Little Miss Marker

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.

Cast

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

as Sorrowful Jones

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

as Big Steve Halloway

Dorothy Dell

Dorothy Dell

as Bangles Carson

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

as Sore Toe

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

as Regret

Sam Hardy

Sam Hardy

as Bennie the Gouge

John Kelly

John Kelly

as Canvas Back

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

as Doc Chesley

John Sheehan

John Sheehan

as Sun Rise

Reviews

Kandarr

This movie really threw Shirley Temple into the spotlight, and for good reason. She hits every note perfectly, and showed that she had what it took to move beyond shorts and into feature films. The problems that Little Miss Marker suffers from are mostly caused by the times. The sound is pretty bad ...

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