Stowaway (1936 film)

Stowaway
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam A. Seiter
Screenplay byWilliam M. Conselman
Nat Perrin
Arthur Sheekman
Story bySamuel G. Engel
Produced byBuddy G. DeSylva
StarringShirley Temple
Robert Young
Alice Faye
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Edited byLloyd Nosler
Music byHarry Revel
Mack Gordon
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 25, 1936 (1936-12-25)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]
Box office$1 million[2]

Stowaway is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by William A. Seiter. The screenplay by William M. Conselman, Nat Perrin, and Arthur Sheekman is based on a story by Samuel G. Engel. The film is about a young orphan called "Ching Ching" (Shirley Temple) who meets wealthy playboy Tommy Randall (Robert Young) in Shanghai and then accidentally stows away on the ocean liner he is travelling on. The film was hugely successful,[3] and is available on videocassette and DVD.

  1. ^ Solomon p 240
  2. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 217
  3. ^ Windeler, p. 179.