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The Little Colonel
Directed by David Butler
Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva
Written by Screenplay:
William M. Conselman
Novel:
Annie Fellows Johnston
Starring Shirley Temple
Lionel Barrymore
Evelyn Venable
John Lodge
Bill Robinson
Hattie McDaniel
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography Arthur C. Miller
Distributed by Fox Film
Release date(s) February 22, 1935 (1935-02-22)
Running time 80 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Money made $1.2 million

The Little Colonel is a 1935 movie. It was directed by David Butler. The screenplay by William M. Conselman was adapted from a book of the same name by Annie Fellows Johnston. The movie features the famous staircase dance by Temple and Robinson.

Main cast

  • Shirley Temple as Lloyd Sherman
  • Lionel Barrymore as Colonel Lloyd, father to Elizabeth and grandfather to Lloyd Sherman
  • John Lodge as Jack Sherman, Elizabeth’s husband and little Lloyd’s father
  • Ellen Venable as Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman, Lloyd Sherman's mother and Colonel Lloyd's daughter
  • Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson as Walker, Colonel Lloyd’s butler
  • Hattie McDaniel as Mom Beck, Elizabeth's housekeeper
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