Heidi
by Allan Dwan
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Actor: Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Jean Hersholt, Shirley Temple, Thomas BeckDirector: Allan Dwan
Brand: TEMPLE,SHIRLEY
Cinematographer: Arthur C. Miller
Editor: Allen McNeil
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer: Raymond Griffith
Writer: Johanna Spyri
Writer: Julien Josephson
Writer: Walter Ferris
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-30
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Heidi
Movie Review: An evergreen that has stood the test of time
Summary: 5 Stars
"Heidi" is one of my favorite childhood movies and I watched it with my 4.5-year-old daughter today [in the original B&W]. To my utter delight, she loved it, and sat through the entire movie without so much as a squirm. I attribute this to Shirley Temple's precocious and adorable performance as the spirited and gentle-hearted orphan Heidi, who is taken by her Aunt Dete [Mady Christians] to the mountains, where she is unceremoniously dumped on her curmudgeon of a grandfather [Jean Hersholt]. Though both are initially wary of each other, a mutual and true affection slowly develops until Heidi is whisked away by Dete to the home of a rich man, where Heidi is to be the rich man's daughter's companion. Klara [Marcia Mae Jones], the rich girl, is wheelchair-bound and is delighted by Heidi's down-to-earth nature and funny antics, but Heidi pines for the mountains and especially for her beloved grandfather. The baddie role is played by Mary Nash as the mean-spirited Faulein Rottenmeir who truly does some mean things to Heidi in this adaptation.
But, this is a great family movie with wholesome values and wonderful acting. Even in B&W, the charms of this story are many and I'm so glad to be able to share this wonderful classic with my little girl.
Summary of Heidi
Shirley Temple in a role that seems custom-made for her, portrays the spirited young heroine of the popular children's novel, giving her a rich emotional depth and infinite charm. When her aunt tires of caring for her, orphan Heidi is taken into the Swiss mountains to live with her gruff grandfather (Jean Hersholt), a hermit who comes to adore her. But the aunt returns to steal Heidi away, selling her to a family whose invalid daughter (Marcia Mae Jones) needs a companion. Bullied by an evil governess (Mary Nash), Heidi still charms the entire household and never stops trying to return to her beloved grandfather.One thing Shirley Temple did extremely well (besides sing, dance, and act) was turn the cranky cuddly. She'd done it effectively, two years prior, in 1935's The Little Colonel with grandfather Lionel Barrymore. Now in Heidi she turns her reclusive grumpy grandfather, Adolf (Jean Hersholt), into the loving sort she knows he really is. Heidi is an orphan, dumped into the Swiss Alps by self-centered Aunt Dete (Mady Christians) onto a grandfather she's never known, but they soon learn to love each other. Heidi's mercenary aunt returns and sells (!) Heidi to a cruel woman, appropriately named Fraulein Rottenmeier (Mary Nash). Adolf sets out on a quest to find his granddaughter. Meanwhile, Heidi charms Klara Sesemann (Marcia Mae Jones), the wealthy handicapped girl in Fraulein Rottenmeier's care. Look for a delightful Arthur Treacher as the Sesemann butler. There's a cute fantasy production number, "In Our Little Wooden Shoes," featuring Temple in various period costumes. Throughout Heidi, Temple is, as always, wonderfully joyful. This is perhaps the best-known rendering of the popular children's story by Johanna Spyri (it's been filmed some 10 times). --N.F. Mendoza
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