Young People

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Shirley Temple, Charlotte Greenwood, and Jack Oakie in Young People (1940)

A show-business family leaves the Great White Way and heads for a farm in New England. What results is the difficulties they have before they are accepted by the community.A show-business family leaves the Great White Way and heads for a farm in New England. What results is the difficulties they have before they are accepted by the community.A show-business family leaves the Great White Way and heads for a farm in New England. What results is the difficulties they have before they are accepted by the community.

Director
- Allan Dwan
Writers
- Edwin Blum(screen play)
- Don Ettlinger(screen play)
- Hilary Lynn(contributor to treatment)
Stars

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Shirley Temple in Young People (1940)

Shirley Temple, Charlotte Greenwood, and Jack Oakie in Young People (1940)

Shirley Temple, Charlotte Greenwood, and Jack Oakie in Young People (1940)

Director
- Allan Dwan
Writers
- Edwin Blum(screen play) (original story)
- Don Ettlinger(screen play) (original story)
- Hilary Lynn(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
All cast & crew
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Just Around the Corner

6.6

Just Around the Corner

Baby, Take a Bow

6.6

Baby, Take a Bow

Little Miss Broadway

6.6

Little Miss Broadway

Miss Annie Rooney

6.4

Miss Annie Rooney

Stand Up and Cheer!

5.6

Stand Up and Cheer!

Little Miss Marker

7.1

Little Miss Marker

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

7.2

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Kathleen

6.3

Now and Forever

6.5

Now and Forever

A Kiss for Corliss

6.0

A Kiss for Corliss

The Inside Story

6.7

The Inside Story

Kiss and Tell

6.6

Shirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract, when she was 12. Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from showbiz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets them show their stuff. Clips from earlier films fill in Shirley's background. —Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

storm small town resentment toward newcomer vaudeville train station 34 more

Taglines
- FUN and songs! Fun AND songs! Fun and SONGS! ...DANCES TOO!
Genres
- Drama
- Musical
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
"Baby, Take a Bow," which Shirley Temple performs early in the film, was actually shot six years earlier for Stand Up And Cheer (1934). It was cleverly re-edited and intercut with new shots of Jack Oakie and the chorus, with a double for Temple standing in for the long shots. Similarly, the brief excerpt of Temple's hula number, originally shot for Curly Top (1935), was superimposed behind Oakie in the vaudeville montage.

Goofs
The beach guests in the "Waikiki" number suddenly change faces as the new footage gives way to the old.

Quotes
Dakin: Seems that being "Progressive" and spending other people's money amounts to bout the same thing.

Connections
Featured in Biography: Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star (1996)

Soundtracks
Fifth Avenue
(1940) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung and Danced by Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood
Reprised by them in their home

Top review

8/10

great fun for Charlottle Greenwood fans

This movie has touched me with it's warmth and charm from the time I saw it as a teenager. I feel in love with Charlotte Greenwood and have been a fan of hers ever since. Her delivery was only matched by Eve Arden and what a pity we never had the two of them together. What a delight to see elegant Miss Greenwood cut loose and let her dancing legs fly. There has been none like her. For fans of Shirley Temple this was an opportunity to see her as she was about to enter the teen years. Too bad her last film at Fox was not a big success. "Young People" had some great old clips of Shirley in her earlier film roles and made for a proper tribute to her talent and poise as a young lady. Miss Greenwood and Jack Oakie play off of Shirley with perfection and make for the perfect vaudeville family trying to find a new life and real home.

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jcbeeker
Dec 31, 2004

Release date
- August 30, 1940 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Unga människor
Filming locations
- 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Twentieth Century Fox
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Runtime
- 1h 19min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

Shirley Temple, Charlotte Greenwood, and Jack Oakie in Young People (1940)

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