Little Miss Marker (1934)
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
- Released
- 1934-06-01
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alexander Hall, William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 26 votes
Cast
- Shirley Temple as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
- Adolphe Menjou as Sorrowful Jones
- Charles Bickford as Big Steve Halloway
- Dorothy Dell as Bangles Carson
- Warren Hymer as Sore Toe
- Lynne Overman as Regret
- Sam Hardy as Bennie the Gouge
- John Kelly as Canvas Back
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Doc Chesley
- John Sheehan as Sun Rise
- Frank Conroy as Dr. Ingalls
- Ernie Adams as Bettor (uncredited)