The Little Colonel

The Little Colonel

80 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | Feb. 22, 1935

After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.

The Little Colonel

80 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | Feb. 22, 1935

The Little Colonel
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title The Little Colonel
Directors David Butler
Writers Anne Fellows Johnston, William M. Conselman

Cast

Shirley Temple

as Lloyd Sherman

Lionel Barrymore

as Colonel Lloyd

Evelyn Venable

as Elizabeth Lloyd Sherman

John Lodge

as Jack Sherman

Sidney Blackmer

as Swazey

Stephen Chase

as Hull

William Burgess

as Dr. Scott

Bill Robinson

as Walker

Hattie McDaniel

as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter

Geneva Williams

as Maria

Frank Darien

as Nebler

Robert Warwick

as Colonel Gray

Avonne Jackson

as May Lily

Nyanza Potts

as Henry Clay