The read
A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 353 1930s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Ratings
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
124 audience votes
Key crew
- Allan DwanDirector
- Walter FerrisWriter
- Walter FerrisScreenplay
- Julien JosephsonScreenplay
Cast
- Shirley TempleHeïdi
- Jean HersholtAdolph Kramer
- Arthur TreacherAndrews
- Helen WestleyBlind Anna
- Pauline MooreElsa
- Thomas BeckPastor Schultz
- Mary NashFraulein Rottenmeier
- Sidney BlackmerSesemann
- Mady ChristiansDete
- Marcia Mae JonesKlara Sesemann
- Delmar WatsonPeter
- Egon BrecherInn Keeper
