The Little Princess facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Little Princess |
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck Gene Markey |
| Screenplay by | Ethel Hill Walter Ferris |
| Starring | Shirley Temple Richard Greene Anita Louise Ian Hunter Arthur Treacher |
| Music by | Charles Maxwell Cyril J. Mockridge Herbert W. Spencer Samuel Pokrass |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller William Skall |
| Editing by | Louis Loeffler |
| Studio | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | March 10, 1939 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | over $1 million |
The Little Princess is a 1939 movie. It was directed by Walter Lang. It stars Shirley Temple. It is loosely based on the book A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star.
Main cast
- Shirley Temple as Sara Crewe
- Richard Greene as Geoffrey Hamilton
- Anita Louise as Rose
- Ian Hunter as Captain Crewe
- Cesar Romero as Ram Dass
- Arthur Treacher as Hubert 'Bertie' Minchin
- Mary Nash as Amanda Minchin
Story
Captain Crewe is called to fight in the Second Boer War. He leaves his daughter Sara at Miss Minchin's School for Girls. One day, his lawyer arrives in the school with news that Captain Crewe has died and his real estate has been confiscated. Sara is now a poor orphan. She becomes a servant in the school. Sara tires of her servant duties. She sneaks off to Veterans Hospital, convinced her father is not dead. She finds him wounded. They reunite joyfully.
