A Little Princess

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Amelia ShankleyScreen Time: 95%Role: Sara Crewe Age: 13 years old |
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Natalie AbbottScreen Time: 65%Role: Becky Age: 14 years old |
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Alison ReynoldsScreen Time: 50%Role: Ermengarde Age: 11 years old |
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Katrina HeathScreen Time: 40%Role: Lavinia Age: 13 years old |
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Jessica SimpsonScreen Time: 15%Role: Lottie Age: 9 years old |
A Little Princess
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Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Family
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090474
Summary
Sara Crewe is the pampered darling of her father, an army captain, and the Victorian London girls' school where he places her. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door.
Episodes
A Little Princess: Part One
Air Date: 0/0/1986 Season: 1 Episode: 1
A Little Princess: Part Two
Air Date: 0/0/1986 Season: 1 Episode: 2
A Little Princess: Part Three
Air Date: 0/0/1986 Season: 1 Episode: 3
A Little Princess: Part Four
Air Date: 0/0/1986 Season: 1 Episode: 4
A Little Princess: Part Five
Air Date: 0/0/1986 Season: 1 Episode: 5
A Little Princess: Part Six
Air Date: 0/0/1986 Season: 1 Episode: 6
Reviews
Take heart, fans of this very true-to-the-novel movie version, the new American channel Pax TV shows this movie sometimes, but unfortunately has cut about 50 minutes from it, making it about an hour and 45 minutes long. Still, it is heartening that this detailed version is faithful to the novel's setting of 1880s London, and the premise that Sarah's father has truly died, altho his "dear friend" finally finds the long-lost Sarah in the end. I would have liked more exterior scenes, but good acting by all.An interesting note - the novel started as a short story called "Sarah Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's" in the 1880s, serialized for a magazine. Response was so positive, that after the author Frances Burnett had adapted it for the stage at the turn of the century and called it "A Little Princess," she re-wrote the book version, adding length and detail, and calling it "Little Princess" as well. The latter is what most know about and what you will find in the bookstores, but both versions are available on the internet to compare texts.
[edit:] Finally. Spring 2009 and a DVD of the original 1986 series has arrived.
It is noted for being very faithful to the original text.
It was sadly very underrated, particularly to American viewers who have only recently discovered the accuracy of this version above the 1939 film starring Shirley Temple and the 1995 film starring Liesel Matthews (Pritzker).