Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones". As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.
Curly Top is of 1 hour(s) and 15 minute(s). It is Produced By: Fox Film Corporation. It was released on 1935-07-26. It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
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