Heidi (1937 film)

Infobox Film
name = Heidi


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director = Allan Dwan
producer = Darryl F. Zanuck
writer = Johanna Spyri (story)
Julien Josephson
Walter Ferris
starring = Shirley Temple
Jean Hersholt
Arthur Treacher
Mary Nash
Marcia Mae Jones
Sidney Blackmer
music = David Buttolph
Charles Maxwell
Ernst Toch
cinematography = Arthur Charles Miller
editing = Allen McNeil
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = October 15, 1937
runtime = 88 min.
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language = English
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amg_id = 1:22018
imdb_id = 0028988

"Heidi" is a 1937 American film directed by Allan Dwan which starred child-actress Shirley Temple in the title role. It was adapted from the 1880 children's book, "Heidi", by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The film also featured Jean Hersholt (as Heidi's grandfather) and Arthur Treacher as Andrews, the butler.

Plot

Heidi is an eight year-old cheerful Swiss orphan who is kidnapped by her cruel aunt who later sells her. While Heidi's crusty-old grandfather searches for her, she brings happiness to the disabled daughter of a wealthy man.

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