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A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
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- TriviaShirley Temple was tutored in her Chinese dialogue by Bessie Nyi, a UCLA student from Shanghai. When Shirley tried her phrases on the film's extras, they didn't understand her. Her dialogue was in Mandarin, which was appropriate for her character, but the Chinese community of Los Angeles largely spoke Cantonese, and consequently most of the dialogue spoken by the extras in the movie is in Cantonese, which was not spoken in Shanghai, where this film is set.
- GoofsWhen Ching-Ching meets Tommy Randall in the shop where he's trying to buy a dragon's head, the shop owner holds up the dragon head to let Tommy Randall see it. In the next shot, the dragon's head is sitting on the counter.
- Quotes
Tommy Randall: You've been so nice to me, I'd like to buy you something. What would you like?
Barbara Stewart aka Ching-Ching: A soup bone.
Tommy Randall: A what?
Barbara Stewart aka Ching-Ching: A soup bone. For my dog. He's awful hungry.
- ConnectionsEdited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)
- SoundtracksGoodnight, My Love
(1936)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Copyright 1936 by Robbins Music Corp.
Sung by Shirley Temple
Performed also by Alice Faye and Robert Young
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Well, Shirley Temple is in Shanghai for this feel-good musical-drama-romance. She is an inadvertent stowaway in this story and even speaks in Chinese quite a bit. In addition she relates a few profound and touching Chinese sayings and does a cute song on stage on the boat.
Looking after her are the adults leads: Robert Young (who looks very young in here) and Alice Faye. Also fun to see, speaking of young, is Arthur Treacher, who has some funny lines.
There is not a lot of funny material in here but it's a nice film and definite good addition to any Shirley Temple collection. I also saw a colorized edition of this, and they it was one of the better jobs in that regard. It hasn't been issued on DVD yet, but I assume it will since most of films are out on that format by now.
Looking after her are the adults leads: Robert Young (who looks very young in here) and Alice Faye. Also fun to see, speaking of young, is Arthur Treacher, who has some funny lines.
There is not a lot of funny material in here but it's a nice film and definite good addition to any Shirley Temple collection. I also saw a colorized edition of this, and they it was one of the better jobs in that regard. It hasn't been issued on DVD yet, but I assume it will since most of films are out on that format by now.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Aug 16, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Ching Ching
- Filming locations
- Reno, Nevada, USA(The Reno Arch is featured)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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