Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
Sad-eyed, uniquely talented child actress Edith Fellows was Columbia's "answer" to Shirley Temple, Jane Withers and Deanna Durbin. In Little Miss Roughneck, Fellows is cast as Foxine LaRue, a tomboyish sort who is being prodded into a show-biz career by her stage mother Gert (Margaret Irving). Young Mr. Partridge (Scott Colton) becomes Foxine's agent, principally because he's sweet on the girl's older sister Mary (Jacqueline Wells). Blackballed from Hollywood because of her mother's pushiness, Foxine tries to help out Partridge and her own family by cooking up a bizarre publicity stunt, enlisting the aid of easy-going Mexican "papacita" Pascual (Leo Carrillo).
Director:
Aubrey Scotto
Writers:
Grace Neville, Fred Niblo Jr., Michael L. Simmons.
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Edith Fellows as Foxine LaRue |
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Leo Carrillo as Pascual Orozco |
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Scott Kolk as Al Patridge (as Scott Colton) |
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Julie Bishop as Mary LaRue (as Jacqueline Wells) |
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Margaret Irving as Mrs. Gertrude 'Gert' LaRue |
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Inez Palange as Mercedes Orozco |
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George McKay as Phil Edwards |
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Frank C. Wilson as DeWilde |
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John Gallaudet as Larkin |
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Walter O. Stahl as Von Hemmer (as Walter Stahl) |
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Ivan Miller as Yerkes |
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Al Bridge as Sheriff |
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Wade Boteler as Police Inspector Carr |
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Guy Usher as Police Captain Dorm |
| Writing | Fred Niblo Jr. | Story |
| Writing | Grace Neville | Screenplay |
| Directing | Aubrey Scotto | Director |
| Writing | Fred Niblo Jr. | Screenplay |
| Writing | Grace Neville | Story |
| Writing | Michael L. Simmons | Screenplay |
