{"id":45012,"date":"2019-10-06T13:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45012"},"modified":"2021-01-24T12:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T19:15:18","slug":"wee-willie-winkie-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45012","title":{"rendered":"Wee Willie Winkie (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Fear God, honor the queen, shoot straight, and keep clean!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Poster.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young girl (Shirley Temple) and her widowed mother (June Lang) go to British-controlled India in the early 1900s to live with Lang&#8217;s crusty father-in-law, Colonel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith), at a military outpost. Once there, Temple befriends both a kilt-wearing sergeant (Victor McLaglen) and an imprisoned rebel (Cesar Romero), eventually helping to bring peace to her region.\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>Cesar Romero Films<\/li>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>John Ford Films<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>Peacemakers<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Temple Films<\/li>\n<li>Victor McLaglen Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that while this &#8220;enjoyable period piece&#8221; was &#8220;not a pivotal work in John Ford&#8217;s illustrious career&#8221;, it was &#8220;one of Shirley Temple&#8217;s finest films.&#8221; He argues that &#8220;if you ever wondered what qualified the adult Shirley Temple to be an ambassador,&#8221; you should &#8220;just take a look at her films in which the little girl repeatedly pacified gruff adults&#8221; &#8212; including this one, in which she &#8220;tames <em>two<\/em> indomitable warriors and brings about peace between their warring nations&#8221; while forming &#8220;what is essentially a comedy team with rough but sentimental Sergeant Victor McLaglen.&#8221; He notes that the &#8220;film has visual beauty, exciting action scenes, humor, [and] strong characterizations&#8221;, and asserts that it &#8220;has warmth rather than the sentimentality one usually associates with both Ford and Temple&#8221;. Peary&#8217;s uniformly positive review reveals his own partiality for both Ford and Temple &#8212; and while I appreciate that these figures are each undeniably essential components of cinematic history, this film (which, I&#8217;m afraid, <em>is<\/em> overly sentimental) isn&#8217;t a collective must-see. Ford made many other must-watch classics viewers should turn to first &#8212; and those hoping to see Temple at her most charming can seek out <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29161\"><em>The Littlest Rebel<\/em> (1935)<\/a> instead. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances by Temple and her supporting cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-McLaglen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-McLaglen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-McLaglen.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-McLaglen-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Temple-McLaglen-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arthur C. Miller&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Cinematography.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Wee-Willie-Winkie-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course Shirley Temple fans will want to see it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029751\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematicthreads.com\/review.php?id=4845&#038;ltr=W\">Cinematic Threads Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/wee_willie_winkie.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/wee-willie-winkie\/review\/122517\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fear God, honor the queen, shoot straight, and keep clean!&#8221; Synopsis: A young girl (Shirley Temple) and her widowed mother (June Lang) go to British-controlled India in the early 1900s to live with Lang&#8217;s crusty father-in-law, Colonel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith), at a military outpost. Once there, Temple befriends both a kilt-wearing sergeant (Victor McLaglen) and an imprisoned rebel (Cesar Romero), eventually helping to bring peace to her region. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cesar Romero Films India John Ford&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45012\"> 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-45012","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\/45012","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=45012"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65601,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45012\/revisions\/65601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}