Captain January
Captain January is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend is based on the 1890 children's book of the same name by Laura E. Richards. The film stars Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, and Sara Haden.
Plot
Kindly lighthouse keeper, Captain January, has been raising and educating Star, a sweet, eight-year-old girl he rescued after her parents drowned at sea when she was a baby. He is helped by his two friends, Captain Nazro and Paul Roberts, a mariner. Truant officer Agatha Morgan determines that Star's home schooling is inadequate. Star is then tested and admitted to the third grade. Meanwhile, Mrs. Croft, a friendly widow, has been attempting to woo Captain January.
More details
| author | Sam Hellman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Maine |
| director | David Butler |
| editor | Irene Morra |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | drown end hear hide out lighthouse lighthouse keeper lose privileged life rescue truant officer |
| musicBy | Lew Pollack |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| publisher | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |