The Little Colonel

IMDb link: 0016029
IMDb rating: 7 (2,068 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance, Musical
Director: David Butler, Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Shirley Temple, John Lodge, Evelyn Venable and others

Release date: 22 Feb 1935
Release year: 1935
Runtime: 81 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: dancing on a staircase, racial stereotype, racial segregation, interracial relationship, 1870s, 1880s, american civil war veteran, band the musical group, post american civil war, american south

Plot:

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 young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.

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