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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.

This version featured child star Shirley 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.

Cast

Mary Nash - Miss Minchin
Shirley Temple
- Sara Crewe
Sybil Jason - Becky
Ian Hunter - Captain Crewe
Cesar Romero
- Ram Dass
Marcia Mae Jones - Lavinia
Ira Stevens - Ermengarde
Arthur Treacher
- Hubert 'Bertie' Minchin

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