Heidi
Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !
Overview
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Heidi
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Filming locations
Filmed in California
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Setting
Set in Switzerland and Alps
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Music
Music by David Buttolph
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Arthur Charles Miller
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Walter FerrisWriter, Screenplay
- Johanna SpyriNovel
- Julien JosephsonScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 15, 1937
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Shirley TempleHeïdi
Jean HersholtAdolph Kramer
Arthur TreacherAndrews
Helen WestleyBlind Anna
Pauline MooreElsa
Thomas BeckPastor Schultz
Mary NashFraulein Rottenmeier
Sidney BlackmerSesemann
Mady ChristiansDete
Marcia Mae JonesKlara Sesemann
Delmar WatsonPeter
Egon BrecherInn Keeper
George HumbertOrgan Grinder
Sig RumanPolice Captain
Christian RubBaker
Bodil RosingVillage Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy VernonChurch Member (uncredited)
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