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Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein and based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson. The film is a remake of the 1934 film of the same name starring Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou.
Mar 21, 1980 · First time that a remake of Little Miss Marker (1934) was remade under its original title, as the two previous versions were not called "Little Miss Marker". This movie was the fourth version of Damon Runyon 's "Little Miss Marker" story.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Walter Bernstein
- 1980-03-21
The film was remade as Sorrowful Jones (1949) with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as Little Miss Marker (1980) with Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy and Lee Grant.
Based on a story by Damon Runyon; remade three times as “Sorrowful Jones,” as “40 Pounds of Trouble,” and in 1980 with the original title. 88m/B VHS, DVD . Source for information on Little Miss Marker 1934: VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever dictionary.
Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed & written by Walter Bernstein (in his directorial debut), starring Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and Sara Stimson. The film is a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film.
The print shown on TCM is a re-release, as can be seen from the PCA approval certificate number ending with "-R". That print lists Shirley Temple above the title, followed by Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford and Dorothy Dell and the other actors.
Little Miss Marker was later remade as Sorrowful Jones (1949) starring Bob Hope and Mary Jane Saunders, Forty Pounds of Trouble (1963) featuring Tony Curtis and Claire Wilcox, and under the original title in 1980 with Walter Matthau and Sara Stimson.
