Teenaged soprano
Gloria Jean plays the Little-Miss-Fixit heroine in Universal's
Little Bit of Heaven. The most precocious member of an impoverished 10th Avenue family, little Midge (
Gloria Jean) makes an impulsive appearance on a "man in the street" radio interview show. Catapulted to stardom, Midge becomes the primary support for her family, all of whom begin behaving atrociously and overspended insanely. The only one who doesn't go over the top is Midge's lovable Grandpa (C. Aubrey Smith), with whom our heroine concocts a scheme (straight out of
Shirley Temple!) to teach her relatives a lesson. In the previous
Gloria Jean starrer
If I Had My Way, Universal featured several former Broadway favorites, including
Blanche Ring and Julian Eltinge, in cameo roles: the studio repeats this stunt in
Little Bit of Heaven, showcasing such silent-movie greats as
Maurice Costello, Noah Beery Sr.,
Charles Ray,
Monte Blue,
William Desmond and
Pat O'Malley as the heroine's "adopted uncles". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide