A 10-year-old chaos agent runs Hollywood better than the adults. Obviously.
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
Acting
Jane Withers' motor-mouth charisma carries every scene
Costume
Gloria Stuart's secretary-to-starlet wardrobe arc
Production
Glimpses of actual 1930s film sets and equipment
Director
Herbert I. Leeds
Jane Withers
Jane Rand
Gloria Stuart
Carol Walters
Henry Wilcoxon
Jonathan Rand
Helen Westley
Mrs. Willoughby
Jed Prouty
Jerome Lawson
Douglas Fowley
Cedric Hunt
Robert Allen
Stanley Harper
Pedro de Cordoba
J. Howard Travers
Claudia Coleman
Mrs. Bowman
Paula Raymond
Bettina Bowman
Etta McDaniel
Violet
Carmencita Johnson
Brutus
Mary McCarty
Froggy
Hal K. Dawson
Casting Director
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jane Withers was Fox's answer to Shirley Temple, deliberately cast as brash and un-cute to contrast with Temple's sweetness.
Gloria Stuart would become the oldest Oscar nominee 62 years later for Titanic—making this her 'youthful ingénue' era.
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