The Little Princess Movie Review 1939

Based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett children's classic; perhaps the best of the moppet's films. Shirley is a young schoolgirl in Victorian London sent to a harsh boarding school when her Army officer father is posted abroad. When her father is declared missing, the penniless girl must work as a servant at the school to pay her keep, all the while haunting the hospitals, never believing her father has died. A classic tearjerker.

Distribution

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1699 Stutz Dr., Troy, MI 48084, Phone: (248)816-0909, Toll-free: 800-786-8777, Fax: (248)816-3335, URL: http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Childhood Visions, School Daze, London, Elementary School/Junior High

Screenplay

Ethel Hill, Walter Ferris

Cast

Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher, Sybil Jason, Miles Mander, Marcia Mae Jones, E.E. Clive

Cinematography

Arthur C. Miller

Director

Walter Lang

Music

Walter Bullock

Other

Louis Loeffler

Producer

20th Century-Fox