Petite princesse

This was two movies slashed together.

One is the much adapted "A Little Princess"(most famously by Cuaron in the 90s and Shirley Temple's 30's version) , which is about heiress Sarah and her stay within Miss Minchin's boarding school before and after his father's death AND a weird 20 min sequence of Arabian Nights, added as a midnight 'story' subplot - which might had been another movie/short that they felt needed to add an element of 'adventure' to the film. It literally is a different film that captured ~20% of the film.

Firstly, both Zazu Pitts and Mary Pickford looks old old for their parts. They were practically in their 20s playing ten year old but to their credit, they acted WELL for whatever that script was. You kind of see why Pickford played this juvenile roles to death. She has that youthful persona that really glisten on the screen.

Again, the script is so weird. It practically stops midway to add an irrelevant subplot AND the filmmaking does not really help. So its not really anything to write about. Its stagy, and pretty much standard of the film of the time. Very large sets and ungodly large props which seems to cater the larger actress lol. Then the ending just drops.

Let's just say 1hr is not enough for the film's material.

Not recommended.