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1939
The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the 1905 novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star. This film was the third of three in which Shirley Temple and Cesar Romero appeared…
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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