The Little Princess (1939 film)

"For the Mary Pickford film see The Little Princess (1917 film); for the remake starring Liesel Matthews see A Little Princess (1995 film)"

Infobox Film
name = A Little Princess


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director = Walter Lang
William A. Seiter (uncredited)
producer = Darryl F. Zanuck
Gene Markey
writer = Ethel Hill
Walter Ferris
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starring = Shirley Temple
Richard Greene
Anita Louise
Ian Hunter
music = Charles Maxwell
Cyril J. Mockridge
Herbert W. Spencer
cinematography = Arthur C. Miller
William Skall
editing = Louis Loeffler
distributor = Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
released = flagicon|USA March 10 1939
flagicon|ARG July 5 1939
flagicon|DEN September 16 1939
flagicon|FIN October 8 1939
flagicon|Japan December 1 1979
runtime = 91 min.
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:29595
imdb_id = 0031580

"The Little Princess" (1939) is a film directed by Walter Lang based upon the novel, "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Now in public domain because of copyright not renewed, and various public domain DVDs and movie download sites are available. [http://www.archive.org/details/little_princess]

Synopsis

This version featured child star Shirley Jane Temple as Sara Crewe and took great liberties with the original story. Although it maintained the novel's Victorian London setting, it introduced several new characters and storylines and used the Second Boer War and the Siege of Mafeking as a backdrop to the action. Hubert Minchin, played by actor Arthur Treacher, replaced the character Miss Amelia from the novel. Temple and Treacher had a showcased musical number together, performing the song "Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road;" Temple also appeared in an extended ballet sequence. The film was given a happier ending than the book: Captain Crewe was found alive.

The Little Princess was the first Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star at Twentieth-Century Fox, and remains one of her most well-known films.

Cast

* Shirley Jane Temple- Sara Crewe
* Mary Nash - Miss Minchin
*Sybil Jason - Becky
* Ian Hunter - Captain Crewe
*Cesar Romero - Ram Dass
* Marcia Mae Jones - Lavinia
* Ira Stevens - Ermengarde
* Arthur Treacher - Hubert 'Bertie' Minchin
* Amber Amir - Priscilla 'Prissy' Zinelli

External links

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* [http://www.dorothyann.net/princess.htm Review]