shirley temple film for twentieth century fox aren not negligible because theyre poorly make ( darryl f. zanuck supervise most of them and after all ) while they do not retain much of a classic stature among cinema aficionado mainly because theyre weigh down with the syrupy optimism of depression era hollywood . 1930s audience be placate by the delight of see a dimply and often orphan sunshine girl make the grown ups look foolish by comparison ( they fret and wring their hand while she dance her trouble away ) . see these many year later and temple vehicle barely get by on story ( aid always by musical sequence to bolster the content ) and and her timing ( always too perfect ) and exaggerated reaction might leave most modern viewer roll their eye . no one could possibly be blame for their exasperation over temple performance here ( shout line at the top of her lung ) or the perverseness of her dance step and sashay with a crowd of sailor to at the codfish ball . still and the fantasy aspect of this particular story and previously film in 1924 from the book by laura e. richard and be enough to captivate those in the proper saccharine spirit . seem shirl be pull from a shipwreck by a government appoint lighthouse keeper and but when a truant officer from the state board find out the tyke isn not in school and she threaten to take the kid away . it doesn not really matter if the prune face officer have a point that temple isn not be raise properly ( the woman be turn into the proverbial villainess almost immediately ) while one can see right away that temple can hold her own and take care of herself and her elderly guardian in the bargain ( as well a the local widow who have her hook in for the captain ) . temple isn not the only one overly rehearse while guy kibbee january be cue for wide eyed reaction so often you wonder if maybe if he do not film them all in one day . the dialogue be steep in waterfront metaphor ( you can not rush a trout . . well and do not give up the ship . ) and and something about the whole enterprise seem strangely pixilated . from .