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Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.Read moreLess
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
The story
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
Cast & crew
Shirley TempleMarthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Adolphe MenjouSorrowful Jones
Charles BickfordBig Steve Halloway
Dorothy DellBangles Carson
Warren HymerSore Toe
Lynne OvermanRegret
Sam HardyBennie the Gouge
John KellyCanvas Back
Frank McGlynn Sr.Doc Chesley
John SheehanSun Rise
Frank ConroyDr. Ingalls
Ernie AdamsBettor (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Alexander Hall
- Screenplay
- Sam Hellman
- Screenplay
- William R. Lipman
- Screenplay
- Gladys Lehman
- Director of Photography
- Alfred Gilks
- Producer
- B.P. Schulberg
- Editor
- William Shea