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Dora
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Alice
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Oswald
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Noel
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H.O.
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Eliza
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Bastable
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Bates
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Haig
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Albert-Next-Door
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Henry Carlisle
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Mary Leslie
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Roger Sloman | ... |
Wiggins
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Lord Blackstock
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Jellicoe
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This charming, family adventure is based on a novel by one of Englands most beloved authors, Edith Nesbit... See full synopsis »
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Set in late Victorian or Edwardian England, this pleasant family film tells the adventures and travails of five children as their widowed father descends ever closer into financial ruin. The story is told with humor, and the viewer never really doubts that somehow the family fortunes will improve, even as the naive attempts of the children to arrest the family's plight inevitably backfire.
There is nothing deep or controversial here. It will not change your life. But it is notable mainly for the endearing performances of its young cast members, particularly Camilla Power as the eldest daughter Dora, and for a childhood cameo role by future star Keira Knightley as the princess.
Dora has long carried the weight of the household on her shoulders, and she alone of all her siblings cannot afford to remain a child. As her world crumbles about her, both her distress, and her ever-present seriousness and concern are simultaneously evident in Camilla Power's performance.
Keira Knightley had appeared in several childhood films before this, but this is the first in which her countenance had developed its characteristic bloom. It also is her first role both with significant dialogue and close-ups. However, her delivery is little more than recitation, and one is conscious that she is not comfortable at the age of 10 or 11 attempting an accent not her own. There is talent to come, and come it will, but in this film it had not yet arrived.