The Little Princess
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Movie Reviews of The Little Princess
Movie Review: Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this after enjoying the newer version so much... This one is even better!Movie Review: SHIRLEY'S BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
THE LITTLE PRINCESS is a lavishly mounted production which provided that greatest of all child stars, Shirley Temple with what many believe to be her best vehicle. It was also coincidentally, her first picture filmed in Technicolor. The story is set in Victorian England at the turn of the century. Shirley plays Sara Crewe, who's wealthy and respected Captain father (Ian Hunter) is drafted into the Boer War in Africa. Because of her Daddy's wealth and social position, Sara is given special treatment at Miss Minchin's Seminary and quickly earns the nick - name of "the little princess". Mary Nash plays the cross Miss Minchin, but Sara's winning personality earns her several quick friends at the school. Eventually the little girl goes looking for her Daddy in military hospitals. Great is the scene in which Sara awakes from a dream and the whole room has been transformed into a dream-like atmosphere with a buffet of good food on the table, expensive clothing and fancy furniture which has been provided by the anonymous "Lord Wickham". Dimpled Richard Greene plays Geoffrey Hamilton with considerable charm and as Ram Das, the Hindu Cesar Romero is excellent. Mary Nash does her usual scene stealing as the intimidating Miss Minchin. Younger children should love this picture even today, because the theme is universally timeless.Movie Review: The Most Ambitious Shirley Temple Movie of Them All
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was a very little girl, every Saturday morning featured "Shirley Temple Theatre", which is how I came to see almost every Shirley Temple movie. But every Saturday, I had the same hope, that the movie that morning would be "The Little Princess", and whenever it was, I was overjoyed. And why was that? Because I loved the Victorian setting of the movie. Here Shirley plays Sara Crewe, for the first time in her life being separated from her British officer father, who must report for duty in the Boer War. Sara is deposited in an exclusive girls school in London, where her wealth and manners earn her the monniker, "The Little Princess". Yet in spite of her advantages, Sara is a down to earth girl, with a kind and loving heart, and it is these qualities which endear her to the more sensitive inhabitants of the boarding school. Then, tragically, Sara's strength of character must be tested: on her birthday, word is received that Captain Crewe has been killed during the seige of Mafeking, and Sara is left not only an orphan but penniless to boot. The headmistress forces Sara now to be a servant in the house where she used to be treated as a princess, enduring the insults of vindictive students whom she must wait on hand and foot. What is Sara's response? She behaves like the good soldier her father trained her to be, performing her duties to the best of her ability, with one important exception: she refuses to admit that her father is dead. And so the rest of the movie concerns her stubborn insistence that her father is alive, and that she will find him again. Being a Shirley Temple movie, after all, the ending must needs be a happy one, but achieved through a very special agent--you'll have to view it to find out who. In many ways, "The Little Princess" is atypical of Shirley's movies: it is a costume drama (most of hers are set in the 1930s), there are only two dance numbers in the whole movie, and it is a relatively late Shirley picture, 1939. So while other reviewers have commented on how "cute" she is, at this point Shirley was past the really adorable phase of her career, as evident in "Bright Eyes" or "Little Miss Marker". Yet her performance in this movie clearly demonstrates that Shirley could really act, contrary to what some detractors have said about the post-babyhood Shirley. The expression on her face when the headmistress tells her she should be grateful to assume the role of servant relays shock and disbelief, and in another scene with the same woman, just as that headmistress is able to strike Sara, Shirley gives her an un-cute look that stops her cold. Her near-breakdown at the end of the movie when her fortitude receives its final test also testifies to better acting than she is generally credited with. I loved "The Little Princess" as a child; I still watch it, now with a different appreciation, as an adult. I invite you to do the same.Movie Review: Lost Memories
Summary: 4 Stars
As a child, i was so envious of the cute little girl with the dimples and curls. As was my sister and many of our friends. My grandmother, Giggy, was the encourager of our watching these tapes. The Little Princess, as well as Temples other movies are a great way to take a trip down memory lane. You can't go wrong with this DVD!Movie Review: The Little Princess Shirley
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok overall Shirley is really cute in this film and the technicolor is really good.I actually saw this video on Liketelevision online . It is really cute - but it's nothing like the book. It adds its own little twist and turns and they could have made it lots better. In the book I believe little Sara never cried and well Shirley did. I don't regret seeing this film or anything because i love temple movies but overall I thought this movie could have been much better.