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- WISDOM— What is it and how can I become wiser?
- PURITY— Why should I save sex for marriage?
- DISEASE AND SUFFERING— Why is the world the way it is? Did God create it this way?
- EFFECTIVE RESPONSES— How can I best respond to tough questions from unbelievers?
- The Last Supper
- Snow White
- Novocaine
- Mickey 17
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Paddington in Peru
- Love Hurts
- Flight Risk
- Wolf Man
- Survive
Halle Berry, age — American actress, producer — “Never Let Go,” “Moonfall,” “Perfect Stranger,” “X-Men” 1-3, “Catwoman,” “Gothika,” “Die Another Day,” “Things We Lost in the Fire” • Faith: Secularism, but says she believes there is a god of some kind and has dabbled in various religions • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism
Neil Patrick Harris, age —American actor, singer, and magician—“A Series of Unfortunate Events” (TV series), “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “Starship Troopers,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Muppets” • Faith: Agnosticism • Progressive Liberalism, Homosexuality (activist), Environmentalism • Harris was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people (2010).
Please take a moment now to pray for these influential people (prayer suggestions).
Curly Top
Reviewed by: Brett Willis
STAFF WRITER
| Moral Rating: | Good |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Family |
| Genre: | Family Musical Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 14 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1935 |
| USA Release: |
July 26, 1935 (wide) |
| Featuring | Shirley Temple, John Boles, Esther Dale, Jane Darwell, Etienne Girardot, Rochelle Hudson, Maurice Murphy, Rafaela Ottiano, Arthur Treacher |
| Director |
Irving Cummings |
| Producer |
Winfield R. Sheehan |
| Distributor |
This is a very enjoyable Shirley Temple “formula” film, with a charming 7-year-old Shirley and lots of song and dance from her and from other cast members.
Shirley’s character, Elizabeth Blair, is in an orphanage along with her young-adult sister Mary (Rochelle Hudson). Elizabeth just can’t seem to remember that her duty in the orphanage is to be sad and serious all the time; she sings, dances and just enjoys life regardless of her circumstances. One of the orphanage’s rich trustees, Edward Morgan (John Boles), takes a strong interest in helping Elizabeth and Mary.
The only negative thing in this film that might have been handled better is Morgan (a lawyer) lying and saying that the good he does for Elizabeth and Mary are actually being done by one of his clients. He has his reasons for doing that, but eventually his lies catch up with him and he has to cover them by telling more lies, until the truth finally comes out anyhow. (If that were the worst offensive element in any movie, the world would be a much better place.) The orphanage children are shown praying before going to bed. There are other references to prayer and to Sunday school scattered throughout the film. Apparently there was a time in our history when faith in God wasn’t considered corny.
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