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A Little Princess

  • 1917
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Mary Pickford in A Little Princess (1917)
Drama

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable f... Read allLittle Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.

  • Director
    • Marshall Neilan
  • Writers
    • Frances Hodgson Burnett
    • Frances Marion
  • Stars
    • Mary Pickford
    • Norman Kerry
    • Katherine Griffith
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    730
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marshall Neilan
    • Writers
      • Frances Hodgson Burnett
      • Frances Marion
    • Stars
      • Mary Pickford
      • Norman Kerry
      • Katherine Griffith
    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Cast16

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    Mary Pickford
    Mary Pickford
    • Sara Crewe
    Norman Kerry
    Norman Kerry
    • Capt. Richard Crewe
    Katherine Griffith
    Katherine Griffith
    • Miss Minchin
    Anne Schaefer
    Anne Schaefer
    • Amelia Minchin
    • (as Ann Schaefer)
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    • Becky
    W.E. Lawrence
    W.E. Lawrence
    • Ali-Baba
    • (as William E. Lawrence)
    Theodore Roberts
    Theodore Roberts
    • Cassim
    Gertrude Short
    Gertrude Short
    • Ermigarde
    Gustav von Seyffertitz
    Gustav von Seyffertitz
    • Mr. Carrisford
    Loretta Blake
    Loretta Blake
    • Lavinia
    George A. McDaniel
    • Ram Dass
    • (as George McDaniel)
    Ernest Butterworth Jr.
    • Boy eating Christmas cookies
    • (uncredited)
    Edythe Chapman
    Edythe Chapman
      Josephine Hutchinson
      Josephine Hutchinson
        Joan Marsh
        Joan Marsh
        • Child
        • (uncredited)
        Joe Murphy
        Joe Murphy
        • Leader of Forty Bandits
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Marshall Neilan
        • Writers
          • Frances Hodgson Burnett
          • Frances Marion
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        • Trivia
          One of many silent-era films starring "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford which were later remade as Shirley Temple vehicles. Known as the "Girl with the Curls," Pickford's box-office hits included Pieni rikas tyttö-parka (1917), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) the film. In the mid-1930s 20th Century-Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck re-purposed Pickford's films as vehicles for Temple and thus produced Rikas tyttöraukka (1936), Rebecca (1938), Pikku prinsessa (1939), etc. Zanuck also instructed studio publicists to use Pickford's persona and nicknames as a model for Temple's public image as a Hollywood starlet.
        • Quotes

          Sara Crewe: Papa--Papa dear--I want you!

        • Connections
          Featured in Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997)

        User reviews7

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        4/10
        A Little Arabian Night's Storytelling Princess
        This was two movies slashed together.

        One is the much adapted "A Little Princess"(most famously by Cuaron in the 90s and Shirley Temple's 30's version) , which is about heiress Sarah and her stay within Miss Minchin's boarding school before and after his father's death AND a weird 20 min sequence of Arabian Nights, added as a midnight 'story' subplot - which might had been another movie/short that they felt needed to add an element of 'adventure' to the film. It literally is a different film that captured ~20% of the film.

        Firstly, both Zazu Pitts and Mary Pickford looks old old for their parts. They were practically in their 20s playing ten year old but to their credit, they acted WELL for whatever that script was. You kind of see why Pickford played this juvenile roles to death. She has that youthful persona that really glisten on the screen.

        Again, the script is so weird. It practically stops midway to add an irrelevant subplot AND the filmmaking does not really help. So its not really anything to write about. Its stagy, and pretty much standard of the film of the time. Very large sets and ungodly large props which seems to cater the larger actress lol. Then the ending just drops.

        Let's just say 1hr is not enough for the film's material.

        Not recommended.
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        • Release date
          • November 11, 1917 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Languages
          • None
          • English
        • Also known as
          • The Little Princess
        • Filming locations
          • Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California, USA(Viewed film)
        • Production company
          • Mary Pickford Company
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 2 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Sound mix
          • Silent
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.33 : 1

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