Little Miss Marker
Substantial Steve Halloway, gambler and also owner of nyc's horse shoe Cabaret, where Bangles Carson, his girl sings, is now in need of dollars. He arranges for his fellow bookies Sorrowful Jones, to each cover him $ 1,000 Dream Prince, for his race horse, to lose. Together with stakes being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, using lost $500, needing to set his bet however is unable to come up with $20. Instead, he puts his daughterMarthy Jane (Shirley Temple), as security, or in bookie's terms, a"marker". Having lost his bethe commits suicide, leaving"little Miss Marker" under the care of Sorrowful Jones. Since Steve hides out in Chicago to avoid hunt for his jagged betshe entrusts Sorrowful to see over Bangles throughout his absence, in that time the"golddigger" helps"tight-wod" with his trouble. He returns to do something positive about it After Big Steve learns Bangles is involved in Sorrowful.
Released: 1934-06-01
