Captain January

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Captain January ★★½ 1936 (G)

Crusty old lighthouse keeper rescues little orphan girl with curly hair from drowning and everyone breaks into cutesy song and dance, interrupted only when the authorities try to separate the two. Also available colorized. D At the Codfish Ball; Early Bird; The Right Somebody to Love. 81m/B VHS, DVD . Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Buddy Ebsen, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, June Lang, George Irving, Si Jenks; D: David Butler.

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