Classic Film Friday: Heidi

So you may be asking, why would I pick yet another Shirley Temple movie? I think sometimes, you just get beaten down so much, you don't know what to do next. And this movie cheered me up, and all the rest of us up (wife and kids) too. No matter how bad you may have it, someone else has it even worse.

And from there we can really get into this movie right? Heidi (Shirley Temple) is an orphan from Switzerland, her Aunt Dete (Mady Christians) tired of taking care of her, leaves her at her grandfather's house. The grandfather (Jean Hersholt) Adolph Kramer is a bit hard to get to know, but he eventually warms up to Heidi.

And then Aunt Dete shows up again, takes Heidi away, and sells her to this rich family that is looking for a companion for their sick daughter. Man, I know, somebody call DSS right? And so Heidi makes the best of it, and actually teaches her crippled companion to walk (she had an accident earlier). You'd think ok that is it, Heidi has done enough, time to let up a little right? Wrong.

Fräulein Rottenmeier (Mary Nash) is the girls care taker, and she plots to sell Heidi to some gypsies. It is like one bad situation after another for poor Heidi. Meanwhile Heidi's grandfather never stopped looking for her. What happens next? Hmmmm you'll have to watch and find out . :o)