22 Mar 1996
Welcome to the Dollhouse
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Little Miss Marker
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
Top Billed Cast
Shirley Temple Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Adolphe Menjou Sorrowful Jones
Charles Bickford Big Steve Halloway
Dorothy Dell Bangles Carson
Warren Hymer Sore Toe
Lynne Overman Regret
Sam Hardy Bennie the Gouge
John Kelly Canvas Back
Frank McGlynn Sr. Doc Chesley
John Sheehan Sun Rise
Frank Conroy Dr. Ingalls
Ernie Adams Bettor (uncredited)
Edward Earle Marky's Father (uncredited)
James Burke Detective Reardon (uncredited)
Mildred Gover Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)
Willie Best Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)
Garry Owen Grinder (uncredited)
Huey White Eddie (uncredited)
Tammany Young Bugs (uncredited)
Veda Buckland Nurse (uncredited)
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