Heidi (1937)
Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !
88 min
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.
- Release date
- October 15, 1937
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Shirley Temple as Heidi
- Jean Hersholt as Adolph Kramer
- Jean Hersholt as Grandfather
- Arthur Treacher as Andrews
- Helen Westley as Blind Anna
- Thomas Beck as Pastor Schultz
- Mary Nash as Fraulein Rottenmeier
- Sidney Blackmer as Herr Sesemann
- Pauline Moore as Elsa
- Mady Christians as Dete
- Marcia Mae Jones as Klara Sesemann
Crew
- Allan Dwan · Director
- Johanna Spyri · Writer
- Walter Ferris · Writer
- Julien Josephson · Writer
- Arthur C. Miller · Cinematographer
- Allen McNeil · Editor