Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and father, Ginger looks after her uncle, gives him lectures, loves him, defends him and keeps house for him. But, through a meddling do-gooder, she is placed in the home of the Parkers, and clashes immediately with the pampered young son, Hamilton.
Acting
Jane Withers' motor-mouth delivery outshines the entire adult cast.
Costume
Ginger's ragamuffin overalls vs. Hamilton's velvet sailor suit.
Director
Lewis Seiler
Jane Withers
Ginger
O. P. Heggie
Rexford Whittington
Jackie Searl
Hamilton Parker
Katharine Alexander
Mrs. Elizabeth Parker
Walter Woolf King
Daniel Parker
Wade Boteler
Murphy (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
Gwynne (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Society Woman (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Judge Rogers (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Judge (uncredited)
Jessie Pringle
Gossip (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jane Withers was Fox's deliberate 'anti-Shirley Temple'—less dimples, more attitude. This was her first solo vehicle after stealing scenes in 'Bright Eyes.'
The 'meddling reformer' villain reflects 1930s anxiety about state intervention in poor families—New Deal shadow politics in a children's programmer.
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