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Shirley Temple: Captain January

	Shirley Temple: Captain January
	by 20th Century Fox Sales Rank: 33979 Price: $19.98

A 1936 vehicle for Shirley Temple, <I>Captain January</I> is actually a remake of a 1922 feature starring Baby Peggy Montgomery as an orphan informally adopted by the lighthouse keeper who rescues her from a storm. The Temple version, directed by David Butler, finds the little star playing a child named, well, Star, who is rescued and taken in by a salty old lighthouse-keeper known as Captain January (Guy Kibbee). Like a briny variation on Bret Harte's classic story, "The Luck of Roaring Camp," <I>Captain January</I> finds Star nurtured by a community of aging sailors who adore her, including her hoofer friend Paul (Buddy Ebsen), with whom Star sings and dances one of the most-beloved numbers from a Shirley Temple movie, "At the Codfish Ball." Star's fable-like paradise is disrupted by the appearance of a truant officer (Sara Haden), who determines the child isn't receiving proper schooling and overall care. That decision leads to a bit of conflict and despair, but with Temple wiggling, singing, and charming her way through her character's mostly enchanted circumstances, it's not hard to have faith in happy endings. The film is offered in both its original black-and-white presentation and in colorized form. Special features include a trailer and clips from Temple’s appearance at the presentation of a memorial to Will Rogers. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> *Viewer Reviews* Yes, Shirley Temple is unbelievably cute. And her one dance with Buddy Epson is amusing. But the rest of the film is treacle, based on a highly predictable and melodramatic story designed to exploit the emotions of the masses. The colorized version, by the way, is terrible; one of the worst I've seen. What a way to kill an hour and a half. Back To Top
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