{"id":29186,"date":"2012-12-28T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29186"},"modified":"2021-01-06T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:28:08","slug":"little-colonel-the-1935","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29186","title":{"rendered":"Little Colonel, The (1935)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Papa Jack is sick &#8212; and those two men might hurt him!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Poster-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Poster-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Poster-128x99.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Poster-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Poster.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA crusty former Confederate colonel (Lionel Barrymore) disowns his daughter (Evelyn Venable) when she marries a Yankee (John Lodge) &#8212; but his heart is slowly melted when he meets his six-year-old granddaughter (Shirley Temple), whose quick temper bears an uncanny resemblance to his own.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Barrymore Films<\/li>\n<li>Peacemakers<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Temple Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that this postbellum tale of a &#8220;stubborn and quick-tempered&#8221; young girl who &#8220;pleads with [her grandfather] to save her parents from thieves who are trying to steal a valuable land deed&#8221; remains an &#8220;enjoyable Temple vehicle, with some nice interplay between her and Barrymore&#8230; and some nifty dancing by Temple and Bill &#8216;Bojangles&#8217; Robinson&#8221;. Indeed, Temple&#8217;s staircase dance with Robinson (preceded by Robinson&#8217;s solo, one he had perfected for years) remains a true highlight &#8212; not just of this film but of cinematic dance performances in general &#8212; and shouldn&#8217;t be missed. However, given the current possibility to watch isolated musical numbers through venues such as YouTube, film fanatics shouldn&#8217;t feel compelled to watch the entire movie, given that I just voted <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29161\"><em>The Littlest Rebel<\/em> (1935)<\/a> as film fanatics&#8217; &#8220;go to&#8221; Temple vehicle, and <em>The Little Colonel<\/em> essentially offers more of the same &#8212; with the critical difference that Temple&#8217;s character here isn&#8217;t all sugar-and-spice. To that end, Temple does hold her own admirably against Barrymore (perfectly cast), and Peary&#8217;s right to note that their &#8220;war game with toy soldiers is a highlight&#8221; of the screenplay. The rest of the storyline, however, is pure melodrama, and not really noteworthy in any way. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Listen for a sly exchange between Temple and Hattie McDaniel (as &#8220;Mom Beck&#8221;), when McDaniel comments on Temple&#8217;s penchant for wanting &#8220;blue stories&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stellar dancing by Temple and Robinson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Staircase-Dance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Staircase-Dance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"614\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Staircase-Dance.jpg 804w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Staircase-Dance-128x97.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Little-Colonel-Staircase-Dance-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though all film fanatics should immediately check out the staircase dancing sequence on YouTube, if they haven&#8217;t already seen it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0016029\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1935\/03\/22\/archives\/the-screen-shirley-temple-and-lionel-barrymore-in-the-little.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/20864\/little-colonel-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Papa Jack is sick &#8212; and those two men might hurt him!&#8221; Synopsis: A crusty former Confederate colonel (Lionel Barrymore) disowns his daughter (Evelyn Venable) when she marries a Yankee (John Lodge) &#8212; but his heart is slowly melted when he meets his six-year-old granddaughter (Shirley Temple), whose quick temper bears an uncanny resemblance to his own. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Historical Drama Lionel Barrymore Films Peacemakers Shirley Temple Films Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary argues that this postbellum&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29186\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29186"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61939,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29186\/revisions\/61939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}