Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (18-Mar-1938)

Writers: Karl Tunberg; Don Ettlinger

From novel: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Music and Lyrics by: Mack Gordon; Harry Revel; Lew Pollack; Sidney D. Mitchell; Sam Pokrass; Jack Yellen; Raymond Scott

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Keywords: Drama

Radio talent scout Anthony Kent grows frustrated auditioning young girls for a singing role in a breakfast cereal's "Little Miss America" campaign. Rebecca Winstead nails it in the audition but is accidentally dismissed due to a misunderstanding, and leaves thinking she didn't get the part. Rebecca's stepfather sends her upstate to live with her Aunt Miranda at Sunnybrook Farm; by pure chance she encounters Kent and all seems well until her stepfather learns of Rebecca's new-found success in radio.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

J. Edward Bromberg Actor 25-Dec-1903 6-Dec-1951 The Mark of Zorro

Phyllis Brooks Actor 18-Jul-1915 1-Aug-1995 The Shanghai Gesture

William Demarest Actor 27-Feb-1892 28-Dec-1983 The Great McGinty

Alan Dinehart Actor 3-Oct-1889 17-Jul-1944 Born to Dance

Dixie Dunbar Actor 19-Jan-1919 29-Aug-1991 1930s actress

Jack Haley Actor 10-Aug-1898 6-Jun-1979 Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz

Paul Harvey Actor 10-Sep-1882 5-Dec-1955 American character actor

Franklin Pangborn Actor 23-Jan-1888 20-Jul-1958 Character actor, 1920s to 1950s

Bill Robinson Dancer 25-May-1878 25-Nov-1949 Bojangles

Randolph Scott Actor 23-Jan-1898 2-Mar-1987 Ride the High Country

Raymond Scott Musician 10-Sep-1908 8-Feb-1994 Powerhouse, invented the sequencer

Gloria Stuart Actor 4-Jul-1910 27-Sep-2010 Rose in Titanic

Slim Summerville Actor 10-Jul-1892 6-Jan-1949 The Front Page

Shirley Temple Actor 23-Apr-1928 10-Feb-2014 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Helen Westley Actor 28-Mar-1875 12-Dec-1942 Death Takes a Holiday

CAST

Shirley Temple ... Rebecca Winstead
with
Randolph Scott ... Anthony Kent
and
Jack Haley ... Orville Smithers
Gloria Stuart ... Gwen Warren
Phyllis Brooks ... Lola Lee
Helen Westley ... Aunt Miranda Wilkins
Slim Summerville ... Homer Busby
Bill Robinson ... Aloysius
J. Edward Bromberg ... Dr. Hill
Alan Dinehart ... Purvis
Raymond Scott Quintet ... Themselves
Dixie Dunbar ... Receptionist
Paul Hurst ... Mug
William Demarest ... Harry Kipper
Ruth Gillette ... Melba
Paul Harvey ... Cyrus Bartlett
Clarence Hummel Wilson ... Jake Singer
Sam Hayes ... Radio Announcer
Gary Breckner ... Radio Announcer
Carroll Nye ... Radio Announcer
Franklin Pangborn ... Hamilton Montmarcy
William Wagner ... Rev. Turner
Eily Malyon ... Mrs. Turner
Mary McCarty ... Florabelle

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