GamerTab That was an excellent one.

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

weezeralfalfa Begins with Shirley leaving an exclusive girl's school because her architect father can no longer pay for it. Also, she discovers that her father is no longer living in a penthouse on the top floor of an apartment complex. He's living in a cheaper basement apartment. We have 2 wonderfully charismatic comedic character actors present in Franklin Pangborn, as the harried apartment building manager, and Claude Gillingwater. Pangborn, as Waters, is the classic prissy, snobbish, nervous, befuddled, functionary. He has an intuitive dislike for Shirley, always trying to find an excuse to kick her out of the building. He's subjected to several onerous indignities: being pushed into a pool while forcibly playing blind man's bluff , being pushed down a laundry shoot, and being taken away by police. Gillingwater is a crotchety befuddled old tycoon whose involvement in a building project is a central part of the plot. He served as the judge in the previous "Little Miss Broadway". Here, he is called Uncle Sam by his relatives living in the complex. Shirley's father also talks about another Uncle Sam, and Shirley thinks they are the same, because the cartoon in the paper looks just like Uncle Same upstairs. This misconception leads to some comedic and serious consequences.Shirley does a makeover of the mamma's boy Milton. She shaves off his long curls and buys him some "he-man" clothes to replace his preppy clothes. His society mother faints when she sees him, but eventually gets used to it. The title song is only heard during the opening credits. The two main production numbers are danced to "This is a Happy Little Ditty" and "Ï Love to Walk in the Rain" For the former song, Shirley and Bill Robinson form one dance pair, while Burt Lahr and Joan Davis form another. Shirley and Robinson are the main players in the latter production. Also, Robinson and a team of African American backups dance to "Brass Buttons and Epaulettes".As always, Shirley is cute and vivacious.

edwagreen Cute little picture with little Shirley acting and singing up a storm as usual.Comedians Bert Lahr and Joan Davis are given so little to do. Claude Gillingwater, the banker in the memorable "Tale of 2 Cities," (1935) takes on a funny persona here as the rich Uncle Sam who is easily confused with the government. He even looks like Sam from the government.The story falls apart with the benefit for "Uncle Sam!" Franklin Pangborn steals the show as the head of the building whose always escorting Shirley out.The story may have had more meaning had they stuck with the original theme of rich versus poor. We saw plenty of that at the beginning but things to fade as the 2 groups seem to meld.

Neil Doyle There is such a lackluster quality about JUST AROUND THE CORNER--everything from script to performances to the songs--is below average. And Shirley is not quite as cute as the story wants her to be--clearly, she is starting to develop into a chubby preteen youngster with just a modicum of talent left over from her earlier films as a tot.Only a couple of the songs are pleasant enough to be worth mentioning--"A Happy Little Ditty" and "A Walk in the Rain" have the kind of charm expected in a Temple musical. But staging of the numbers and overall set decoration leaves a lot to be desired. Bert Lahr and Joan Davis are on hand as a chauffeur and a maid but both are defeated by some flat one-liners. Charles Farrell is clearly past his career as a romantic leading man and is just so-so as Charlie's depressed father on the skids.For Temple fans only--weaknesses in both script and song numbers--and not much else can be said for it. It's all very routine and quite forgettable.

Ron Oliver A precocious little moppet mistakes a misanthropic tycoon for Uncle Sam. She believes that by helping the old fellow, Depression woes will cease for her father and the country JUST AROUND THE CORNER.This friendly, fanciful film was exactly what the nation needed to help it forget economic hard times. Shirley Temple is bright & cheerful, as always, and never fails to amuse. The talents which made her Hollywood's top box office draw for years are abundantly on display. Legendary Bill `Bojangles' Robinson is on hand with 3 of his celebrated dance routines. Watch, when he dances with Shirley, how she matches him step for step - a marvelous terpsichorean treat.Comedy is handled by Bert Lahr, Joan Davis (why aren't they included in the climactic Benefit show?) & especially Franklin Pangborn, in his glory as the quintessential harried apartment manager. Charles Farrell, a big star himself a few years previous, does a fine job as Shirley's dad, while Claude Gillingwater once again has fun with the part of a crotchety, rich old man. Cora Witherspoon scores as a society snob.Movie mavens will recognize Charles Williams as a persistent photographer & Leonard Kibrick as Shirley's tough kid friend.Shirley, with help from Miss Davis, Lahr & Bojangles, sings & dances her way through `This Is A Happy Little Ditty' & `Just Around The Corner'.