Pedophile inference?
“ My father left me at the circus once. They arrested the man who found me “
She says this when asked if her father forgot her befor?
I just finished this film, and I noticed that too. Maybe that's what made me start to see creepiness in other scenes.
For instance, the scene at the office where the father is offering her as his marker. That's bad enough, but he was holding her so that her dress was pulled up to show her legs. Then she taunts Sorrowful Jones, saying Daddy, is that man afraid? Then Sorrowful picks her up and looks into her face, almost seductively before putting her down.
I felt so relieved when the female singer stayed over so the girl wasn't alone with him.
I can't help but wonder what the director had in mind, or how many pedophiles went to see this film multiple times. I wonder if other people (non-pedophiles) in the 1930's saw any of that. Maybe we're partly tainted by the times we live in, where pedophilia is openly discussed and we fear for our children.
I wonder now... hindsight being 20/20 how much more there is. Just like the song Secret love was about the " love whose name can not be spoken “.
Damon Runyon Theater is on Sirius Radio. Lots of stories like this one. But I do not remember any inference like this . The stories however are way cool..
This is terrible! This film is a childhood favorite of mine, and I can't imagine anyone seeing anything sordid about it. Yes people sure are tainted/jaded these days if they get something like that from a movie like this. you should all be ashamed! The little girl's father was a compulsive gambler; he was an addict basically. He leaves his daughter as a marker so they will be assured that he will not run out on his debt. You really think he was sex-traffiking Shirley Temple? If you do, you need to watch less crime shows and more wholesome entertainment! These are rotten times we live in now; nowadays you can't even comment about a baby being cute without people raising their eyebrows and wondering if you are a pervert..I blame the media.
"IMdB; where 14 year olds can act like jaded 40 year old critics...'
Pinku, I'm with you. I cannot BELIEVE these two men see obscenity in this film! I blasted them too. I wonder if we can get the admins to delete this thread. It offends me that its here. I HATE that anyone has even hinted at this in this film. There is enough of this crap in the real world and in today's entertainments media. I'm going to flag it.
It's entirely possible that I am missing the point of your message.
It just serves as an example as to how jaded and screwed up the world is these days. I will flag this trash too; maybe if we both report it they will take it down. You know the only people who see a "pedophile reference" in something like this, ARE pedophiles...
"IMdB; where 14 year olds can act like jaded 40 year old critics...'
I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU GUYS TOOK THIS FILM IN THIS DIRECTION! Yes, I am shouting you and the other guy. All I can think is you are a pedo and so's the first guy the responded to you.
You never thought for one moment that the guy that got arrested for "finding" her that maybe the police thought that she was being kidnapped for ransomed or that maybe the little girl got it wrong? Maybe he wasn't arrest? She's only supposed to be about four.
And the Adolphe Menjou did not lear and Shirley when he looked in her eyes. You need to seriously go see a shrink if that's what you saw. What he saw was a cute little girl. A charming engaging child worth $20 bucks. And the father was an addict, he wasn't attempting to trade Shirley for sex. You are sick for thinking it and for posting it. Tainting a sweet little actress AND all of the respectable actors involved in this film. I sure home you don't meet up with any of them in the after life.
It's entirely possible that I am missing the point of your message.