Little Princess Film Analysis

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The film Little Princess shot in the 1939 is one of the greatest examples of the works created by Walter Lang throughout his career. The film nowadays is related to the classical Hollywood Cinema, and has had an impressive impact on how the Hollywood was developing. The movie itself is the rags-to riches story of a plucky orphan, Sara Crewe, who is said to have lost her father at the time of the war. The movie covers a wide range of topics that were playing an essential role at those days and still highly contribute to our society. The film depicts the most essential topic of the need to hope in any circumstances and despite any obstacles arising on one's way. Furthermore, the film is an excessively detailed reflection of the Victorian epoch …show more content…

While the 1939 version toned down the mischievousness and slapstick sensibilities of the silent film, it accentuated the main character’s sunnyness and sweetness. An important lesson that Sara teaches the viewers is that she “never gives up hope of finding her Daddy, as she enlists the help of everyone” (Maslin). The character of Sara belongs to that type of characters developed in the Hollywood that remain on the screen even nowadays. This is due to the “association of childhood with innocence” that became “deeply embedded in Western Culture” (Cvetkovic 15). Thus, the importance of this film in establishment of the current types of the characters in the American films is immense. Further, the hope and the belief in the better future that never left the girl signal us that we have what to learn from this little princess. Even though she belonged to the aristocracy, she was ready to help other people and was good to servants. Furthermore, she was not afraid of work, and when the difficult times came, she faced them with her head up. This was the idea that had to be delivered to the viewers, the rich people are not only self-concerned and self-centered, but they can also have a good and large heart and to be an example for others. Such example was Sara, and through this …show more content…

The tribute to the epoch of flourishing of the British society was the precise depiction of the elements that appeared in the film. The clothes, the toys, and other inventories together with the decorations were chosen so that they would in the best manner reflect the atmosphere of the Victorian time. Everything had to look authentic, and nowadays we might thank to the so detailed depiction of the peculiarities of the British Golden Age. Besides, the immense importance is laid in the film on the personality of the Queen Victoria who has played a decisive role in the final flow of the movie. The film could be said to be a tribute to the Queen's good heart and wisdom. This was the Queen who said to let Sara look for her father in the hospital, and thanks to the interfering of Her Majesty, the film ends with a strong positive closure when the girl and her father united greet the Queen. This could be explained in terms of picturing that the Queen can influence the events, and that her good heart is always ready to help. Nevertheless, in spite of keeping the Victorian setting, the film maker have changed a lot in terms of new characters introduction, adding song-and-dance numbers and love plot (Cvetkovic 21). This has brought the film to a new level of perception and the industry to the new

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