Heidi (1937 film)
Heidi is a 1937 American musical drama film directed by Allan Dwan. The screenplay by Julien Josephson and Walter Ferris was based on the 1880 childrens story of the same name by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The film is about an orphan named Heidi Temple who is taken from her grandfather Hersholt to live as a companion to Klara, a spoiled, crippled girl Jones. The film was a success and Temple enjoyed her third year in a row as number one box office draw.
Adelheid, called Heidi Shirley Temple, is an eightyearold Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountaindwelling grandfather Jean Hersholt. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara Marcia Mae Jones, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair.Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather. When Klaras body and spirits mend under Heidis cheerful companionship, the housekeeper who has tried to keep Klara dependent upon her tries to get rid of Heidi by selling her to the gypsies, but she is stopped by the police. Heidi is rescued and reunited with her grandfather. ........
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