The Little Colonel

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Poster for the 1935 film The Little Colonel shows illustrated portraits of Lionel Barrymore with white hair and mustache, and Shirley Temple in a yellow coat and black hat, saluting.

Bill Bojangles Robinson and Shirley Temple tap dancing together in a barn, both smiling and raising their hands, in a scene from the film The Little Colonel.

Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple tap dancing together on a porch, with a horse and stable tack visible in the background, in a scene from The Little Colonel (1935).

The Little Colonel

film by Butler [1935]

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- David Butler
  …guide her to stardom with The Little Colonel (1935), The Littlest Rebel (1935), and Captain January (1936). The hugely successful comedies helped establish Temple as Hollywood’s top box-office attraction. Butler’s later movies for Twentieth Century-Fox included Pigskin Parade (1936); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937), a clever musical featuring Eddie
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  …guide her to stardom with The Little Colonel (1935), The Littlest Rebel (1935), and Captain January (1936). The hugely successful comedies helped establish Temple as Hollywood’s top box-office attraction. Butler’s later movies for Twentieth Century-Fox included Pigskin Parade (1936); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937), a clever musical featuring Eddie
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