The Little Princess Page #8

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Production: Slingshot Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
APPROVED
Year:
1939
93 min
1,381 Views


- I'll wait for you dear.|- Good-bye.

- Be sure to come back Sara.|- I will.

Poor little thing. She'll never stop|hoping.

- I insist that you send for my brother.|-Very well Mame, but you can't get|in. Brother or no brother.

- We will get in. My brother will see to that.|- I hope you're right Mame.

All filled now. This man will have to|wait until the next ambulance.

I think you'd better take him into the waiting|room. These halls are much too drafty.

- I very sorry that you couldn't find your father.|- Thank-you just the same sir.

He may be on the next convoy of|wounded. I wouldn't give up hope.|I won't sir.

- Good-bye and God bless.|- Good-bye.

I know that they were stolen. That is|perposterous! I can prove it and I|intend to turn her over to the authorities.

She is in this hospital and I intend|to find her. I insist that every room|be searched.

Sara...

Sara...

Daddy...

Daddy, daddy! It is you! I found|you, I found you!

They said you were dead, but I|knew you weren't. I knew you'd|come back.

Oh daddy, hold me, hold me close.|You won't ever go away again, will you?

What's the matter daddy? Why|won't you talk to me?

Don't you know me daddy? I'm|Sara, I'm Sara.

- Where is my daughter?|- Oh daddy, something's happened to you.

Mr. Bertie! Mr. Bertie! Oh daddy,|you've got to know me.

Look at me!

You mustn't cry. You mustn't cry.

- We must be good soldiers you know.|- But I have been a good soldier|daddy, but you don't know me.

- My little Sara never cries.|- But I'm Sara, I'm Sara!

Yes, yes,...Sara! Sara!

Sara, my darling. My baby Sara.

Sara my darling. My little Sara.

- Oh don't be ridiculous Amanada. - Well then|how do you account for those silk covers, those|robes and those other things that are there.

Perhaps a little bird brought them in. Perhaps|they grew legs and walked in. I don't know.|One thing I do know is little Sara wouldn't steal them.

Bertie! Yes? Berties, what do you think has|happened? Little Princess has found her father.|She's found him!

- Captain Crew is alive?|- Of course he's alive! How could|she find him if he wasn't alive?

- Oh Mr. Bertie, I found my father.|- Darling, I'm so glad.

Daddy, it's Your Majesty.

My daddy.

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Ethel Hill

Ethel Hill (April 6, 1898, Sacramento, California – May 17, 1954, Hollywood, California) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.When Dore Schary first went to work for Columbia Pictures as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for Fury of the Jungle (1933). Hill was described by Marc Norman in his book What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore jodhpurs and riding gear to the studio." Perhaps her best known film is The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple. Hill bought the Thoroughbred race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner High Quest, as a foal "with her $1500 life savings". He went on to win 10 of 28 starts, including the 1944 Arlington Handicap. He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts leading up to the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap, which he proceeded to win in a photo finish. He retired to stud afterward. more…

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