Shirley Temple
Bright Eyes
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Cast. Shirley Temple as Shirley Blake, a five-year-old girl who is Mary Blake's daughter. James Dunn as James "Loop" Merritt, a bachelor pilot and Shirley's godfather. Lois Wilson as Mary Blake, Shirley's widowed mother who works as a maid for the Smythe family.
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Bright Eyes: Directed by David Butler. With Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Judith Allen. An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- David Butler
- 1934-12-28
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
Five-year-old Shirley Blake, whose father, an aviator, died in a crack up, lives with her mother Mary, a maid in the home of the snooty nouveau-riche Smythe family. She spends much time with aviator Loop Merritt, her father's best friend and her godfather, who lives nearby at the Glendale Airport.
- David Butler
- Shirley Temple
Bright Eyes is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by William Conselman is based on a story by David Butler and Edwin Burke, and focuses on the relationship between bachelor aviator James "Loop" Merritt (James Dunn) and his orphaned godchild, Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple).
When a maid is accidentally hit by a car and killed, her young orphaned daughter is forced to live with the snooty couple for whom she used to work. A custody battle soon ensues between an aviator who adores the little girl and the couple's crotchety Uncle Ned. — Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>.
