Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0024543061427 Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: March 11, 2003 Running Time: 68 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: May 04, 1934 Sales Rank: 4907
Amazon.com: It can't really be called a "Shirley Temple movie," because the original Little Miss Sunshine appears in it for just 10 minutes or so. But you can easily see how Stand Up and Cheer! gave birth to the most dominant star of the mid-1930s: Shirley Temple brings down the house. With just a bit of dialogue and one musical number, "Baby Take a Bow," Ms. Temple sets the cuteness meter to 11 and packs considerable hilarity into her already-definable personality. (Old pro James Dunn, who co-starred with Temple in a few subsequent features, plays her father/dance partner here.) The movie itself is something else again, in every sense. Purportedly based on an idea by Will Rogers, it imagines a new cabinet position--Secretary of Amusement--established by the President himself. Said official (Warner Baxter, fresh off a similar role in 42nd Street) must drum up lotsa socko entertainment to pull America out of its Depression doldrums. The near-surreal results include the acrobatic vaudeville team Mitchell & Durant as loopy senators and a sequence involving Stepin Fechit and a talking penguin dressed up as Jimmy Durante. Yes, you read that right. Meanwhile, corporate fatcats conspire to ruin the plan; they want America to remain scared and passive. But you know they don't stand a chance against Shirley Temple--whose 1930s career fulfilled the movie's idea of cheering up a population staggered by hard times. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Shirley and the other numbers are great--but deep down, the plot is shallow...
Shirley Temple gets little more than an enlarged cameo role in Stand Up And Cheer, a mediocre musical from Fox. Shirley outshines many of her adult peers in her musical number; she's absolutely adorable ... Read More
Rating: - Shirley Temple in a Propaganda Film
According to IMDB, Shirley Temple's film career began in 1932. She appeared in many short films and at least some full length (for that time) films, such as "Out All Night (1933)" and "To the Last Man (1933)." ... Read More
Rating: - No Shirley? SO WHAT!? Who needs Shirley Temple when you have WARNER BAXTER!?
Okay, so there is too little Shirley Temple to go around. But still, this movie would be just fine without Shirley. I didn't buy it because of her, I got because I LOVE WARNER BAXTER! After June Knight, he is my ... Read More
Rating: - The Stepin Fetchit Show???
As other reviewers have noted, Shirley Temple appears in only a few scenes. The rest of the movie represents one of the worst productions of this era. The appearance of Fetchit gives us a peek at how bad racial ... Read More
Rating: - Shirley is SOOOOOO amazing!!!!!
Oh I know it deserves a half star, but it's worth it for just that bit part of Shirley. It's the best dance sequence I've ever seen in all of her movies, she just overflows with so much cuteness it is unbelievable!!
- Shirley and the other numbers are great--but deep down, the plot is shallow...
- Shirley Temple in a Propaganda Film
- No Shirley? SO WHAT!? Who needs Shirley Temple when you have WARNER BAXTER!?
- The Stepin Fetchit Show???