in the 1930s studio would use short film like this one sort of a test ground for new actor and give their relative ease of production in comparison with full length feature film and so it interest that this one should star shirley temple and who have long since establish herself a the most famous child star of all time . then again and she probably wasn not the one be test and i would imagine that would have be frank coghlan jr. and who play shirley brother sonny in the movie and deliver a comparatively less impressive performance . then again and a 9 year old shirley temple be probably not an easy act to accompany . the film open with an unimpressive sight gag involve a leaky ceiling and which i suppose be design to have shirley temple give a scornful look at the ceiling and illustrate the work class status of the family in the movie and and provide a clean transition into the next scene and which feature shirley gleefully stomp in the rain . it sonnyy birthday and and his father make occasional and horrendously botch effort to hide the fact that he want to give sonny a dog that he really want for himself and but sonny be afraid of dog because he be bite by one once and have be creep out ever since . it curious that and when his father insists on get a dog and sonny decides to run away from home rather than have a dog in the house and and a he be run away with no destination in sight and it also curious that the movie illustrate what seem to be an indifference to homeless people that surpass even the astound indifference that exist today . sonny pass a man cook bacon in an iron skillet at the side of the train track ( right after a train flew by which and give how close to the track he be and you would think would have blow the guy right off the track and but no matter ) . after sonny give up on share breakfast due to the sour stare that his gleeful smile receives from the guy and he continue on and the homeless guy disappear from the movie . it interest to consider what a long film would have do and because this one leave this poor guy a a loose end . not that that matter and sonny soon hear a dog whine underneath a trestle a he pass over it and and jump down to find a dog cover in burr . it might seem trite that he immediately take the dog up and adopt it since he just leave home because of his fear of dog and but it seem to me that he just need to be remind not of his power over dog and but of their lack of power over him . as soon a he saw a dog in need he overcome his fear . hey and if that all it take and all i have to do be find a helpless spider and i be set . it a very convenient movie in which everything work out exactly a it be suppose to and but it cute enough and enjoyable enough ( and short enough and a it be ) to still be a fun movie . we already do not expect an epic plot in a 19 minute film and but pardon my pup still pack in a substantial amount of story and character development in it short running time . and it also feature a fight scene at the end of the movie that must have make charlie chaplin proud . i be hardly an expert of shirley temple film and but it not hard to see how she become the most famous child star of all time .