The Little Princess (1939 film)

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For the Mary Pickford film see The Little Princess (1917 film); for the remake starring Liesel Matthews see A Little Princess (1995 film)

A Little Princess
Directed by	Walter Lang William A. Seiter (uncredited)
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck Gene Markey
Written by	Ethel Hill Walter Ferris
Starring	Shirley Temple Richard Greene Anita Louise Ian Hunter
Music by	Charles Maxwell Cyril J. Mockridge Herbert W. Spencer
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller William Skall
Editing by	Louis Loeffler
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	March 10, 1939 July 5, 1939 September 16, 1939 October 8, 1939 December 1, 1979
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Little Princess (1939) is a film directed by Walter Lang based upon the novel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Now in public domain because of copyright not renewed, and various public domain DVDs and movie download sites are available.[1]

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This version featured child star Shirley Jane Temple as Sara Crewe and took great liberties with the original story. Although it maintained the novel's Victorian London setting, it introduced several new characters and storylines and used the Second Boer War and the Siege of Mafeking as a backdrop to the action. Hubert Minchin, played by actor Arthur Treacher, replaced the character Miss Amelia from the novel. Temple and Treacher had a showcased musical number together, performing the song "Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road;" Temple also appeared in an extended ballet sequence. The film was given a happier ending than the book: Captain Crewe was found alive.

The Little Princess was the first Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star at Twentieth-Century Fox, and remains one of her most well-known films.