Claim: Curly Top is a film.

Curly Top -LRB- 1935 -RRB- is an American musical film directed by Irving Cummings . The screenplay by Patterson McNutt and Arthur J. Beckhard focuses on the adoption of a young orphan -LRB- Shirley Temple -RRB- by a wealthy bachelor -LRB- John Boles -RRB- and his romantic attraction to her older sister -LRB- Rochelle Hudson -RRB- .   Together with The Littlest Rebel , another Temple vehicle , the film was listed as one of the top box office draws of 1935 by Variety . The film 's musical numbers include `` Animal Crackers in My Soup '' and `` When I Grow Up '' .   This film was the first of four films that Shirley Temple and Arthur Treacher cooperated in ; others were Stowaway -LRB- 1936 -RRB- , Heidi -LRB- 1937 -RRB- and The Little Princess -LRB- 1939 -RRB- .