Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker (also known as The Girl in Pawn) is a 1934 film which tells the story of a young girl whose father gives her to a gangster as collateral to pay off a gambling debt. Initially upset about being given something without monetary value and being forced to look after the girl until the father returns, the gangster begins to develop a father-daughter relationship with the girl, and his fellow gangsters begin to fill the roles of her extended family. It stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford, Lynn Overman, and Dorothy Dell. Overman's character, Regret, is meant to be mafia accountant Otto Berman, best friend of writer Damon Runyon, who wrote the story on which the film is based.

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1934 - Shirley Temple - Adolphe Menjou - Charles Bickford - Lynn Overman - Dorothy Dell - Otto Berman - Damon Runyon

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The movie was adapted by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman and William R. Lipman. It was directed by Alexander Hall. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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Sam Hellman - Gladys Lehman - William R. Lipman - Alexander Hall - Library of Congress - National Film Registry

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