The Little Princess (1939 film) Quotes

The Little Princess (1939 film) is a television show that was first aired in 1970 . The Little Princess stopped airing in 1970.

It features Darryl F. Zanuck as producer, Charles Maxwell (composer) in charge of musical score, and Arthur C. Miller as head of cinematography.

The Little Princess (1939 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Little Princess (1939 film) is 93 minutes long. The Little Princess (1939 film) is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Shirley Temple as Sara Crewe, Mary Nash as Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls, Richard Greene as Rose Hamilton, Richard Greene as Geoffrey Hamilton, Miles Mander as Lord Wickham, E. E. Clive as Mr. Barrows, and Beryl Mercer as Queen Victoria.

The Little Princess (1939 film) Quotes

Shirley Temple as Sara Crewe

• (Shirley Temple) "Please sir, were you with the troops at Mafeking?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, of course I was. That's where I ran away, you know."
• (Shirley Temple) "Did you know my father, Captain Crewe?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, yes of course. That's a fine-looking officer, isn't he? He ought to do well."
• (Shirley Temple) "But where did you see my father last? Where is he now?"
• (Unnamed) "Where is who?"
• (Shirley Temple) "My father."
• (Unnamed) "Of course one soldier more or less doesn't make any difference, you know. That's why I'm making thousands and thousands of troops for England. See? Good strong fellows who won't be afraid as I was. I was afraid. That's why I ran away, you know."
• (Shirley Temple) "Mr. Bertie, he says he knows my father, but he won't tell."
• (Unnamed) "He's living in a dream, Sara. He doesn't know what he's saying."

• (Shirley Temple) "Daddy?"
• (Unnamed) "Sara --"
• (Shirley Temple) "Daddy. Oh, Daddy. It is you. I found you. I found you. They said you were dead, but I knew you weren't. I knew you'd come back. Oh, Daddy, hold me, hold me close. You won't ever go away again, will you? Will you, Daddy? What's the matter, Daddy? Why don't you talk to me?"
• (Unnamed) "Sara --"
• (Shirley Temple) "Don't you know me, Daddy? I'm Sara. I'm Sara."
• (Unnamed) "Sara -- Where is my daughter --"
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, Daddy. Something's happened to you. Mr. Bertie. Mr. Bertie. Oh, Daddy, you've got to know me. Look at me. Look at me. Oh, Daddy --"
• (Unnamed) "You musn't cry. You musn't cry. We must be good soldiers, you know."
• (Shirley Temple) "But, I have been a good soldier, Daddy. And you don't know me."
• (Unnamed) "My little Sara never cries --"
• (Shirley Temple) "But, I'm Sara. I'm Sara."
• (Unnamed) "Sara -- Sara. My little -- My darling --"
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, Daddy. You know me. You know me."
• (Unnamed) "Sara, my darling. My baby Sara. Sara. Poor Sara, darling."

• (Shirley Temple) "I thought you said you didn't have any more rooms."
• (Mary Nash) "I didn't know then what a dear little girl was coming."
• (Shirley Temple) "Why does that make more rooms, Daddy?"

• (Shirley Temple) "It's getting harder every day to pretend my father is safe."
• (Richard Greene) "I'll let you in on a little secret. I enlisted today, but while I don't want Miss Rose to know quite yet, I'll be going over there shortly."
• (Shirley Temple) "To Mafeking? Then perhaps you can help my father."
• (Richard Greene) "We'll get him out."

• (Shirley Temple) "Why are they sending so many soldiers, daddy, if it's only going to be a little war?"
• (Unnamed) "To make those stubborn Boers take us seriously this time, my darling. When they realize Her Majesty intends to put a stop to their nonsense, they'll quiet down."
• (Shirley Temple) "They'd better. Anyhow, when you get there, you'll stop them. Won't you, daddy?"
• (Unnamed) "I'll do my best, dear."

• (Unnamed) "Let's pretend we're back in India, and I'm going away with the troops for a few days. We've fought this kind of battle before, haven't we? And you never cried once when I went away, remember?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, Daddy."
• (Unnamed) "Well, this is going to be our hardest battle. We'll be good soldiers, won't we?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, Daddy."
• (Unnamed) "Shall we say goodbye like we used to at home?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, Daddy."

• (Unnamed) "Do you see what I do?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I don't know what you see, but I don't believe what I'm seeing. What do you see?"
• (Unnamed) "I see a fire."
• (Shirley Temple) "And a rug and a lamp and a table with food on it and slippers."
• (Unnamed) "How did it all get here? Did you pretend it into happening?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I've never pretended as good as this before."

• (Unnamed) "Missy Sahib speaks Hindustani?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I've lived in India all my life."
• (Unnamed) "Missy Sahib is going to live in England now?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Only until my father gets through making those Boers behave."
• (Unnamed) "Missy Sahib has been a soldier?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, my father's a captain. Captain Crewe."

• (Shirley Temple) "Here she is, on the bookshelves."
• (Unnamed) "Bookshelves."
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh -- I pretend they're bookshelves filled with beautiful sets of books."
• (Unnamed) "Then I'd better remove her before she ruins your set of Dickens. This is your room, Miss?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, it's so little and so high above everything that it's like a nest in a tree. I can lie on my soft sofa and look up at the sky through that little hole in the roof."
• (Unnamed) "Sofa?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Well -- it looks more like a sofa when it's made up, and I imagine it has warm blankets and lovely cushions to curl up on."
• (Unnamed) "But there is a fire at night, of course?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Well -- that is the hardest of all to imagine, especially at night, but it's lovely when I can."
• (Unnamed) "The cook wants you, and she's in an awful mood."
• (Shirley Temple) "Excuse me, Ram Dass, I've got to go to the butcher's, and I'll get my ears boxed if I don't hurry."

Mary Nash as Amanda Minchin of Minchin Seminary for Girls

• (Unnamed) "Today, my good woman, the British army is behind me."
• (Mary Nash) "Hubert, that uniform. You're not going to war?"
• (Unnamed) "Quite. To the very cannon's mouth, if need be."
• (Mary Nash) "But why?"
• (Unnamed) "Because, old girl, I'm fed to the teeth with your bullying. And your treatment of Rose and little Sara is the last straw. I prefer the less painful horrors of the battlefield."
• (Mary Nash) "Are you daring to criticize me?"
• (Unnamed) "Astonishing, isn't it? But it proves that I'm competent to lead my men into the very jaws of death."

• (Unnamed) "Sara has no mother, and we've never been separated for more than a few days."
• (Mary Nash) "How touching."
• (Unnamed) "This is going to be very hard on her."
• (Mary Nash) "Have no fear, Captain Crewe. I'm a mother to all my little girls."

• (Mary Nash) "Sara, I shall expect an explanation of this."
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, Miss Minchin. As soon as I can think of one."

• (Unnamed) "Bertie, what do you think has happened? The princess found her father."
• (Unnamed) "She found him."
• (Mary Nash) "Captain Crewe is alive?"
• (Unnamed) "Of course he's alive. How could she have found him if he wasn't alive?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Oh, Mr. Bertie, I've found my father."
• (Unnamed) "Darling, I'm so glad."

• (Mary Nash) "Sara, where have you been? You've been out, haven't you?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Yes, Miss Minchin."
• (Mary Nash) "What do you mean by disobeying my orders?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I had to. I had to look for my father."
• (Mary Nash) "This ridiculous search for your father. All this making believe and refusing to face facts, it's indecent. I've had enough of it. You must realize once and for all that your father is dead."
• (Shirley Temple) "Don't you say that. He's not dead, he's not. And you can't stop me from looking for him, either."

• (Mary Nash) "What happened to this room?"
• (Shirley Temple) "That's what we would like to know. I woke up this morning, and here everything was, even to the food and the fire."
• (Mary Nash) "Where did you get these things?"
• (Shirley Temple) "I don't know. It must be because I dreamed such a beautiful dream last night that it came true."
• (Mary Nash) "These things are rare and costly. You stole them."
• (Shirley Temple) "No, Miss Minchin, I didn't steal these things."
• (Mary Nash) "I'll give you one more chance to tell me the truth."
• (Shirley Temple) "But I am telling you the truth. They just; came."
• (Mary Nash) "This is a matter for the police."

Richard Greene as Geoffrey Hamilton

• (Richard Greene) "Miss Minchin has taken away my Thursday afternoons. We mustn't be seen together."
• (Richard Greene) "Does that mean that I can never see you alone again?"
• (Richard Greene) "Of course not, darling. No matter what Miss Minchin says, we'll find a way."
• (Richard Greene) "I can't understand the woman. Why shouldn't we see each other? What is she so afraid of?"
• (Richard Greene) "Gossip, I suppose. Miss Minchin lives for that school and her ideas of pride and snobbishness."
• (Richard Greene) "Fiddlesticks. She's afraid of losing an excellent teacher whom she gets for nothing. I won't stand for it. I'll have a talk with her myself."
• (Richard Greene) "Oh no, darling, you mustn't do that. She'd only discharge us both."
• (Richard Greene) "She might not have the chance if things continue to pop in South Africa."

• (Richard Greene) "Don't be frightened, Sara. It's only my grandfather."
• (Miles Mander) "Don't you believe him, young woman. I disowned him the day he was born."
• (Richard Greene) "And we're really very fond of each other."
• (Miles Mander) "Of course we are; what? Wait till I see the woman who runs this school. I'll put a spoke in your wheel."
• (Richard Greene) "Do. She'd love to know my grandfather is Lord Wickham, and she'll probably raise my salary."
• (Miles Mander) "Insolent pup. Just like his father."

Beryl Mercer as Queen Victoria

• (Beryl Mercer) "What is it, child?"
• (Shirley Temple) "My father, they said he died at Mafeking. But I don't believe it. He may be here with the new wounded men, but they won't let me look. If they don't, I may never have another chance. Can you make them let me look?"
• (Beryl Mercer) "Colonel, will you please see that this child is escorted through the wards?"
• (Unnamed) "With permission, I shall accompany her personally, Your Majesty."
• (Shirley Temple) "What -- what's your name?"
• (Beryl Mercer) "Victoria. What's yours?"
• (Shirley Temple) "Sara -- oh Your Majesty."

E. E. Clive as Mr. Barrows

• (E. E. Clive) "Captain Crewe is dead. He was so reported in the list this morning. Moreover, he died bankrupt. His property and his mines were confiscated by the enemy."
• (Mary Nash) "You mean to tell me that the child is penniless, and she's left on my hands with nothing?"
• (E. E. Clive) "She's certainly left penniless, and she's certainly left on your hands. She hasn't a relative in the world that we know of."
• (Mary Nash) "I'll throw her out on the streets."
• (E. E. Clive) "Do you think that wise, Miss Minchin? The reputation of your school, you know. That may not sound well to the parents of some of your other pupils. The child could be made to serve as your employee until her indebtedness is paid off."

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