A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
- Starring:
- Gloria Jean, Robert Stack, (more)
- Director(s):
- Andrew Marton
Synopsis of A Little Bit of Heaven
Teenaged soprano Gloria Jean plays the Little-Miss-Fixit heroine in Universal's Little Bit of Heaven. The most precocious member of an impoverished 10th Avenue family, little Midge (Gloria Jean) makes an impulsive appearance on a "man in the street" radio interview show. Catapulted to stardom, Midge becomes the primary support for her family, all of whom begin behaving atrociously and overspended insanely. The only one who doesn't go over the top is Midge's lovable Grandpa (C. Aubrey Smith), with whom our heroine concocts a scheme (straight out of Shirley Temple!) to teach her relatives a lesson. In the previous Gloria Jean starrer If I Had My Way, Universal featured several former Broadway favorites, including Blanche Ring and Julian Eltinge, in cameo roles: the studio repeats this stunt in Little Bit of Heaven, showcasing such silent-movie greats as Maurice Costello, Noah Beery Sr., Charles Ray, Monte Blue, William Desmond and Pat O'Malley as the heroine's "adopted uncles". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Little Bit of Heaven
- Gloria Jean - Midge
- Hugh Herbert - Pop
- Stuart Erwin - Cotton
- Eugene Pallette - Herrington
- Butch and Buddy - Tony's Kid
- Tommy Bond - Jerry
- Noah Beery, Sr. - Uncle Sherm
- Charles Ray - Uncle Wes
- Monte Blue - Uncle Pat
- William Desmond - Uncle Francis
- David Oliver - Uncle Freddie
- Kitty O'Neil - Mrs. Mitchell
- Sig Arno - Francois
- Chester Clute - Mr. Dixon
- Edgar Dearing - Uncle Jack
- Robert Stack - Bob
- C. Aubrey Smith - Grandpa
- Nan Grey - Janet
- Billy Gilbert - Tony
- Nana Bryant - Mom
- Frank Jenks - Uncle Dan
- Maurice Costello - Uncle Louie
- Fred Kelsey - Uncle Pete
- Tom Dugan - Uncle Ed
- Kenneth Harlan - Uncle Burt
- Charles Previn - Radio Conductor
- Helen Brown - Secretary
- Rafaela Ottiano - Mme. Lupinsky
- Renie Riano - Mrs. Dixon
- J. Pat O'Malley - Uncle Mike
- Director(s):
- Andrew Marton
- Writer(s):
- Gertrude Purcell, Harold Goldman, Daniel Taradash
- Producer(s):
- Joe Pasternak
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