Certain films from Classic Hollywood can be properly enjoyed and appreciated only with some knowledge of history; yet that exact same knowledge of history can, at the same time, spoil that very enjoyment. The 1939 film *The Little Princess* is a prime example of this strange phenomenon. The film is based on *A Little Princess*, a 1905 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The plot is set in 1899 London and follows Sara…More