shirley Temple) in the New York City of 1850, must decide between life with her penniless but charming rogue of a grandfather & a wealthy old lady who loves ... Read More: Rating:  - Still cute, but mediocre movie.I couldn't watch this one all the way through, and we returned the rental. Rating:  - Research Needed on Cover MaterialWhile this is not one of the best of Temple's efforts, the film held your interest and had excellent acting by Frank Morgan and Helen Westley. However, the material on the dvd cover indicated "See the Famous Staircase Dance with Bill Robinson". Unfortunately, that is not in this film. Bill Robinson is not in this film, although he directed some of the dance sequences. I think the people producing these products need to check their research BEFORE they develop the cover materials. While I knew Bojangles was not in this film, there could be others misled by this material. Rating:  - DisappointingShirley Temple, arguably the most famous child star ever, deserves much better treatment than this! 20th Century Fox has released 3 of her movies to DVD (Bright Eyes, Heidi, and Dimples). With no extra features (other than a trailer for Heidi), Fox certainly didn't hurt themselves in packaging these films. In addition, the print used for Dimples is terrible; very grainy and dark. Hopefully for future releases, Fox will dish up some extra features. Heidi is the only one of the three that includes a theatrical trailer. Don't bother with the colorized versions that are on the disks; the colors are garish and bleed badly. Rating: - Dimples didn't HelpShirley is the most precious little girl I've ever seen and this movie did nothing for her ! I am like a huge Temple fan but I think this movie was a waste . I think this was one of her worst films.It hasn't even a good story line. Shirley was cute in it,but the movie was playing boring |
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