Friday, August 24, 1934

Ate breakfast. Came home with Helen. Pauline came down. Went to Kate's for supper. Saw Little Miss Marker with Helen.

Little Miss Marker
AKA The Girl in Pawn

Little Miss Marker is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alexander Hall. The screenplay was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Hellman after a short story of the same name by Damon Runyon. The film stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, and Dorothy Dell in a story about a little girl held as collateral by gangsters. The film was named to the United States National Film Registry and has been remade several times.

Saturday, May 19, 1934

Nadine came down and we went out to Swope. Rode home with Daddy. Nadine, Gweyn and I went to the Fashion Show.

Little Miss Marker
Starring Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell and Charles Bickford
Writers: Damon Runyon and Walter Lipman
Genre: Comedy/Family/Drama

Plot Summary:

Little Martha Jane, aka Little Miss Marker (Temple) is left with the bookmaker Sorrowful Jones by her dad as part of a bet on a horserace. Sorrowful (Menjou) and his group of fellow bookies take to her, reluctantly at first, but their cynical ways start to rub off on her. Will a party set at Camelot bring back her faith in humanity?