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Download, Watch online Just Around the Corner Movie.
| Genres: | ComedyMusi |
| Starring: | Joan Davis, Franklin Pangborn, Shirley Temple, Charles Farrell, Bert Lahr, Claude Gillingwater, Bill Robinson |
| Director(s): | Irving Cummings |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 1938 |
| IMDB Rating: | 6.3 |
Just Around the Corner is the film in which little Shirley Temple ends the Depression all by herself! The story starts realistically enough, with 10-year-old Penny Hale (Temple) sharing a basement apartment with her widowed father Jeff (Charles Farrell, in his final Fox film). Once a prosperous architect, Jeff has been working as a hotel janitor-engineer ever since the Wall Street Crash. Ordered by pompous hotel concierge Waters (Franklin Pangborn) to keep her place, Penny nonetheless has fun wandering the lobbies of the posh establishment under the watchful and protective eyes of her friends, Kitty the maid (Joan Davis), Gus the chauffeur (Bert Lahr) and Corporal Jones the doorman (Bill Robinson). Having been told by her dad that the only person who can pull the country out of the Depression is Uncle Sam, Penny becomes convinced that goateed billionaire tycoon S. G. Henshaw (Claude Gillingwater Sr.) is Uncle Sam come to life. Charming her way into the heart of the irascible Henshaw, Penny convinces him to help the economy get started again. Not only does Uncle Sam accomplish this by creating thousands of new jobs, but he also manages to give Pennys father Jeff a new start in life, much to the delight of Jeffs sweetheart Lola (Amanda Duff). The films highlights are Shirley Temples always-delightul dance duets with Bill Bojangles Robinson less easy to take when seen today is the closing Buttons and Epaulets production number, performed by a chorus of servile blacks.
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Visitor Reviews: (6)
edwagreen 16 May 2012
Just Around...Shirley Temple **1/2
Cute little picture with little Shirley acting and singing up a stormas usual.Comedians Bert Lahr and Joan Davis are given so little to do. ClaudeGillingwater, the banker in the memorable "Tale of 2 Cities," (1935)takes on a funny persona here as the rich Uncle Sam who is easilyconfused with the government. He even looks like Sam from thegovernment.The story falls apart with the benefit for "Uncle Sam!" FranklinPangborn steals the show as the head of the building whose alwaysescorting Shirley out.The story may have had more meaning had they stuck with the originaltheme of rich versus poor. We saw plenty of that at the beginning butthings to fade as the 2 groups seem to meld.
ccthemovieman-1 16 May 2012
The Good & Bad Of 'Just Around The Corner'
Here's a so-so Shirley Temple entry with a catchy song that playsthroughout the film. The movie features a bunch of nice characters. The"bad guys" in here - a snotty woman, her butler and a crabby "UncleSam" - aren't overly mean and don't have huge roles in here so theatmosphere, for the most part, is very genial.In addition to the main song ("This Is A Happy Little Ditty," a verycatchy song), there is a good production number near the end of thefilm. Both of those numbers feature Shirley and Bill Robinson. Thosetwo were always fun to watch dance and sing together.There are two negatives in here: some of the spoken lines are a littlestupid and poorly delivered, mostly by the male rich kid "MiltonRamsby" (Bennie Bartlett) who looked like he was reading his lines andthe female adult lead, "Lola Ramsby," played by Amanda Duff, was weak.I can see why Duff never had much of a screen career.I would like to have heard a few more songs, too, but it's still acharming film: not her best, but not the worst, either.
lugonian 13 May 2012
Little Miss Fix-It
JUST AROUND THE CORNER (20th Century-Fox, 1938), directed by IrvingCummings, stars Shirley Temple in what might be her only venture into"screwball comedy," and reportedly her first box-office flop. Templeplays Penny Hale, a child who returns home from boarding school to herprominent architect father (Charles Farrell), unemployed and now livingin a basement of the same skyscraper in which they used to live instyle up in the penthouse. Amanda Duff, a new Fox starlet at the time,is featured as Farrell's love interest.Songs by Walter Bullock and Harold Spina include: "Just Around theCorner" (sung during opening credits); "This is a Happy Little Ditty"(sung by Shirley Temple, with Joan Davis, Bert Lahr/danced by BillRobinson and Temple); "Brass Buttons and Apple-Lass" (sung and dancedby Bill Robinson and doormen); and the lively tune, "I Like to Walk inthe Rain" (sung by Temple/danced by Temple and Robinson).Aside from familiar character actors in the supporting cast, featuringthe likes of Franklin Pangborn and Cora Witherspoon (who later appearedopposite WC Fields in 1940s THE BANK DICK), along with Joan Davis andBert Lahr as maid and chauffeur, some of the comedy strains for laughs.Shirley was about 10 years old when this movie was made, and reciteslines and lands herself in comedic situations that would have performedbetter if she were a few years younger. Instead of being cute, sheappears more silly than charming, sorry to say. The dance numbers inwhich she participates with Bill Robinson, as the building doorman, arestill good but not given enough screen time to make amends for tritestoryline. As with Temple's previous LITTLE MISS Broadway (1938), JUSTAROUND THE CORNER plays at "B" movie length of 70 minutes, both givingsome indication of it being longer, and having gone through some tightfilm editing process. Joan Davis whose name is billed second afterTemple, disappears before the movie is half way over. What became ofher? Maybe she and Lahr, who are very amusing together, had more to do,even in a supposed production number in a charity benefit near thefilm's end that possibly got the ax. Maybe deleted scenes such as thethis might turn up as part of a documentary on 20th Century-Fox moviesor Shirley Temple's career in the similar fashion to American MovieClassic's well constructed HIDDEN Hollywood (From the vaults of 20thCentury-Fox) specials that premiered in the mid 1990s. Charles Farrell,billed third, as Temple's (supposedly) widowed father, had seen betterdays in his career at the old Fox Film Studios when he achievedpopularity as the romantic leading man opposite Janet Gaynor in 12feature films from 1927 to 1934. He was by then a name of the pastwhose movie career came to an end by 1941. And Shirley gets to sharescreen time opposite a boy actor, Bennie Bartlett, playing a rich"momma's boy" named Milton with curls and glasses, but with theencouragement by little Penny, Milton earns respect from his "UncleSam" (Claude Gillingwater Sr.) by losing those "girly" curls (Penny hadgiven him a much needed haircut), and getting a black eye in a fightwith a bully. Aside from that, Temple continues to play her usual"little miss fix it." JUST AROUND THE CORNER, available on video cassette in both black andwhite and colorized versions since the late 1980s, appeared as part ofShirley Temple festivals on the Disney Channel in the early 1990s,followed by American Movie Classics cable channel from 1996 to 2001,and the Fox Movie Channel, where it is currently shown. (**)
moonspinner55 13 May 2012
Nothing new around this corner...
"Just Around the Corner" is strictly Shirley Temple 101. Paul GirardSmith's short story "Lucky Penny" (a much better title!) becomes anunlucky vehicle for the pint-sized star, here portraying the daughterof a financially-strapped architect during the Depression. Through somecomically-contrived misunderstandings, Shirl comes to believe herfather's boss is actually Uncle Sam--and sets out to solve not only herpapa's problems, but the nation's as well! Forgettable bubblegumnonsense, though one with an elaborate production and some energy fromsupporting players Bert Lahr, Joan Davis, and Bill Robinson. ** from****
Ron Oliver 10 May 2012
Lighthearted Shirley Temple Musical
A precocious little moppet mistakes a misanthropic tycoonforUncle Sam. She believes that by helping the old fellow,Depression woes will cease for her father and the countryJUSTAROUND THE CORNER.This friendly, fanciful film was exactly what the nationneededto help it forget economic hard times. Shirley Temple isbright& cheerful, as always, and never fails to amuse. The talentswhich made her Hollywood's top box office draw for yearsareabundantly on display. Legendary Bill `Bojangles' Robinsonison hand with 3 of his celebrated dance routines. Watch,whenhe dances with Shirley, how she matches him step for step -amarvelous terpsichorean treat.Comedy is handled by Bert Lahr, Joan Davis (why aren'ttheyincluded in the climactic Benefit show?) & especially FranklinPangborn, in his glory as the quintessential harried apartmentmanager. Charles Farrell, a big star himself a few yearsprevious, does a fine job as Shirley's dad, while ClaudeGillingwater once again has fun with the part of a crotchety,rich old man. Cora Witherspoon scores as a society snob.Movie mavens will recognize Charles Williams as a persistentphotographer & Leonard Kibrick as Shirley's tough kid friend.Shirley, with help from Miss Davis, Lahr & Bojangles, sings&dances her way through `This Is A Happy Little Ditty' &`JustAround The Corner'.
Neil Doyle 10 May 2012
Definitely not one of Shirley's best...below average vehicle...
There is such a lackluster quality about JUST AROUND THECORNER--everything from script to performances to the songs--is belowaverage. And Shirley is not quite as cute as the story wants her tobe--clearly, she is starting to develop into a chubby preteen youngsterwith just a modicum of talent left over from her earlier films as atot.Only a couple of the songs are pleasant enough to be worthmentioning--"A Happy Little Ditty" and "A Walk in the Rain" have thekind of charm expected in a Temple musical. But staging of the numbersand overall set decoration leaves a lot to be desired. Bert Lahr andJoan Davis are on hand as a chauffeur and a maid but both are defeatedby some flat one-liners. Charles Farrell is clearly past his career asa romantic leading man and is just so-so as Charlie's depressed fatheron the skids.For Temple fans only--weaknesses in both script and song numbers--andnot much else can be said for it. It's all very routine and quiteforgettable.