When people speak of “films that they don’t make any more”, they can do it with visible sadness or with a sigh of relief. The 1970s, arguably the most interesting decade in the history of US cinema, provided reasons for both. *The Little Prince*, the 1974 musical film directed by Stanley Donen, belongs to the latter category. The plot is based on the famous eponymous novella by French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupér…