LibraryLover Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) She comes scrambling downstairs, "This is ridiculous! I can't believe it! It's horrible. How can film -makers live with themselves??!!" She had just finished watching the Shirley Temple version of The Little Princess after having read the book. It's sad...I told her, I know... We had a talk about the 30's depression and how Shirley making people happy was far more important than literary integrity. ;) Edited October 27, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 :lol::lol: My ten year old daughter and your ten year old daughter would get along just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in VA Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 :D That' one of those "you know your a homeschooler when.... your dd comes down the stairs and...." LOL Let her know that we all feel her pain! :lol: Too cute Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) :lol::lol: My ten year old daughter and your ten year old daughter would get along just fine. I feel so terrible. I didn't think she would react so dramatically. She said "I was ok with the singing, the dancing, but the father being alive!!?? That is the most important part of the book!" But they are so sweet, aren't they? So young, but so interested in everything. Edited October 17, 2013 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularMom Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 My 9yo dd is currently reading the Little Princess... again. I told her when I first gave her the book to never, ever even try to watch any of the movies. Because I felt the same way as a 10 year old, with both the Shirley Temple version, and that more recent one. It was so colorful, yes, but still they just couldn't let the story happen properly. We feel your dd's pain here. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Funny, my dd had a similar reaction to the Shirley Temple version of Heidi!:001_smile: She was so angry about it that she insisted we must give it away. I did find a nice version a year later that followed the book much better and she liked it much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 When my dd was 9, we saw a Shirley Temple version of Heidi on sale. She was so excited and convinced me to buy it. It was so disappointing, when it was over dd said, "Mom, can I please throw it in the trash?" It was so bad, I let her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) I've told my dc that Shirley Temple herself was a decent human being, with parents who preserved her fortune, unlike other child stars of the day whose parents drank and partied away their child's hard-earned money, leaving the child without a penny. But I also told her that ST was responsible for a whole generation of children who suffered years of tap -dancing lessons , and tortured days and nights due to tight rag curls and curling iron burns. ;) There is also the epic family tale of my father as a little toddler putting peanut butter in his sister's ST doll's hair, which forever ruined *their* fortune, because "Do you know how much that doll in mint cndition would be worth today??!" Edited October 27, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Your dd is a very discerning little girl. Well done! I can't watch Shirley Temple's version of either the Little Princess or Heidi, especially Heidi. Argh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I had the movie "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" years before I read the book. Holy cow! Could they have made it any more different and still used the same name? Goodness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 ... watch the BBC version. My daughter is a stickler on the movie following the book as much as possible. She's never cared much for the Shirley Temple versions of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Mine has gone on a rant about many films. We both went nuts over the Keira Knightley Pride and Predjudice, the 15 minutes of it we could stomach anyway. :) Even my little one at 5 went on a long anti-Disney rant after she had read some of the original fairy tales. Especially the Little Mermaid. Oh the things I wish I had on tape. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 just proves that the books are SOOO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIES. My daughter learned this a few years ago with disney movies and now has she gets older, if there is a movie she wants to watch I will get the book first. Usually there is a book behind the movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 True, but have you ever seen a version of that movie where her father didn't turn up alive? dd6 was just complaining about that last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 My 8yo ds had the same reaction to The Wizard of Oz. Loved the book, hated the movie. I'm a purist myself, and was so proud of him! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Little Princess was my favorite book of elementary school. I read it in 3rd grade, and then again in 6th grade--my godmother gave me a copy. I actually have a letter from my 6th grade teacher, who used to listen to us after school as we told her (narration? lol) about the current books we were reading. I bent her ear for 2 sessions of about 30 minutes each, going over EVERY detail of LP. I finally insisted she read the book herself. She did, and wrote me a precious letter that begins, "This will forever be known as a 4 Kleenex book!" She was so supportive of my love of reading. Many, many years later, when my brother, who lived in the same community from elementary school on, died (about 5 years ago), I saw in the guest book that this dear teacher had come to the visitation and signed the book. Mrs. Ingram will always stand out in my memory as a wonderful, encouraging person. I'm so glad she accepted my enthusiasm and blessed me with the keepsake of memory and letter. BTW, the Wonderworks version of LP is terrific, and true to the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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