THE LITTLE COLONEL

The Little Colonel
Fox Film Corp., 1935, B/W and Color, 80 minutes, ***
Released February, 1935

"An old-fashioned Southern colonel has disowned his daughter for marrying a Yankee and resists all entreaties for a reconciliation. But he can't resist the charms of his granddaughter..."
In this Temple film, Shirley actually has a mother and a father! She plays opposite the great Lionel Barrymore, and even gets to throw mud on him! This is the film that features the famous "Stair Dance" by Shirley and the legendary Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

The setting is Kentucky in "the '70s"

Producer: B. G. DeSylva
Directed by: David Butler
Screen Play and Adaptation by: William Conselman
Based on the story "The Little Colonel" by Annie Fellows Johnston
Music Adaptation: Cyril J. Mockridge
Musical Score: Thomas Moore
Musical Director: Arthur Lange
Song Score: various
Art Direction: William Darling
Costumes: William Lambert
Sound: S. C. Chapman
Photography: Arthur Miller
Color Sequence by: Technicolor
Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Color Photography: William Skall

Cast: Shirley Temple [Lloyd Sherman], Lionel Barrymore [Colonel Lloyd], Evelyn Venable [Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman], John Lodge [Jack Sherman], Sidney Blackmer [Swazey], Alden Chase [Hull], William Burress [Dr. Scott], Frank Darien [Nebler], Robert Warwick [Colonel Gray], Hattie McDaniel [Mom Beck], Geneva Williams [Maria], Avonne Jackson [May Lily], Nyanza Potts [Henry Clay], Bill "Bojangles" Robinson [Walker], Additional Cast: Dave O'Brien [Frank Randolph], Lillian West [Neighbor Woman], Harry Strang [Sergeant]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] Love's Young Dream (sung by Evelyn Venable at the Harp); [0:30] Sun Shines Brighter (sung by Chorus at Baptismal ceremony); [0:37] Love's Young Dream (sung a capella by Shirley Temple with ghostly figure of Evelyn Venable at the Harp); [0:56] "Stair Dance" (danced by Shirley and Bill Robinson on staircase, vocals by Bill Robinson); [1:06] Oh! Susanna (danced by Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson, accompanied by harmonica); [1:19] Dixie (instrumental played by Orchestra in color sequence)