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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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Shirley Blake
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Loop Merritt
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Mrs. Higgins
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Adele Martin
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Mary Blake
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Uncle Ned Smith
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Thomas - The Chauffeur
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Joy Smythe
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J. Wellington Smythe (as Theodor von Eltz)
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Anita Smythe
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Higgins - the Butler
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Judge Thompson
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Detective (uncredited)
Ann Bupp ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Burgess ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
Crilly Butler ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
Russ Clark ...
Aviator (uncredited)
Fred Crawford ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
Robert Dalton ...
Aviator (uncredited)
David Field ...
Aviator (uncredited)
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Aviator in Raincoat (uncredited)
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Bob - Aviator (uncredited)
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Bond Man (uncredited)
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Sam Hayes - Radio News Broadcaster (uncredited) (voice)
Rodney Hildebrand ...
Driver of Death Car (uncredited)
Sunny Ingraham ...
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
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Ned's Attorney (uncredited)
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Glendale Airport Radio Operator (uncredited)
Sam Labrador ...
Tony - Airport Houseboy (uncredited)
Phil Marshall ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
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Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
Harry McKee ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
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Attorney (uncredited)
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Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Lawyer at Hearing (uncredited)
Thomas Murray ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
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Bill - Aviator (uncredited)
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Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
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Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
Dick Rush ...
Court Officer (uncredited)
Ad Schaumer ...
Driver (uncredited)
Paul Schwegler ...
Aviator and Mechanic (uncredited)
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Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
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Blake - Shirley's Father - in Photo (uncredited)
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Rags - Loop's Dog (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Butler

Written by

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William M. Conselman ... (screen play) (as William Conselman)
 
David Butler ... (story) and
Edwin J. Burke ... (story) (as Edwin Burke)
 
Henry Johnson ... (contributor to special sequences) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Sol M. Wurtzel ... producer

Music by

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David Buttolph ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Arthur C. Miller ... (photography) (as Arthur Miller)

Art Direction by

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Duncan Cramer
Albert Hogsett

Costume Design by

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Royer ... (gowns)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ad Schaumer ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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S.C. Chapman ... sound

Stunts

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Opal Ernie ... stunts (uncredited)
Duke Green ... stunts (uncredited)
Bruce Randall ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sidney Clare ... lyrics
Samuel Kaylin ... musical director
Richard A. Whiting ... music

Additional Crew

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Bob Blair ... aeronautics advisor
Sammy Lee ... number staged by
Marilyn Granas ... stand-in: Shirley Temple (uncredited)
Carl Spitz ... dog owner and trainer: "Terry" (uncredited)
Garland Weaver ... stand-in: James Dunn (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. Written by Daniel Bubbeo

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Taglines She's the sweetheart of the airdrome...guardian angel of the fliers who rate their lives more lightly than her love! (Print Ad- The Lodi News, ((Lodi, Calif.)) 7 January 1935) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Shirley aviatrice (France)
  • Ojos cariñosos (Spain)
  • Olhos Brilhantes (Brazil)
  • Säteilevät silmät (Finland)
  • Flygets lilla fästmö (Sweden)
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  • 85 min
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Trivia Terry (Rags) is the same dog that played Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939). See more »
Goofs When Shirley is out with Joy giving their dolls buggy rides and Joy wants to operate on Shirley's doll, Shirley says she doesn't want Mary Lou to be operated on. But the doll she actually has is not the small one she named Mary Lou, it's the larger one named Lupee given to her by the aviators. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in America at the Movies (1976). See more »
Soundtracks On the Good Ship Lollipop See more »
Quotes Joy Smythe: What are you gonna get for Christmas? I'm gonna get a pink dollhouse with real furniture and a real piano and a tennis racket and a great big doll.
Shirley Blake: I asked Santa Claus to bring me a doll.
Joy Smythe: There ain't any Santa Claus!
Shirley Blake: There is too!
Joy Smythe: There is not! My psychoanalyst told me there ain't any Santa Claus or fairies or giants or anything like that.
Shirley Blake: I'll bet you'd feel pretty bad tomorrow morning if you woke up and you didn't have any presents.
Joy Smythe: Well, I won't. Wanna know why? 'Cause I already peeked in the closet and saw 'em.
Shirley Blake: I don't care what you saw. There is a Santa Claus!
Joy Smythe: There ain't!
Shirley Blake: Mr. Smith, there is a Santa Claus, isn't there?
Uncle Ned Smith: What did she say?
Shirley Blake: She said there isn't.
Uncle Ned Smith: Then there is.
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