The Little Princess (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Walter Lang

Escritores:

Ethel Hill (screenplay) and
Walter Ferris (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 marzo 1939 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Familia | Musical

Plot:

A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, due to her father having to go to Africa with the army.

Plot Keywords:

Servant | Teacher | School | Victoria | Birthday Party

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Fair-To-Midlin' Temple Movie

Reparto

Shirley Temple	...	Sara Crewe
Richard Greene	...	Geoffrey Hamilton
Anita Louise	...	Rose
Ian Hunter	...	Captain Crewe
Cesar Romero	...	Ram Dass
Arthur Treacher	...	Bertie Minchin
Mary Nash	...	Amanda Minchin
Sybil Jason	...	Becky
Miles Mander	...	Lord Wickham
Marcia Mae Jones	...	Lavinia
Beryl Mercer	...	Queen Victoria
Deidre Gale	...	Jessie
Ira Stevens	...	Ermengarde
E.E. Clive	...	Mr. Barrows
Eily Malyon	...	Mrs. O'Connell - the Cook

También conocida como:

La princesita (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
La pequeña princesa (Spain) [es]

Duración:

93 min (TCM print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Hindi

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | USA:Approved (PCA #4712)

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

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.

Citas:

[first lines]
Sara Crewe: Why are they sending so many soldiers, daddy, if it's only going to be a little war?
Captain Reginald Crewe: To make those stubborn Boers take us seriously this time, my darling. When they realize Her Majesty intends to put a stop to their nonsense, they'll quiet down.
Sara Crewe: They'd better. Anyhow, when you get there, you'll stop them. Won't you, daddy?
Captain Reginald Crewe: I'll do my best, dear.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Lost: Walkabout (#1.4)" (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Wot Cher!

Fair-To-Midlin' Temple Movie

I wouldn't rank this in the top half of all the Shirley Temple movies of the 1930s. It's not the worst but it's far from her best, BUT it's definitely better than the insufferably-politically correct 1995 remake.

"Amanda Mirchin" as the owner of a school, is the villain in here and Mary Nash did her acting job well because you hate this woman as the film goes on. Temple, as "Sara Crewe," overacted a bit with the fake teary scenes. She was never too realistic with those parts of a movie, but convincing in every other way.

Also, I prefer Temple's more light-hearted films, of which is not one, although Arthur Treacher was a good guy and fun to watch. He does two song-and-dance numbers with Shirley that help bring some brightness to the story.