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“ANN SHIRLEY IN A HEART STORMING STORY OF A STAGE STRUCK RED HEAD”
1936•NR•1h 8m•7.0•Released
ComedyDrama
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.
Director
George Nichols Jr.
Writer
Sam Mintz
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Anne Shirley
Jenny Yates
Phillips Holmes
Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
Edward Ellis
Uriah Lowell
Erik Rhodes
Archie Fisher
Margaret Hamilton
Emily 'Tippie' Tipton
Granville Bates
Philip Greene Sr.
Allen Vincent
Mr. Harrison
Lucille Ball
Lillian Temple
George Offerman, Jr.
Michael Arbuckle
Maxine Jennings
Herself
Richard Abbott
Mr. Blythe (uncredited)
Margaret Armstrong
Herself (uncredited)
William Gould
Laughing Audience Member (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Himself (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Woman Jenny Talks to in Audience (uncredited)
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