Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner (1938)

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Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.

Date of release
1938-11-11
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Irving Cummings

Casting

Interesting facts

Just Around the Corner is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Ethel Hill, Darrell Ware and J. P. McEvoy, based on the novel Lucky Penny by Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Shirley Temple as young Penny Hale, who must cope with the consequences after her architect father is forced by circumstances to accept a job as a janitor. It was the fourth and last cinematic song and dance pairing of Temple and Bill Robinson.

Production

The relationship between the Temples and Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck took an irreparable turn during production. Temple's mother Gertrude, unhappy with the script and cast, scheduled a strained meeting with Zanuck to express her frustrations. Dissatisfied with his response, she went to studio chairman Joseph Schenck, who supported Zanuck and refused to take the matter up with him.

Zanuck brought in Charles Farrell for what was hoped to be a comeback role. Director Irving Cummings tracked down Farrell at a racquetball club, catching him completely by surprise with the offer. The comeback attempt never materialized, however, as his career would be over by the end of the decade. Temple's dog Ching-Ching II was brought in as an extra for $5.

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