Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Shirley TempleMarthy Jane aka 'Marky'
- Adolphe MenjouSorrowful Jones
- Charles BickfordBig Steve Halloway
- Dorothy DellBangles Carson
- Warren HymerSore Toe
- Lynne OvermanRegret
- Sam HardyBennie the Gouge
- John KellyCanvas Back
- Frank McGlynn Sr.Doc Chesley
- John SheehanSun Rise
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
Tiny Shirley Temple is a joy to behold and her spontaneity and cheer in speaking her lines are nothing short of amazing. - 80
Variety
This picture is a good response to that element that claims there is nothing good in pictures. Clean, funny, with thrills and heart appeal all nicely blended. [22 May 1934, p.15] - 75
TV Guide Magazine
This is the sort of yarn that Runyon told well and often: hard-hearted wise guys melting when they have to put aside tough talk and show their true emotions. It'll have you showing your emotions, too. - 75
Vanity Fair
No matter how you may think you feel about child actors, the Temple infant will get you. - 50
The New Yorker
People hadn't seen anything like it; that doesn't mean they needed to.
