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1. THE LITTLE PRINCESS 1939 TCM MOVIE
2. THE LITTLE PRINCESS 1939 TCM REGISTRATION
3. THE LITTLE PRINCESS 1939 TCM FREE

Props such as the doll had to be to the exact specifications of a doll made at that time.

Īs part of the preparation for the movie, great pains were taken to make sure every aspect of it was true to 1899 and England, the time period and setting of the story.

THE LITTLE PRINCESS 1939 TCM MOVIE

This made the movie the most expensive Shirley Temple film to date. Hiding from Miss Minchin and the police, she happens upon her father.Ī staff member announces Sara has found her father, and Miss Minchin exclaims: "Captain Crewe is alive?!" to which her brother retorts, "Of course he's alive! How could she find him if he wasn't alive?" The film ends with Sara helping her father stand as the Queen departs.Īfter filming was completed, Daryl Zanuck of Fox requested additional scenes shot totalling $300,000 pushing the cost over $1 million. During her search, she is reunited with a wounded Mr. Sara bursts in upon a visit by Queen Victoria, who grants her permission to search for her father. Meanwhile, the hospital is preparing to transfer a newly arrived unknown patient, who is unable to communicate except to repeatedly say, "Sara, Sara" it is Captain Crewe. Sara escapes and runs to the hospital with Minchin in hot pursuit. She discovers blankets that Ram Dass left Sara, assumes they are stolen, and locks her in the attic, calling the police. Miss Minchin arrives in the attic to punish Sara for "hurting" Lavinia. She later receives taunting from Lavinia the next day, eventually causing her to lose her temper and dump ashes on her. Things start to worsen, when Sara gets into an argument with Miss Minchin, who cannot tolerate her faith in believing her father is still alive and tries forcing her to face reality.

After a string of episodes, including a performance of the film's most well-known song " Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road", Sara is at her wits end. In her new role, Sara gets hungrier and more tired from her arduous duties and sneaks off to veterans' hospitals, convinced her father is not dead.

She also receives support from Miss Minchin's brother Bertie, who does not agree with her treatment. Sara gains new solace in a friendship with Ram Dass, Lord Wickham's servant. Without her father's financial support, Sara becomes a servant, now working at the school she used to attend. During the party, Captain Crewe's solicitor arrives with the sad news that Captain Crewe has died and his real estate, the basis for his wealth, has been confiscated. Miss Minchin throws Sara a lavish birthday party.

THE LITTLE PRINCESS 1939 TCM FREE

Sara hears news that Mafeking is free and expects her father will soon come home. Geoffrey, the riding instructor, who is also the grandson of the mean-spirited next door neighbor, Lord Wickham. It is during these riding lessons that Sara helps contrive meetings between Miss Rose, her teacher, and Mr. With all the money Captain Crewe can offer, Miss Minchin gives Sara a fancy, private room.Īlthough worried about her father, Sara is distracted by riding lessons. Ĭaptain Crewe, called to fight in the Second Boer War, has to leave his daughter Sara ( Shirley Temple) with her pony at Miss Minchin's School for Girls.

THE LITTLE PRINCESS 1939 TCM REGISTRATION

In 1968, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. The film's ending was drastically different from the book. Temple also appeared in an extended ballet sequence. Temple and Arthur Treacher had a musical number together, performing the song " Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road". Īlthough it maintained the novel's Victorian London setting, the film introduced several new characters and storylines and used the Second Boer War and the siege of Mafeking as a backdrop to the action. It was also her last major success as a child star. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the 1905 novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang.