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
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