Curly Top (film) Institute in these lists: Curly Top (film) Curly Top is a 1935 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Patterson McNutt and Arthur J. Beckhard focuses on the adoption of a young orphan (Shirley Temple) by a wealthy bachelor (John Boles) and his romantic attraction to her older sister (Rochelle Hudson). Together with "The Littlest Rebel", another Temple vehicle, the film was listed as one of the top box office draws of 1935 by "Variety". The film's musical numbers include "Animal Crackers in My Soup" and "When I Grow Up". This film was the first of four
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Rotten Tomatoes, where it currently holds a rare 0% rating, the audience response was much more positive, holding an 79% rating. Opening at seventh place with US$1.8 million, and running for just five weeks at a 1,090-venue maximum, "Star Stealer" grossed US$4,889,971 at the North American box-office, months before a 13-episode syndicated series appeared on DIC's "Kideo TV" block. A tie-in comic book to the film was issued by DC Comics. The film was first released on VHS home video in the United States and Canada in 1986. In November 2004, Warner Home Video reissued the VHS cassette and also