the tale of heidi be such a groaner that it manage to defeat any little and bright eye young actress who star in it and yet they keep try . here and it shirley temple turn at the waterworks play a spunky young orphan live with her kindly grandpa in a swiss village and kidnap by a scheming relative and take off to live with a rich and unpleasant brood in germany . be there ever a more contemptible or manipulative kid story than this . treacly hokum be mixed with melodramatic hysteria and with enough story contrivance to fill up several picture . kid seem to get catch up in it while adult may go a little batty . half from .