Product Details

• Actors: Shirley Temple, Victor Mclaglen
• Format: Black & White, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Restored, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: April 22, 2008
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00133QNU4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,006 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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WEE WILLIE WINKIE - DVD Movie

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Shirley's best; nice restoration job, April 26, 2008

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Dave "Davelandweb" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wee Willie Winkie (DVD)

Fox continues to release the Temple films without any real extras; this one appears to be no exception. Since it was also part of a John Ford boxed set, it underwent an extensive overhaul (about 77 hours according to the background information on the DVD). Original elements at Fox were unusable for "Winkie," but the final result is very good. There is NO colorized version to choose from here, but rather a sepia-tone version, just as the film was originally released. For film buffs, this is a plus!

"Wee Willie Winkie" (1937) VERY loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's popular story. Taken by her mother (June Lang) to live in India, a young girl (Temple) gradually wins the heart of her feisty grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith), a colonel at a British army outpost. Before long, she captures the hearts of his entire regiment as well as his chief enemy (Cesar Romero), using her charms to prevent a full-scale war. Directed by John Ford; definitely one of Temple's best films, thanks to the chemistry between Temple & Romero, and Temple & Victor McLaglen (get the hankies out for one of their scenes). Presented as a flipper disc featuring a tinted version of the film (in a very pleasing sepia tone) that was based on original notes and research to make the film look as it was first released as well as the black and white original, both in their original full-screen theatrical aspect ratio. With English Stereo plus English and Spanish Mono, the feature also includes English, French and Spanish subtitles. 100 minutes. Bonus feature: Restoration Comparison which describes in detail what was done.

This film is also available as part of the John Ford collection AND as part of Volume 6 in Fox's Shirley Temple Collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as my wife remembered it, October 12, 2011

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P. S. Hubert "Pete" - See all my reviews
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I bought it for my wife. She remembered seeing it as a child, in the theater. Now my grandaughter has had the pleasure of watching it with the same fasination. It was such a pleasure to watch my wife and grandaughter sitting in front of the TV watching this video..

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wee Willie Winkie starring Shirley Temple, June 16, 2009

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LW (VA) - See all my reviews

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Wee Willie Winkie was absorbing all the way through. It touches the heart. This movie was different from some of Shirley's other ones-it didn't seem to be all about her. Drama & comedy. The movie is well worth the price.