Heidi poster
Director Allan Dwan
Writer Walter Ferris
Screenplay Walter Ferris, Julien Josephson

Heidi

Tagline: Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !

Release Date: 1937-10-15

Duration: 88 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Shirley Temple
    Heidi Kramer
  • Sidney Blackmer
    Sesemann
  • Pauline Moore
    Elsa
  • Arthur Treacher
    Andrews
  • Christian Rub
    Baker
  • Marcia Mae Jones
    Klara Sesemann
  • Mary Nash
    Fraulein Rottenmeier
  • Jean Hersholt
    Adolph Kramer
  • Dorothy Vernon
    Church Member (uncredited)
  • George Humbert
    Organ Grinder