29 Jul 1938
Little Miss Broadway
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
King of the Hill
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Top Billed Cast
Jesse Bradford Aaron Kurlander
Jeroen Krabbé Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn Mrs. Kurlander
Karen Allen Miss Mathey
Spalding Gray Mr. Mungo
Elizabeth McGovern Lydia
Cameron Boyd Sullivan
Adrien Brody Lester
Joe Chrest Ben
John McConnell Patrolman Burns
Amber Benson Ella McShane
Kristin Griffith Mrs. McShane
Chris Samples Billy Thompson
Peggy Freisen Mrs. Thompson
Katherine Heigl Christina Sebastian
John Durbin Mr. Sandoz
Lauryn Hill Elevator Operator
Jesse Zeigler Jealous Kid
Remak Ramsay Principal Stellwater
Fred Cherrick Woodbine Owner
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