Captain January

A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.

Cast

Shirley Temple

as Helen 'Star' Mason

Guy Kibbee

as Captain January

Slim Summerville

as Captain Nazro

Buddy Ebsen

as Paul Roberts

Sara Haden

as Agatha Morgan

Jane Darwell

as Mrs. Eliza Croft

June Lang

as Mary

Jerry Tucker

as Cyril Morgan

Nella Walker

as Mrs. Mason

George Irving

as John Mason

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