Young People 1940

Young People

20th Century-Fox, 1940, B/W, 78 minutes, ***

Released August, 1940



Filmdom's pluckiest orphan, Shirley Temple, finds herself parentless once again, until retiring vaudevillians Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood adopt her. The family moves to a small town that doesn't take to "show folk," but Shirley sets out to change their feelings. Songs include "Tra-La-La," "Fifth Avenue" and the title tune.



Produced by: Harry Joe Brown

Directed by: Allan Dwan

Screen Play by: Edwin Blum and Don Ettlinger

Music and Lyrics by: Mack Gordon and Harry Warren

Dances Staged by: Nick Castle and Geneva Sawyer

Music Direction: Alfred Newman

Art Direction: Richard Day, Rudolph Sternad

Set Decorations: Thomas Little

Costumes: Gwen Wakeling

Sound: George Leverett, Roger Heman

Director of Photography: Edward Cronjager

Film Editor: James B. Clark



Cast: Shirley Temple [Wendy], Jack Oakie [Joe Ballantine], Charlotte Greenwood [Kit Ballantine], Arleen Whelan [Judith], George Montgomery [Mike Shea], Kathleen Howard [Hester Appleby], Minor Watson [Dakin], Frank Swann [Fred Willard], Frank Sully [Jeb], Mae Marsh [Maria Liggett], Sarah Edwards [Mrs. Stinchfield], Irving Bacon [Otis], Charles Halton [Moderator], Arthur Aylesworth [Doorman], Olin Howlin [Station Master], Billy Wayne [Stage Manager], Harry Tyler [Dave], Darryl Hickman [Tommy], Shirley Mills [Mary Ann], Diane Fisher [Susie], Bobby Anderson [Jerry Dakin], Additional Cast: Robert "Buddy" Shaw [Usher], Syd Saylor [Vaudevillian], Dell Henderson [Eddie's Father], Ted North [Eddie], Evelyn Beresford [English Woman], Billy Benedict [Boy]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "Tra-La-La-La" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] The Mason Dixon Line (sung and danced by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood); [0:04] On the Beach at Waikiki (sung by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood, danced by Charlotte Greenwood, includes a hula by Shirley Temple [inserted from the film Curly Top, 1935]); [0:05] Baby Take a Bow (sung by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood [with slightly modified lyric], then sung by Jack Oakie and Shirley Temple [with the help of a double and inserts of the "Baby Take a Bow" number from the film Stand Up and Cheer] -- cute number!); [0:09] Fifth Avenue (sung and danced by Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood and Shirley Temple); [0:39] I Wouldn't Take a Million (sung by Jack Oakie); [0:45] Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (sung by Childrens' Chorus); [0:50] Young People (sung and danced by Shirley Temple and School Children); [0:57] Fifth Avenue (sung and danced by Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood and Shirley Temple); [1:05] I Wouldn't Take a Million (sung by Shirley Temple); [1:15] Finale: Tra-La-La-La (sung and danced by Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood)