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The Little Princess (1939)

Name: The Little Princess
Genre: Family
Released: 1939
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Cast: Shirley Temple, Anita Louise, Cesar Romero, Ian Hunter, E. E. Clive

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The Little Princess (1939) is a 93-minute family film that airs free on Starlite TV's Family Room (CH 10) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below). Directed by Walter Lang and William A. Seiter.

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About The Little Princess (1939)

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.

In 1899 England, Captain Crewe, called to fight in the Second Boer War, has to leave his daughter Sara with her pony at Miss Minchin's School for Girls. With all the money Captain Crewe can offer, Miss Minchin gives Sara a fancy, private room. Although worried about her father, Sara is distracted by riding lessons. During these riding lessons, Sara helps contrive meetings between her teacher Miss Rose and Mr. Geoffrey, the riding instructor, who is also the grandson of the mean-spirited next-door neighbor, Lord Wickham.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Little Princess (1939 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter
Cast includes: Shirley Temple, Anita Louise, Cesar Romero, Ian Hunter, E. E. Clive, Arthur Treacher, Miles Mander, Richard Greene
Country: United States
Based on: A Little Princess

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Airs on

Family Room - CH 10, Family TV

Rights & source

Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' - reason: Copyright not renewed (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources). Copyright not renewed; Burnett novel PD.
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Underlying rights: Copyright not renewed; Burnett novel PD.
Source: Internet Archive

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