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Red-Haired Alibi Reviews

  • 1932
  • 1 hr 15 mins
  • Drama
  • NR
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Moppet Shirley Temple has a bit in this minor yarn about a girl (Merna Kennedy) victimized by a gangster. Bob: Grant Withers. Travers: Theodore Von Eltz. Regan: Purnell Pratt. Kente: Huntley Gordon. Bee: Marion Lessing. Christy Cabanne directed.

This was the first screen appearance in a feature for the curly-haired girl who would soon become a household name and steal the hearts of millions of Americans. Temple had appeared in a few Educational Films Corp. shorts in 1932, but this movie was her first big film. In THE RED-HAIRED ALIBI, Temple stole the heart of Kennedy long enough to help keep her daddy, von Eltz, out of jail. But Kennedy discovers that despite his daughter, von Eltz is up to no good.