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Little Princess (1939)  link to Little Princess on IMDb  

Number: 1373

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IMDb Rating:
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7.3/10 (4.6K votes)

Also known as: The Little Princess

Country: United States, 93 minutes

Spoken languages: English, Hindi

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical

Director(s): Walter Lang, William A. Seiter

Storyline:
When her father, Captain Crewe, goes off to fight in the Boer War, young Sara Crewe is placed into the care of Amanda Minchin, the head of an exclusive private school for girls. Sara lives a wonderful life of a privileged child and is quite happy in her surroundings. When her father is listed as missing in action however, her life goes from one of plenty to that of a poor house maid. Mrs. Minchin agrees to keep her on at the school, but in the absence of her tuition payments, she has to work for her keep. She is soon cleaning out the fireplace and scrubbing floors and is dubbed the little princess by her former schoolmates. She also refuses to accept that her father is dead and prowls the hospitals in the hope of locating him. Luck - and Royal intervention - assist her in her quest.

Cast:

Shirley Temple Sara Crewe
Richard Greene Geoffrey Hamilton
Anita Louise Rose
Ian Hunter Capt. Crewe
Cesar Romero Ram Dass

Medium: Original DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Subtitles: English, Russian, Cantonese

Location: On The Shelf 24 Disk Collection

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3