Shirley Temple Little Darling Collection
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
This collection of (20th Century) Fox films is what saved the studio during the great depression. I’m not sure what the negative reviewers were looking at, but it was not this set. Most of the original black and white films have been colorized from restored footage. All are clean for the era, although some jittering is noticeable for some of the credits (not unusual for films this old – even recent films often have jittering credits).
The following films are included:
Baby Take A Bow (1934) B&W original and colorized versions
The Blue Bird (1940) Color original only — filmed in Technicolor
Bright Eyes (1934) B&W original and colorized versions
Captain January (1936) B&W original and colorized versions
Curly Top (1935) B&W original and colorized versions
Dimples (1936) B&W original and colorized versions
Heidi (1937) B&W original and colorized versions
Just Around the Corner (1938) B&W original and colorized versions
The Little Colonel (1935) B&W original and colorized versions
Little Miss Broadway (1938) B&W original and colorized versions
The Little Princess (1939) Color original only — filmed in Technicolor
The Littlest Rebel (1935) B&W original and colorized versions
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) B&W original and colorized versions
Stand Up and Cheer (1934) B&W only — Note: This is the edited 69 minute version, not the full 81 minute original.
Stowaway (1936) B&W original only — Note: This film was the center of a lot of controversy for plagiarism when it was released.
Susannah of the Mounties (1938) B&W original and colorized versions
Wee Willie Winkie (1938) B&W original and sepia tinted versions
Young People (1940) B&W original only
– Old Timer Too
I saw on the reviews that the quality control of this set was poor, with many reported unplayable disks. But when I saw it on a lightening deal, I decided to risk it, hoping the defects had been cleared up. When they arrived, I checked each disk for playability. Four of the eighteen were unplayable (Bright Eyes (my favorite of the movies), Littlest Rebel, Rebecca and Young People). I checked for the sticky substance others had reported as being a problem but my disks looked clean and relatively unmarred — they are in cheap slot packaging so of course all the disks had fallen out of the paper slots during shipment, but scratches or dirt didn’t seem to be the issue. I think they are just bad. Since other reviewers have indicated replacement sets were equally problematic I’m not even trying, just returning it for a refund. I probably should have paid heed to the reviewers who warned of this problem. It’s hard to know how to “rate” something like this.- pjf
This is truly a Darling Collection. I was pleasantly surprised to receive this set because each DVD allows for a choice of Black and White or Color. I randomly selected “Heidi” to watch out of 18 of the Shirley Temple Movies. I watched half of it in Color, the other half in B&W, enjoyed both without commercial interruption, and watched the original full length movie without narration or any other added balderdash. I purchased this collection for my one and only grandchild Elizabeth. She will enjoy these movies throughout the years as I have. I prefer the B&W only because that’s how I originally saw them when I was a young child. Sounds like a great new Sunday evening at 4 pm tradition to me. The quality of these DVD’s are excellent coming from 1934 Masters. Shirley Temple Movies are priceless, so for the price I paid, it was very well worth it. I received the packaged collection very promptly,without damage, and received exactly what was ordered.
-1swollenthumb
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Shirley Temple
Format: Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Surround)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 18
Rated: Not Rated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: December 9, 2009
Run Time: 1442 minutes
