Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

:"For other meanings, see Marker (disambiguation)."Infobox_Film
name = Little Miss Marker
writer = Damon Runyon (novel)
William R. Lipman
Sam Hellman
Gladys Hellman
starring = Shirley Temple
Adolphe Menjou
Dorothy Dell
Charles Bickford
Lynne Overman
director = Alexander Hall
producer = B.P. Schulberg
distributor = Paramount Pictures (USA)
released = June 1 1934 (USA)
language = English
country = USA
imdb_id = 0025410

"Little Miss Marker" (also known as "The Girl in Pawn") is a 1934 film starring Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou and Dorothy Dell.

ynopsis

The film tells the story of "Marky" (Temple), whose father gives her to a gangster-run gambling operation as a "marker" (collateral) for a bet. When the man loses his bet and commits suicide, the gangsters are left with the girl on their hands. They decide to keep her temporarily and use her to help pull off one of their fixed races, naming her the owner of the horse to be used in the race.

Marky is sent to live with bookie Sorrowful Jones (Menjou). Initially upset about being forced to look after the girl, the gangster eventually begins to develop a father-daughter relationship with her. His fellow gangsters become fond of her and begin to fill the roles of her extended family. Bangles (Dell), the girlfriend of gang kingpin Big Steve (Bickford) also begins to care for Marky. Being around the gang has a somewhat bad influence on the child, and she begins to develop a cynical nature and a wide vocabulary of gambling terminology and slang.

Cast

The film stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford, Lynne Overman, and Dorothy Dell. Overman's character, Regret, is meant to be mafia accountant Otto Berman, best friend of writer Damon Runyon, who wrote the story on which the film is based.

Recognition

In 1998, "Little Miss Marker" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Remakes

The film was remade in 1949 as "Sorrowful Jones" with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as "Little Miss Marker" in 1980 with Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, and Lee Grant.

Another remake also starred Tony Curtis was 1962's "40 pounds of Trouble" Curtis plays a casino manager who is left with a eight year old girl.

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