horse, which throws her, and she is taken to the hospital. Big Steve goes there to pay back Sorrowful for trying to steal Bangles but is roped into giving Marky the direct blood transfusion she needs for her life-saving operation. Praying for her survival, Sorrowful destroys the drug which, administered to the horse, would have helped it win the race but killed it soon after. Informed that he has "good blood" and pleased to have given life for a change, Big Steve forgives Bangles and Sorrowful. They plan to marry and adopt Marky. Cast Shirley Temple as Marthy "Marky" Jane Adolphe Menjou as Sorrowful Jones Dorothy Dell as Bangles Carson Charles Bickford as Big Steve Halloway Lynne Overman as Regret. The character is meant to be Mafia accountant Otto Berman, best friend of writer Damon Runyon. Warren Hymer as Sore Toe Sam Hardy as Benny the Gouge John Kelly as Canvas Back Willie Best as Dizzy Memphis Frank McGlynn Sr. as Doc Chesley John Sheehan as Sun Rise Frank Conroy as Dr. Ingalls Production Temple, who had previously auditioned for the role of Marky prior to entering her Fox contract and failed to win the part, was loaned out to Paramount by Fox Film thanks in large part to maneuvering by her mother Gertrude. Her mother, recognizing the potential of the role, arranged for a secret meeting and second audition with the director Alexander Hall. This second audition was successful and Shirley Temple was loaned out to Paramount for $1,000 a week. Temple and Dell struck up a close friendship while filming the movie. The scene in which Temple is refusing her food and using rude language ("I don't want no mush" and "I used to be a sissy") had to be redone as Dell could not contain her laughter in the first take. This would be Dell's last completed film of her short career. Temple took Dell's death very hard. Reception The film was considered a success at the box office. As a result Paramount offered Fox $50,000 for Temple's contract, but the offer was declined. Recognition In 1998, Little Miss Marker was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Remakes The film was remade as Little Big Shot (1935), Sorrowful Jones (1949) with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as Little Miss