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Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

Jun 01, 1934 1h 19m
6.4
23 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Little Miss Marker
Companies B.P. Schulberg Productions, Paramount Pictures
Countries United States of America
Keywords prayer, motherly love, little girl, orphan, bookie, mother figure, bedtime story, father figure, betting, gambling racket, abandoned child, collateral, blood donor, race horse, bookies
Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Sorrowful Jones
Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Big Steve Halloway
Dorothy Dell

Dorothy Dell

Bangles Carson
Sam Hardy

Sam Hardy

Bennie the Gouge
John Kelly

John Kelly

Canvas Back
Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy

Dr. Ingalls
Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Bettor (uncredited)
Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Marky's Father (uncredited)
James Burke

James Burke

Detective Reardon (uncredited)
Mildred Gover

Mildred Gover

Bangles' Maid Sarah (uncredited)
Willie Best

Willie Best

Dizzy Memphis (uncredited)
Garry Owen

Garry Owen

Grinder (uncredited)
Huey White

Huey White

Eddie (uncredited)
Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Bugs (uncredited)
Veda Buckland

Veda Buckland

Nurse (uncredited)
Crauford Kent

Crauford Kent

Doctor (uncredited)
Pauline Wagner

Pauline Wagner

Nurse (uncredited)