Heidi [videorecording] / presented by Twentieth Century Fox ; Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production ; screenplay by Walter Ferris and Julien Josephson ; directed by Allan Dwan.
Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Thomas Beck, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. Based on the book by Johanna Spyri. Special features: theatrical trailer; black & white/color viewing options.
Summary:
Story of a girl sent to live with her hermit grandfather in the Alps, where her influence reconciles her grandfather to the town. Then her aunt takes her away from the grandfather she has come to love, to live in Frankfurt as the companion of a crippled girl whom Heidi encourages to try walking again.
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