The result is very strange. I cast my votes for Steamboat Round the Bend, but if I had voted for something else, it would have been Jesse James or The Little Princess. Call of the Wild is not a priority.
Fox released all of Shirley's films on VHS, but Poor Little Rich Girl and Our Little Girl have never been released on DVD. The lack of Poor Little Rich Girl on anything but VHS is particularly vexing as it is one of her best films, has some of her best musical numbers (Oh My Goodness, You Gotta...
The Little Princess is wonderful. I am glad that Fox decided that its public domain status would not prevent them from giving it a proper release. Other than Swanee River, I would definitely want any of the titles in the voting. I do hope that Fox will do something about Poor Little Rich Girl. I...
Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry) comes off pretty well in Judge Priest. There''s a great scene where Judge Priest is watching his nephew court a pretty but poor girl next door. Perry's character keeps trying to tell him that a goat has gotten into his mint julep bed, but Priest is completely...
I don't really see how you can say that The Little Princess is a clinker. Most people seem to think that it's one of her best. Nevertheless, I would rather see Poor Little Rich Girl, which most seem also to rate as one of her best, and has never been released on DVD. One real surprise: Steamboat...