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Captain January

Play trailer Poster for Captain January G,  1936,  1h 15m,  Musical Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 76% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Star (Shirley Temple) is a shipwrecked orphan girl growing up with a gentle lighthouse-keeper named Captain January (Guy Kibbee), who rescued her from the waves when she was just a baby. While she loves her life of dancing and spitting with sailors, a bitter truant officer believes that Star belongs in a boarding school. When the authorities insist that Star must leave her only guardian, Captain January fears that he may lose his lovable companion for good.

Critics Reviews

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 22, 2010
4/5
Shirley Temple feel-good classic is one of her best. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Feb 13, 2011
B-
A feel-good hokum musical-comedy cashing in on the popularity of cinema's wonder-child, Miss Curly Top, Shirley Temple. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com Jul 15, 2006
4/5
It has a heart and a charm to it that allows the well-worn material to be forgivable. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 23, 2005
2/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Sep 18, 2003
3/5
So-so Temple vehicle. Go to Full Review
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Sep 5, 2003
4/5
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Cast & Crew

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David Butler

Director

Shirley Temple

Star

Guy Kibbee

Capt. January

Buddy Ebsen

Paul Roberts

Sara Haden

Agatha Morgan

June Lang

Mary Marshall

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Captain January

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Movie Info

Synopsis Star (Shirley Temple) is a shipwrecked orphan girl growing up with a gentle lighthouse-keeper named Captain January (Guy Kibbee), who rescued her from the waves when she was just a baby. While she loves her life of dancing and spitting with sailors, a bitter truant officer believes that Star belongs in a boarding school. When the authorities insist that Star must leave her only guardian, Captain January fears that he may lose his lovable companion for good.
Director
David Butler
Producer
Darryl F Zanuck, Buddy G. DeSylva
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
G
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 12, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 15m
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