Shirley Temple

Richard Greene

Anita Louise

Ian Hunter

Arthur Treacher

Mary Nash

Cesar Romero

Miles Mander

Marcia Mae Jones

Beryl Mercer

Deidre Gale

Ira Stevens

E. E. Clive

Eily Malyon

Clyde Cook

Keith Hitchcock

Will Stanton

Harry Allen

Holmes Herbert

Evan Thomas

Guy Bellis

Kenneth Hunter

Lionel Braham

Frank Baker

Sidney Bracey

Eve Conrad

Robert Cory

Herbert Evans

Olaf Hytten

Lilyan Irene

Charles Irwin

Patrick X. Kerry

Morton Lowry

Jean Manners

Vesey O'Davoren

Antonia Oland

Rita Page

Hilda Plowright

Gerald Rogers

Leslie Sketchley

Amzie Strickland

David Thursby

Clare Verdera

Sybil Jason

Walter Lang

Ethel Hill

Walter Ferris

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Gene Markey

Charles Maxwell

Cyril J. Mockridge

Arthur C. Miller

William V. Skall

Louis R. Loeffler

Bernard Herzbrun

Hans Peters

Thomas Little

Gwen Wakeling

Roger Heman Sr.

E. Clayton Ward

Herbert W. Spencer

Family

Drama

Comedy

The Little Princess

20th Century Fox

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Young "Sara" (Shirley Temple) is the apple of her military father's eye. When he (Ian Hunter) is sent abroad to fight in the Boer war, she is left at a posh boarding school run by the pernickety "Miss Minchin" (Mary Nash). Initially, this all goes swimmingly until news reaches them that her father has been killed at the siege of Mafeking and she, now penniless, has to serve as a glorified scullery maid. Disbelieving of her father's fate, the young girl and her fellow skivvy "Becky" (Sybil Jason) have some fun escapades that make her some new friends amongst the war wounded (including a touching cameo from the shell-shocked Morton Lowry), severely test the patience of her reluctant new guardian and hopefully track down her father. Yes, it smacks a little of "Cinderella" with a little "Annie" thrown in too, but the star is on great form as she sails, nonchalantly, through the proceedings with a charming and engaging air. Maybe the romance between Richard Greene ("Geoffrey") and Anita Louise ("Rose") clutters it up a bit, but otherwise a strong cast support the youngster ably with a suitably curmudgeonly Miles Mander ("Lord Wickham"), a cheery Arthur Treacher and Cesar Romero as the old lord's kindly butler. It's fun to watch - we always know what's going to happen in the end, but so what - it's a harmless and enjoyable bit of colourful escapism made just before times got really grim for many.

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