Shirley Temple as Lloyd Sherman
Lionel Barrymore as Colonel Lloyd
Hattie McDaniel as Mom Beck
Lionel Barrymore as Colonel Lloyd
Hattie McDaniel as Mom Beck
Today let’s continue to talk Classic Movie Child Star – Shirley Temple. Yesterday we talked about how Shirley began her career and her movies of 1934. One 1934 movie th
at we didn’t mention was Now and Forever which co-starred Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day (Cooper) and his beautiful wife Toni (Lombard) are at odds over their lifestyle. Pennie Day (Temple) brings her estranged parents back together by helping her father mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. It has been quite some time since we were able to see this movie, but it is worth watching again. There is a wholesome goodness of changing the evil to good that only a little girl like Shirley Temple could bring out in Now and Forever.
The release of Bright Eyes in late 1934 launched Shirley on a phenomenal screen career and made her the number-one box-office attraction for the next four years. Shirley had danced and sang her way into America’s d
epression woes to help them forget about their troubles, and 1935 brought four of her most outstanding films, The Little Colonel, Our Little Girl, Curly Top, and The Littlest Rebel. Though we thoroughly enjoy all of Shirley’s films of 1935, it is difficult to choose which movie to review. In this post, however, we would like to focus on The Little Colonel.
The Little Colonel is
one of our favorite Shirley Temple movies and is typical of the way a little girl can charm her way into the heart of a grumpy older man and break down any barriers along the way. The film stars Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Bill Robinson, a
nd Hattie McDaniel. The Little Colonel was the first of four cinematic pairings between Temple and Robinson, and features the duo's famous staircase dance.
Shortly after the American Civil War, southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd (Venable)
marries a northerner, Jack Sherman (Lodge). Her father Colonel Lloyd (Barrymore) disowns her in anger and retaliation. Elizabeth and Jack move west where they become parents of a girl they name Lloyd Sherman (Temple). Six years later, Lloyd Sherman is made an honorary colonel in the Army. Elizabeth returns to the south with little Lloyd and settles in a cottage near Colonel Lloyd’s mansion while her husband Jack remains in the west 
prospecting for gold. When Colonel Lloyd discovers his daughter living in the neighborhood, he treats her with disdain. Little Lloyd learns of her parents’ past from housekeeper Mom Beck (McDaniel), and, when she meets her grandfather for the first time, throws mud at him. The two eventually become contentious friends.
Elizabeth’s husband returns from the west with a fever. He has lost everything in h
is prospecting venture, but the family is saved from complete ruin when the Union Pacific Railroad requests right of way across Jack’s western property. Jack's former prospecting partners have heard of the Railroad’s offer and try to swindle Jack. They resort to holding the Sherman couple hostage until the deed to their valuable property is located. Little Lloyd
runs through dark woods for her grandfather but he refuses to help. He changes his mind when little Lloyd says she never wants to see him again. They arrive at the cottage just in time to save Elizabeth and Jack. Colonel Lloyd is reconciled with his daughter.
Though we recommend our readers to see
The Little Colonel, we suggest any of Shirley Temple’s 1935 movies. They are all wonderful and will leave you with a positive outlook by the end of the film. Read “Let’s Talk Classic Movies” every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for more classic movie presentations and trivia.
**Trivia Question for Today: Shirley Temple memorized every line of
dialogue in The Little Colonel, and while filming a scene with one of the other actors, the veteran actor forgot a line. When Shirley prompted him, he flew into such a rage that one crew member took Shirley away for fear that she might be harmed. Who was the actor?
at we didn’t mention was Now and Forever which co-starred Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day (Cooper) and his beautiful wife Toni (Lombard) are at odds over their lifestyle. Pennie Day (Temple) brings her estranged parents back together by helping her father mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. It has been quite some time since we were able to see this movie, but it is worth watching again. There is a wholesome goodness of changing the evil to good that only a little girl like Shirley Temple could bring out in Now and Forever.
The release of Bright Eyes in late 1934 launched Shirley on a phenomenal screen career and made her the number-one box-office attraction for the next four years. Shirley had danced and sang her way into America’s d
epression woes to help them forget about their troubles, and 1935 brought four of her most outstanding films, The Little Colonel, Our Little Girl, Curly Top, and The Littlest Rebel. Though we thoroughly enjoy all of Shirley’s films of 1935, it is difficult to choose which movie to review. In this post, however, we would like to focus on The Little Colonel.The Little Colonel is
one of our favorite Shirley Temple movies and is typical of the way a little girl can charm her way into the heart of a grumpy older man and break down any barriers along the way. The film stars Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Bill Robinson, a
nd Hattie McDaniel. The Little Colonel was the first of four cinematic pairings between Temple and Robinson, and features the duo's famous staircase dance.Shortly after the American Civil War, southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd (Venable)
marries a northerner, Jack Sherman (Lodge). Her father Colonel Lloyd (Barrymore) disowns her in anger and retaliation. Elizabeth and Jack move west where they become parents of a girl they name Lloyd Sherman (Temple). Six years later, Lloyd Sherman is made an honorary colonel in the Army. Elizabeth returns to the south with little Lloyd and settles in a cottage near Colonel Lloyd’s mansion while her husband Jack remains in the west 
prospecting for gold. When Colonel Lloyd discovers his daughter living in the neighborhood, he treats her with disdain. Little Lloyd learns of her parents’ past from housekeeper Mom Beck (McDaniel), and, when she meets her grandfather for the first time, throws mud at him. The two eventually become contentious friends.Elizabeth’s husband returns from the west with a fever. He has lost everything in h
is prospecting venture, but the family is saved from complete ruin when the Union Pacific Railroad requests right of way across Jack’s western property. Jack's former prospecting partners have heard of the Railroad’s offer and try to swindle Jack. They resort to holding the Sherman couple hostage until the deed to their valuable property is located. Little Lloyd
runs through dark woods for her grandfather but he refuses to help. He changes his mind when little Lloyd says she never wants to see him again. They arrive at the cottage just in time to save Elizabeth and Jack. Colonel Lloyd is reconciled with his daughter.Though we recommend our readers to see
The Little Colonel, we suggest any of Shirley Temple’s 1935 movies. They are all wonderful and will leave you with a positive outlook by the end of the film. Read “Let’s Talk Classic Movies” every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for more classic movie presentations and trivia.**Trivia Question for Today: Shirley Temple memorized every line of
dialogue in The Little Colonel, and while filming a scene with one of the other actors, the veteran actor forgot a line. When Shirley prompted him, he flew into such a rage that one crew member took Shirley away for fear that she might be harmed. Who was the actor?Bonus Trivia: What person associated with The Little Colonel created the famous staircase dance? What gave him the idea?
Trivia Answer for Previous Post: The dog that portrayed Rags in Bright Eyes was a female Cairn Terrier who also portrayed Toto in The Wizard of Oz in 1939. Her real name was Terry.
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