Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Collection, Vol. 3 (Dimples / The Little Colonel / The Littlest Rebel) [DVD]

This collection has three of Shirley Temple's best films:1) DIMPLES (1936): Shirley plays a street performer in 1850s New York, who, after being separated from her pickpocket grandfather (Frank Morgan, of  The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Edition)  fame), goes to live with a wealthy society matron, and eventually obtains stardom on the legitimate stage. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, while not appearing in the film, choreographed the dances for the film, which Shirley does with excellence, as always.2) THE LITTLE COLONEL (1935): A period drama set in the post-Civil War South. it is best known for the staircase dance between Shirley and Bojangles - Hollywood's first interracial dance team. In the movie, Lionel Barrymore places a die-hard Confederate colonel who disowns his daughter after she marries a Yankee; Shirley, who is made an honorary Army colonel, eventually helps them to reconcile.2) THE LITTLEST REBEL (1935): Also set during the Civil War. It features Bill Robinson dancing solo to "Turkey In The Straw," and later on, in another untitled dance duet with Shirley; they also sing "Polly Wolly Doodle." Shirley plays Virgie Cary, the young daughter of a Confederate spy, who, along with a sympathetic Union officer who unsuccessfully tried to help Virgie and her dad escape to Richmond, where Herbert Cary's sister lives (Cary's wife had died of an illness), is arrested and imprisoned. Virgie and Uncle Billy (Robinson) dance their way to Washington, and persuade President Lincoln to pardon the two men.All three of these films are very entertaining and well-acted. Like virtually all of the movies in the 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment Shirley Temple series, they feature both black-and-white and colorized versions of all three films (although the end of THE LITTLE COLONEL was actually filmed in Technicolor), Spanish and English subtitles, Spanish and English mono soundtracks, and a fake stereo English soundtrack, plus trailers for other Temple films and archival newsreel footage featuring Shirley in Hawaii and at her 6th and 7th birthday parties.A highly recommended purchase. Now, if only  Shirley Temple: Poor Little Rich Girl [VHS ] would come out on DVD (the  French version , which is no longer available at Amazon in any case, is incompatible with U.S. DVD players). R.I.P., dear Shirley...

Delightful as always! The Little Colonel and The Littlest Rebel are really interesting from a storyline perspective considering the times. Both are set during the civil war. The aspect of slavery and how African Americans were depicted, not only for civil war times, but even during the making of these movies is a consideration for the viewer. The now famous stairwell dance sequence in The Little Colonel that Temple did with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was the first interracial scene on screen and magnificent. "Bojangles" in this viewers opinion was the scene stealer and its a real shame he wasn't filmed more. At the time, he was 57 and Temple was a mere 6 years of age. "Bojangles" appears again with Temple as Uncle Billy in The Littlest Rebel and their dance routines as just as fantastic. All the supporting actors depicting slaves and their children were so outstanding that the movies would fail completely without them. Temple as always is adorably delightful and without her movies we may have never been treated to the genius and wonderful presence of Bill Robinson.

She us fantastic in her motion pictures set in the Civil War era. Video plays wonderfully.

this is one of my christmas list items and it was a very good item at a good price, thank you. this is the tv show from when i was a kid and they are not so bad as are the ones on today tv. i would rather pay to buy good things for kids to watch than to allow them to see the evil and bad tv shows of today.

I purchased this DVD for my 10 year old granddaughter. She saw "The Littlest Rebel" in school as they were talking about the Civil War. She loves dancing and takes many classes herself, and she was fascinated with Shirley Temple. I bought the set so that she could see the other two movies she had not seen and she LOVED them. I think she's watched all three at least 8 times already. The quality was good. All in all, it was a big hit!

I have only looked at the first edition contaning 3 dvd's. They are gifts for my grand daughter's birthday (11/3). The 2nd & 3rd editions are for Christmas and Valentine's Day. I have not looked at them as yet.I am very pleased with the first ones, so I'm sure the others will be just as enjoyable. Thank you.

i really enjoyed these movies im a big shirley temple fan,her movies always make me feel good.the best one in this collection is "the little colonel" its such a sweet story and like always shirley saves the day.the other two movies are outstanding too,these movies are for the young and old they have a possitive message too,if your a fan of shirley temple i think you should buy this collection its at a good price for three movies.

Are the people who wrote the reviews for this collection and gave it a high rating of 5 stars for real?!!! Poor sound content is the least of it's problems. All 3 movies in this collection are racist, and should of stayed locked in the volt never to be released again. From using offensive language such as pickaninny to depicting Shirley Temple as well as other characters in black face I hardly find something that could be this degrading to a race of people enjoyable entertainment. Yes what is depicted is a sign of the times the movie was made in but in this day and era we should be beyond that. Sadly anyone who could say that these three movies are the best of the collection says a lot about their character. I give it one star because I have to for the review but it actually deserves no stars.In fact I enjoyed watching volumes 1,2, and 4 of this collection and if I would of started with volume 3 I would not have purchased or watched any of the others. I am definitely going to see about having my money refunded.

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