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The Little Princess (1939) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by William A. Seiter and Walter Lang and produced by Gene Markey.

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Watching 1939: The Little Princess (1939)

on Dec 24, 2021 From Comet Over Hollywood

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them.?As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article


The Essential Films of 1939: The Little Princess

By Amanda Garrett on Dec 15, 2014 From Old Hollywood Films

The Film: Shirley Temple goes from riches to rags in The Little Princess. The Director: Walter Lang The Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Arthur Treacher and Mary Nash. Source Material: The children's novel, A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Little Sar... Read full article


The Little Princess (1939)

By Beatrice on Feb 11, 2014 From Flickers in Time

The Little Princess Directed by Walter Lang Written by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris based on the novel by Frances Hogson Burnett 1939/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental [last lines] Sara Crewe: Your Majesty. My Dad. Shirley Temple Black died today. ?She g... Read full article


The Battle of the Little Princesses: Novel vs. Film

By Margaret Perry on Nov 22, 2012 From The Great Katharine Hepburn

The Battle of the Little Princesses: Novel vs. Film Labels: A Little Princess (1939), Arthur Treacher, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary Nash, Shirley Temple Black A Little Princess is one of my all-time favorite books. I think I read it at least once a year. When I read it for the first... Read full article


The Battle of the Little Princesses: Novel vs. Film (1)

By Margaret Perry on Nov 22, 2012 From The Great Katharine Hepburn

The Battle of the Little Princesses: Novel vs. Film A Little Princess is one of my all-time favorite books. I think I read it at least once a year. When I read it for the first time, I loved the ending so much that I just kept reading the last few chapters over and over again. I also consider m... Read full article


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Quotes from The Little Princess

Geoffrey Hamilton: Don't be frightened, Sara. It's only my grandfather.
Lord Wickham: Don't you believe him, young woman! I disowned him the day he was born!
Geoffrey Hamilton: And we're really very fond of each other.
Lord Wickham: Of course we are - what? Wait till I see the woman who runs this school! I'll put a spoke in your wheel!
Geoffrey Hamilton: Do! She'd love to know my grandfather is Lord Wickham, and she'll probably raise my salary!
Lord Wickham: Insolent pup! Just like his father!


Queen Victoria: What is it, child?
Sara Crewe: My father, they said he died at Mafeking. But I don't believe it! He may be here with the new wounded men, but they won't let me look! If they don't, I may never have another chance. Can you make them let me look?
Queen Victoria: Colonel, will you please see that this child is escorted through the wards?
Colonel Gordon: With permission, I shall accompany her personally, Your Majesty.
Sara Crewe: What... what's your name?
Queen Victoria: Victoria. What's yours?
Sara Crewe: Sara... oh Your Majesty!
[kneels and kisses the Queen's hand]


Sara Crewe: I thought you said you didn't have any more rooms.
Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls: I didn't know then what a dear little girl was coming.
Sara Crewe: Why does that make more rooms, Daddy?


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Facts about The Little Princess

The full name of the book this movie is based on is "A Little Princess, Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Here Told For the First Time" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Shirley Temple's first Technicolor film.
The original source of the movie was a novel called "Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's" by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and it was published in 1888. She later adapted her book for the stage calling it "A Little Princess" (in London, 1902) and "The Little Princess" (in New York, 1903). It was successful enough that her publisher, C. Scribner's Sons, requested that she expand her original novel to include scenes from the play. The result was the final novel, "A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe," which was published in 1905, and is the secondary source for the movie.
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