Bright Eyes

Dec 28, 1934

1h 25m

★ 6.7

YOU'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE HER IN A PICTURE LIKE THIS!

Overview

An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.

Genres

Drama

Family

Music

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

Bright Eyes Trailers

Cast

Shirley Blake

Shirley Temple

Loop Merritt

James Dunn

Mrs. Higgins

Jane Darwell

Adele Martin

Judith Allen

Mary Blake

Lois Wilson

Uncle Ned Smith

Charles Sellon

Thomas

Walter Johnson

Joy Smythe

Jane Withers

J. Wellington Smythe

Theodore von Eltz

Anita Smythe

Dorothy Christy

Higgins

Brandon Hurst

Judge Thompson

George Irving

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7.3

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7.4

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6.1

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7.7

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