Wee Willie Winkie (1937) |
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| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | Darryl F. Zanuck, Gene Markey |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, War |
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Wee Willie Winkie
Released
1937
Shirley Temple
(as Priscilla Williams)
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1937
Victor McLaglen
(as Sergeant MacDuff)
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1937
C. Aubrey Smith
(as Colonel Williams)
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1937
June Lang
(as Joyce Williams)
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Cesar Romero
(as Khoda Khan)
Wee Willie Winkie
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1937
Constance Collier
(as Mrs. Allardyce)
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Willie Fung
(as Mohammet Dihn)
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1937
Mary Forbes
(as Mrs. MacMonachie)
Wee Willie Winkie Overview:
Wee Willie Winkie (1937) was a Adventure - Family Film directed by John Ford and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Gene Markey.
SYNOPSIS
Little Miss Sunshine directed by Ford! Temple and her widowed mother (Lang) travel to India to visit her grandfather (Smith), an officer in the British Army, and she becomes their little mascot. She soon befriends an Indian prisoner (Romero) who was the leader of the rebelling natives and eventually negotiates for peace between the warring factions. Based on an 1889 story by Rudyard Kipling.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | William S. Darling, David Hall | Nominated |
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Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie Directed by John Ford Written by Ernest Pascal and Julien Josephson based on the story by Rudyard Kipling 1937/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing? John Ford brought some strong production values to Shirley Temple’s adventures in the British Raj. Folk... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: WEE WILLIE WINKIE (1937)
John Ford, best known as the director of masterful Westerns like Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956), seems an odd choice for a Shirley Temple feature, but the story that actually unfolds in Wee Willie Winkie (1937) plays on many of Ford's favorite themes. Darker and more mature than most of ... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: WEE WILLIE WINKIE (1937)
John Ford, best known as the director of masterful Westerns like Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956), seems an odd choice for a Shirley Temple feature, but the story that actually unfolds in Wee Willie Winkie (1937) plays on many of Ford's favorite themes. Darker and more mature than most of ... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: WEE WILLIE WINKIE (1937)
John Ford, best known as the director of masterful Westerns like Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956), seems an odd choice for a Shirley Temple feature, but the story that actually unfolds in Wee Willie Winkie (1937) plays on many of Ford's favorite themes. Darker and more mature than most of ... Read full article
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