JUST AROUND THE CORNER

Just Around the Corner
20th Century-Fox, 1938, B/W, 70 minutes, **½
Released November, 1938

The let's-put-on-a-show story line may be a bit tired, but the music isn't. This film contains two of Shirley's best numbers: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" (with Bert Lahr and Joan Davis) and "I Love to Walk in the Rain" (with Bill Robinson).

In Charge of Production: Darryl F. Zanuck
Associate Producer: David Hempstead
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Screen Play by: Ethel Hill, J. P. McEvoy and Darrell Ware
From an origianal story by Paul Gerard Smith ("The Lucky Penny")
Musical Direction: Louis Silvers
Song Score: Walter Bullock and Harold Spina
Dance Direction: Nick Castle, Geneva Sawyer
Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Levin
Set Decorations by: Thomas Little
Costumes: Gwen Wakeling
Sound: George Leverett, Roger Heman
Photography: Arthur Miller
Film Editor: Walter Thompson

Cast: Shirley Temple [Penny], Joan Davis [Kitty], Charles Farrell [Jeff Hale], Amanda Duff [Lola], Bill Robinson [Corporal Jones], Bert Lahr [Gus], Franklin Pangborn [Waters], Cora Witherspoon [Aunt Julia Ramsby], Claude Gillingwater, Sr. [Samuel G. Henshaw], Marilyn Knowlden [Gwendolyn], Brewster Twins [Themselves]

Musical Program: [0:00] Just Around the Corner (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:12] This Is a Happy Little Ditty (sung and danced by Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Bert Lahr and Bill Robinson); [1:03] Brass Buttons and Epaulettes (sung by Bill Robinson, danced by Bill Robinson and Doormen); [1:05] I Love to Walk in the Rain (sung by Shirley Temple and Chorus, danced by Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson)