The Little Colonel
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Movie Reviews of The Little Colonel
Movie Review: TOP NOTCH SHIRLEY TEMPLE AT HER BEST!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a classic Temple film! The Tap Dance on the stairs sequence is now legendary and it is amazing to see this talented kid keep up with Bill" Bo Jangles" Robinson. One of my favorits Shirley Temple movies for sure! There are only a hand full of her films that I will always remember and this is one of them. Heidi,Bright Eyes and Curly Top were the others. The DVD has both Black and White and Colorized version. I am not a fan of colorizing anything,but since they kept the original intact, I did enjoy watching both.Movie Review: Shirley's best
Summary: 5 Stars
Have not opened this movie because it is a Christmas gift for our granddaughter. However, I JUST LOVE Shirley Temple so I know I too will enjoy watching it with our granddaugher. Look forward to it.Movie Review: Shirley Temple video
Summary: 5 Stars
This item arrived in a very timely manner, was in mint condition and was enjoyed immensely by my granddaughter and myself!Movie Review: More than a step above
Summary: 5 Stars
I like the movie, but I really bought the film for Mr. Bogangles dancing down the stairs.
Movie Review: Another Shirley Temple Classic Comes To DVD in Restored Versions !
Summary: 4 Stars
1935's "The Little Colonel" is one of four feature films Shirley Temple made for Fox Studios and is also one of my favorites of her films ! Set in the Civil War,Temple plays a young girl to her already gruff,but lovable grandfather colonel (played well by Lionel Barrymore) as they try to patch up their troubled family,but things get in the way with Temple's father in a bad loan deal with his so-called 'friends'.This is the film that features the classic and much-imitated dancing on the stairs routine with Temple and co-star Bill Robinson,the first of four films they would do together."Gone With The Wind" it isn't,but with a stellar cast,good solid direction by David Butler,and the classic dance sequence,this is a very good and well-made film with careful pace,hilarious scenes,and serious moments that will appeal to any member of the family old or new ! Recommended !
ABOUT THE DVD:
This is the very first time that Fox has released this very good film on DVD as part of the Volume 3 Collection of Temple's films which contains both a restored black & white version of the film (with the original Technicolor ending) and a brand-new digitally remastered colorized version as well. The restored black & white print used here on this disc is superb,if not very very good with a few instances of film grain and scratches.Speaking of the Technicolor ending,previous video releases of this film inexplicably edit out the ending of the film,notably in the original 1994 colorized VHS version,but here its been beautifully restored and shows signs of grain and very seldom contrast.As for the new colorized version,it completely blows away the horrendously bad original colorized version from a few decades before as Legend Films always does an excellent job restoring and remastering their colorized films to DVD,it too retains the original Technicolor ending from the original release,but the Legend colorized version is more saturated and well-balanced and carefully recolorized as the original version.The extras (hence the four star rating) include the two same unrestored trailers for both "Heidi" and "Little Miss Broadway" that also appear on other recent Fox Temple DVD's,but it also has a rare Fox Movietone Newsreel excerpt that celebrates the star's 7th birthday and runs one whole minute.Purists will definitely stick to the original b&w,but this film's colorized appeal will bring back a dejavu dream to "Gone With The Wind" in terms of the Civil War backdrop and oh,of course that too co-starred Hattie MacDaniel who plays the maid in "Colonel".Well recommended by film buffs and classic family film fans alike !
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