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Baby Take a Bow Overview:

Baby Take a Bow (1934) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Harry Lachman and produced by John Stone.

SYNOPSIS

Temple took a bow in her first starring vehicle as the daughter of a criminal trying to go straight. When her dad is wrongly accused of a theft, little miss pluck sets out sleuthing.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Baby Take a Bow BlogHub Articles:

Baby Take a Bow: Remembering Shirley Temple

on Feb 21, 2014 From Comet Over Hollywood

When I was in fourth grade I cut six inches off my long hair. I was doing a book report on Shirley Temple and wanted short, curly hair like America’s Sweetheart for my presentation. In 2000, before Internet shopping was common place, my parents searched all over to get me a Shirley Temple doll for... Read full article

Baby Take a Bow (1934)

By Beatrice on Apr 28, 2013 From Flickers in Time

Baby Take a Bow Directed by Harry Lachman 1934/USA Fox Film Corporation Second viewing? Shirley Ellison: I’m not a kid, I’m a girl, and today is my birthday. Kay (Claire Trevor) is waiting for her sweetheart Eddie Ellison (James Dunn) to be released from Sing Sing.  Eddie goes straigh... Read full article

Baby Take a Bow

By Muscato on May 21, 2012 From Café Muscato

</embed> It's been ages since we've had a look at one of the wonders of Egyptian cinema, hasn't it? Today, we revisit the glory days of 1950, when King Farouk looked serenely solid on his post-war throne, and Hollywood on Nile was addressing its longstanding moppet shortage by starring the remarka... Read full article

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Baby Take a Bow Quotes:

Trigger Stone: So you're Eddie Ellison's kid.
Shirley Ellison: I'm not a kid, I'm a girl, and today is my birthday.
Warden: Eddie, when you were admitted here, I gave you a choice of two roads to take. You took the right one, and it got four months off your stretch for you. Now, will you let me advise you again?
Eddie Ellison: Certainly, sir.
Warden: Something kept up your morale while you were up here.
Eddie Ellison: You're a good guesser, Warden.
Warden: Well, whatever it was, stick to it outside. Have you got a job waiting for you?
Eddie Ellison: The biggest and best job a man ever had.
Warden: Good wages?
Eddie Ellison: Not a cent.
Warden: Well, but how - ?
Eddie Ellison: I've had a girl waiting for me for eighteen months.
Warden: Congratulations, my boy. The very best of luck.
Shirley Ellison: I want to thank you all for my presents. Thank you very, very much. And I hope that someday when it's your birthday, I can give them all back to you.
Larry Scott: Sometimes I wonder if going straight really pays.
Eddie Ellison: Hey, cut out that kind of talk, will you?
Larry Scott: But what will Jane think?
Eddie Ellison: She's a hundred percent for you. She wouldn't think anything bad about you any more than Kay would me. We won't tell them anything tonight, though.
Larry Scott: Why not?
Eddie Ellison: I don't want anything to spoil Shirley's birthday party!
Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: Sleeping sickness, get up.
Eddie Ellison: What time is it?
Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: What time do you want? It's time for you to get out of that bed.
Eddie Ellison: I wasn't sleeping, I was thinking.
Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: Get up! Your breakfast will be spoiled!
[She hits him]
Eddie Ellison: Ow! Hey, what are you doing?
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Baby Take a Bow Facts
The film's title 'Baby Take a Bow' was taken from a song sung by Shirley Temple and James Dunn in the film Stand Up and Cheer!.
This movie takes its title from the song "Baby, Take a Bow," which James Dunn and Shirley Temple sang in their earlier movie, Stand Up and Cheer!.
Upon its 1934 release, this film was banned in Nazi Germany for its depiction of gangsterism and gun play.
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