
Problem Child(1990)
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.


“A great classic comes to life in glorious Technicolor!”
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

Shirley Temple
Sara Crewe

Richard Greene
Geoffrey Hamilton

Anita Louise
Rose

Ian Hunter
Captain Crewe

Arthur Treacher
Bertie Minchin

Mary Nash
Amanda Minchin

Cesar Romero
Ram Dass

Miles Mander
Lord Wickham

Marcia Mae Jones
Lavinia

Beryl Mercer
Queen Victoria
The Little Princess is a family, drama, comedy film released in 1939 exploring themes of servant, orphanage, kids, riches to rags. Directed by Walter Lang, it stars Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise. A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
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