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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. [3] It was also her last major success as a child star. [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. American actress and diplomat (1928–2014) For the drink named after her, see Shirley Temple (drink). Shirley Temple Temple in 1948 27th United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia In office August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992 President George H. W. Bush Preceded by Julian Niemczyk ...
Shirley Temple in 1938 Shirley Temple (1928–2014) was an American child actress , dancer, and singer who began her film career in 1931, and continued successfully through 1949. When Educational Pictures director Charles Lamont scouted Meglan Dancing School for prospective talent, three-year-old student Temple hid behind the piano.
WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to ...
This film was the second of three in which Shirley Temple and Cesar Romero appeared together, second was Wee Willie Winkie (1937) and The Little Princess (1939). [1] The cast also includes Gypsy Rose Lee, using the stage name of Louise Hovick, as the Sultana.
Nash may be best known for playing villains in two Shirley Temple films, first as Fraulein Rottenmeier in Heidi (1937) and then as Miss Minchin in The Little Princess (1939). She played Katharine Hepburn's socialite mother in the movie version of The Philadelphia Story (1940).
Until The Little Princess (1939), this was Shirley Temple's most expensive film. [2] Production of Wee Willie Winkie had to be moved from the Fox studio lot to Chatsworth, California, owing to intense conflicts taking place between labor unions and Hollywood studios. During one standoff, a Fox studio messenger visiting the set nearly had a ...
The film stars Shirley Temple as the titular orphan, who is taken from her grandfather to live as a companion to Klara, a spoiled, disabled girl. It was a success and Temple enjoyed her third consecutive year as number one box office draw. This was first of two films pairing Shirley Temple and Mary Nash, the other was The Little Princess (1939 ...