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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.
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Filmmakers
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Allan Dwan
Director
- Julien Josephson Screenplay
- Walter Ferris Writer, Screenplay
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Johanna Spyri
Novel
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Shirley Temple wasn't even ten years old when she starred in this rather enjoyable adaptation of the timeless Johanna Spyri tale. She is the eponymous young girl sent to live on the mountain with her solitary grandfather (Jean Hersholt). Original unimpressed by this arrangement, she gradually manages to wear down the old man and soon has him eating out of her hands. Suddenly, though, she is whisked away to the wealthy "Sesemann" household where she is to be a companion for the invalid "Klara" (Marcia Mae Jones). Despite the best efforts of the rather austere governess "Frauline Rottenmeier" (Mary Nash), the girls bond and all looks set fair when the young girl's father returns to a very plea…
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