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).

A downtrodden daughter and her delusional boyfriend hatch a get-rich-quick scheme that involves fraud and a possible 10-year prison sentence.

Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.

A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters

Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother.

An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.

It s almost Christmas Even for Eloise, the Plaza s most famous six-year old. She and her friends have decided to put on a holiday show like no other! With different traditions from many cultures, it is sure to be the best show the Plaza has ever seen. Chaos abounds, at the last minute as Mr. Salamone must cancel the show. Will Eloise be able to find a way to keep the arrive for the party? The kids scramble to find a way to save their show and in the end learn the true spirit of the season is having the people you love all happy and together. There s holiday fund for everyone in this hilarious adventure starring the talented voice of Lynn Redgrave as nanny and Tim Curry as Mr. Salamone!

In 1940, as ever more countries lined up on either side of burgeoning global conflict, Italian migrant families in Australia were forcibly separated. While the men were rounded up and imprisoned in internment camps, the women were left to carry on alone in isolated pockets of community in suburbs like Carlton. Having little more than one another for company and the generations of tradition they had brought with them, these trailblazers would go on to transform the country they made home. In the wave of immigration that followed the end of World War II, Italian women were once again at the forefront of rebuilding the lives of their families. In the process, they left a lasting influence on Australian culture, permeating the realms of fashion, business, community leadership and more. Twelve years after delighting MIFF audiences with their previous celebration of Italian migrant culture in Melbourne, Lygon Street – Si Parla Italiano, Shannon Swan, Angelo Pricolo and Jason McFadyen have returned with this charming documentary that focuses on the tenacity and spirit of Italian-Australian women. With its cast of wonderful nonnas and mammas and sublime archival footage of 20th-century Melbourne, this tale of empowerment and resilience will appeal to fans of documentaries like The Lost City of Melbourne (MIFF 2022) – and to anyone who wants to understand more about the city, and country, in which this festival is held.

In Stalter’s sharply observed, bittersweet character comedy, a string of awkward talkative types bare their souls.