---
title: 'Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Irving Cummings'
released: '1936-07-24'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/poor-little-rich-girl-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028118/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)

1936 · 79 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Poor Little Rich Girl, advertised as The Poor Little Rich Girl, is a 1936 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Shirley Temple, Alice Faye and Jack Haley. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend was based on stories by Eleanor Gates and Ralph Spence, and the 1917 Mary Pickford vehicle of the same name. The film focuses on a child (Temple) neglected by her rich and busy father. She meets two vaudeville performers and becomes a radio singing star. The film received a lukewarm critical reception from The New York Times.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Irving Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-cummings)
- **Screenplay:** [Sam Hellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-hellman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mack Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mack-gordon)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)

## Cast

- [John Wray](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wray)
- [Claude Gillingwater](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-gillingwater)
- [Mathilde Comont](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-comont)
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoyt)
- [Sam McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mcdaniel)
- [Jane Darwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-darwell)
- [Shirley Temple](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-temple)
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)
- [Henry Armetta](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-armetta)
- [Gloria Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-stuart)
- [Sara Haden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-haden)
- [Alice Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-faye)
- [Michael Whalen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-whalen)
- [Jack Haley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-haley)

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