The Little Princess 1917

The Little Princess is directed by Marshall Neilan and based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
This is a silent film. Only live music would have been able to been played when it was seen in theaters and the original music score is long lost. I added classical music at the beginning but had trouble adding additional music to the rest using KZbins editor.

[@leepadua8987]

Im loving Mary. She was so charismatic and had that star quality. Great actress too.

[@almeggs3247]

What a beautiful ending! A beautiful poem For lonely children and long lonely nights!

[@janlopez7397]

Breath-taking and delightful! Mary Pickford is a name that I've heard all my life. Until now I had never seen one of her movies. Now, at 59 years old, I know why she was so celebrated! And, Zsazu Pitts was a great too. Thank you!

[@johnpetermann6544]

Human nature is universal and timeless. Thanks.

[@dougpiranha3619]

Marshall Neilan, they don't allow movie directors like him anymore: young men who had already lived actual lives instead of being bred within a film-school bubble.

[@LadyJML]

Wonderful movie, fabulous acting too!

[@charmainebodiao5346]

even she's too old to play a role as Princess Sara, she is very good in acting! plus, she's so cute. she is perfect to play as Sara Crewe!

[@elizabethabrantes4450]

I loved this film! So touchy, I did get moved! Tks so much for sharing!

[@lorrainephillips7250]

That was absolutely wonderful! Thankyou so much.xx

[@leonorandaya641]

Delightful and brilliant film! Mary Pickford is an amazing actress in the silent film era! This 1917 version of "The Little Princess" is just enjoyable to watch all over again and again! I love it as much as the 1939 (Shirley Temple) and the 1995 (Liesel Matthews) remakes. Thank you for this film! Again, this is one of the classic films that can't be resist for all ages to see!

[@evaperez4139]

First time seeing this version. Loved the one with Shirley Temple. Also saw Little Lord fauntleroy 1921 with Mary Pickford, very good and enjoyable. When I read the part *Miss *by Becky. I hear the voice of the actress in 1930s version

[@alteredbeast1974]

There's a few good versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy...I like the 1936 version

[@talithafreitas4610]

It's amazing that Mary Pickford was already 25 and Zasu Pitts 23 at the time. They really make us believe that Sara and Becky were children!

[@snopesshop1903]

Thank you for sharing this. It is amazing how, even without words or music, it conveys more emotion than any of the modern versions.

[@cryptocowboy433]

Agree.

[@ewabelkner849]

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[@youngsteph1]

I suggest you view the 1986 mini series with Maureen Lipman & Nigel Havers. The 1973 BBC version was even better but seems to be lost.

[@lillinablue]

🧚‍♀️An Immortal 🦄One of the biggest Artists ever existed who revolutioned with her life and work the world. An inspiration for next generations. That's sure ✨🏆

[@BeadsandFlowers]

Oh, God bless you! I couldn't find this up until now! Oh, how I love Mary Pickford!

[@WolfclawWilson-ir4te]

Mary Pickford was a Canadian actress

[@poulsrensen8025]

Excellent print, thanks.

[@sarahlizabethk]

This is one Mary Pickford movie I've been dying to see. Thanks so much for putting this up!

[@almeggs3247]

What a beautiful moral lesson back 120 years ago! Mary’s Catholicism must have insisted the writers develop this moral absolute!

[@sacheverelle]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@waderaney7]

Always have loved this kinda story !

[@aliyufiza1354]

Thank you so much for uploading this 😍

[@6828Lu]

What fun to see this! Thank you.

[@NatiDeNut]

True art! Thankyou so much for uploading!

[@sakurasoh]

Omg.. I love you. There is no other movie that I wanted to watch as much as Mary's The Little Princess. Thank you. ..

[@playwright4peace]

I have wanted to see this film for years but could not find it anywhere. Thank you for posting!

[@user-lz1vr8wr7b]

セーラとベッキーのラスト 最高です。 小公女は大好きな作品なので 感動しました。 ありがとうございます。

[@maytalacedo20]

I did watch this a few days ago I have no idea a silent movie existed, so I was really surprised.

[@captainatrixo6217]

I loved it - but that bit with the dolls was unintentionally creepy, IMHO! :)

[@ivanl184]

I watch this on Feb 2020. I like this.... Thx

[@talithafreitas4610]

Thanks for sharing it! Although the others are also good films, this 1917 version is closer to Frances Burnett's original writing than the others.

[@carollund8251]

It is a lovely film and I love it but does not really follow the book very well. Although it certainly does it better than the Shirley Temple one, which I also love anyway..I can't remember any other versions so I really can't compare with those..

[@missybaker1608]

The first LITTLE PRINCESS! 1917. First picture for Zasu Pitts? Loved Mary Pickford. Remake done in 1939 with Shirley Temple Black. But in this one Capt. Crewe came home. Love them both!!!😇

[@nannybells]

THANK YOU SO MUCH OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frenchieseverine4514]

This old movie is very touching.. I wish i had lived in 1900..I don' t feel comfortable in 21 th century. People back then were happier i think and more polite,more civilized. They were not individualistic .Princess Sarah in the role is older than in the tale where she is supposed to be 10 years old, but she is pretty and generous just like Becky. She has a golden heart despite her grief. The end is cute.The actress had to be 16 years old at least..

[@summerstorm195]

I, too, wish I was born 100 years earlier! Mary Pickford was 25 years old during production of this feature! Being barely 5 feet tall, and very cute, enabled her to play child roles into her thirties!

[@peacenow42]

Not to black people by and large.

[@frenchieseverine4514]

Thank you Summer storm.I see that i'm not the only one to regret old times.Times were simpler and people had more conversations too.Plus Mary pickford was a very good actress even if she was small..That's incredible that she played childish roles so well .Wow!

[@princessUSA2]

Its hard to believe, but Mary Pickford was 25 when she played the role as Sarah.

[@veganportugese6936]

World war 1 and 2 is not civilized

[@youngsteph1]

The most amusing fact for this film, was that the actor playing Ralph Crewe, Sarah's father, was actually two years younger than Mary Pickford. Not bad for 1917, but could have improved considerably if they had removed the story about Ali Baba, & fleshed out the characters & plot more, particularly involving Carrisford.

[@Draugluin999]

"because you dreamed true and true dreams are always answered" 💛

[@halrloprilalar]

Thank you very much!

[@63filmbuff]

All you have to do to solve the music issue is to download roughly an hours worth of old classical music and then use a mp3 file joiner and use the same file three times and then merge the three files together. This can be done without downloading any software to your computer. The only thing you have to download is the hours worth of classical music, which fits this film perfectly.

[@Hugoe7773]

63filmbuff Yeah the issue with this is I tried adding music after I uploaded it. KZbin editor was being wonky and only let me add the music at the beginning. Its been a few years though so I could try again with editor. I could always reupload with a different link with full music if it is really wanted.

[@63filmbuff]

Because of You Tubes "wonkiness" I do not use KZbin to upload content there are some weirdos on here that make false copyright claims and such nonsense. The Internet Archive( archive.org is a much better platform to upload old movies to. I think you are treated better there too. KZbin can be a virtual hotbed for weirdos and trolls that populate the internet while www.archive.org is a much more classy organization

[@lillinablue]

📽️🎬"It's because - 🎐✨You Dreamed True✨- And True Dreams are always answered". (The little Princess 👑1917 Mary Pickford💖)

[@Draugluin999]

geez 101 years old talk about a classic

[@cl2866]

104 now

[@dollhousemassacre5490]

Thank you for sharing :)

[@Hugoe7773]

Your welcome! :) Thank you so much for watching!!

[@GenLossN.L.]

I love black and white movies!!

[@maytalacedo2942]

Mr.carrisford took action in this one. This I did not expect. But awesome.

[@lindalopez243]

Love silent movies

[@BrendaWanderlust]

When i Was a Child i saw the movie for first time in 2005 or 2006

[@56bluegold]

Very Good !

[@theresaholguin699]

Love Mary and Zasu❤🌹❤🌹❤

[@fuzzyburnette7161]

No one thought it strange at the time that Mary was 25 yrs old & playing a little girl. Zasu had already developed the fluttery hands that. would remain throughout her career

[@ilics2006]

The exact title is: A Little Princess

[@tarheel777100]

This is a great movie.

[@fomorians]

Mary Pickford is an angel.

[@Desiklown]

Love this. Do these old films have copyright restrictions or are they in the public domain?

[@Hugoe7773]

Since this film is from 1917 it falls under public domain. I think every film before 1924 or so falls into this.

[@Desiklown]

@@Hugoe7773 thanks so much!

[@sandresandre95]

Do you have any information relating the film archvie that holds this copy? @@Hugoe7773

[@youngsteph1]

@@Hugoe7773 I am not sure how it works. I have read that films made in 1929 will become available as public domain in 2025.

[@DondeArandas]

super adorable! sigh*

[@johnfriary4583]

that is a nice pic of music well don

[@djs9415]

One very pleasant and nice piece of information for all the people who liked this movie-Zasu Pitts and Mary Pickford were the best of friends thoughout their lives. Feels good to know that in a hothouse artificial Hollywoodian atmosphere. The stupidest thing done by some property dealer clowns was pulling down the house in which Mary lived with her husband. Pickfair. They could have turned it into a moneymaking Showplace for tourists.

[@mustakimrozak8299]

Fun Fact : Mary Pickford Was The Producer Of This Film .

[@djs9415]

@@mustakimrozak8299 Pickford, Fairbanks and Chaplin had banded together to produce a lot of quality films. She was a Lady of Substance! If you enjoyed this, you might like her silent movie Little Lord Fauntleroy. I do not know who produced it, but it is enjoyable.

[@djs9415]

Liked the movie but choosing 25 year old Mary Pickford-born 1892-to play a 9 year old is plain ridiculous.Sara Crewe was 7-8 when she came to Miss Minchin's school.

[@seesa]

Even though, for me she doesn't look like 25, I actually she seems like a teen around her 14, she's really small!

[@meridaskywalker7816]

I have to say, Sara in this movie is nothing like book Sara, but anyway it's really interesting to see this piece of history. Also, ZaSu Pitts was a great Becky!

[@georghina8189]

I think if this is colored its more beautiful.even if im not yet in this time i wonder where are they now

[@mei6044]

Wow, that's extra silent; no subtitles!

[@cryptocowboy433]

❤

[@almeggs3247]

Anyone with the name Mary has to be a true traditional Catholic like Pickford if not then Heaven help them!

[@maristelamendes9882]

Essa menina é muito velha para a Sara, a versão mais fofa é com Shirley . Mas a que mais gosto é a versão de 1986.

[@rebeccastanley9920]

What happened to the sound?

[@Hugoe7773]

Original soundtrack written for the film is long lost. Any modern soundtrack has copyright. I added a classical song at the beginning using the youtube editor but for some reason I wasn't able to add music to the rest :/

[@MsSilentsiren]

Was Mary really that tiny or was she sitting on her knees or something to look so small next the man playing her father?

[@jefferyburnett5137]

she was 4'11"

[@darkarisen9805]

Jeffery Burnett 5'1"

[@nobodyuknow6337]

I believe by the way people stood so still next to her, they were all on planks. 6:49, there were special effects in those days (some rather impressive) and it looks like they put her upper body on a child's legs.

[@danielecheverriavanegas4404]

5:20 ❤

[@surumielinen]

There was no sound in the movies in 1910s...

[@Mintra096]

Why there is no sound?

[@mustakimrozak8299]

It's a silent movie .

[@charmainebodiao5346]

it looks like, their was a trick that make Ms. Pickford into small person to make her look like a 10-12 year old girl

[@user-cr8wn4ij4p]

アメリカの恋人と呼ばれたメアリーピックフォードがセーラの役をやっているのですか？

[@user-lz1vr8wr7b]

時代の 描写に 音が無いって 私は怖いです(′︿‵｡)ﾄﾎﾎ…

[@nobodyuknow6337]

I know Pickford was a big name then but couldn't they have gotten an actual child to play the part? Wasn't there a child start of the silent era - Baby Peggy? No offense to Pickford but seeing a fully matured woman playing a small child is - creepy.

[@mustakimrozak8299]

After Mary Pickford "Poor Little Rich Girl" Success They Want Mary To Play Sara .

[@kkallebb]

I suppose that the 1939 "Little Princess," starring Shirley Temple, was a remake of this.

[@ThePoreproductions]

And i suppose, that the 1995 "little Princess", is a remake of that.

[@nucleophilic03]

There is also a 1986 version too. That one is my favorite.

[@lawdhammercy4448]

My favorite is the 1986 version. It's closest to the book and has more realistic outcomes and a more realistic ending. Also seems better for homeschooling to introduce the story to my little girl. She can then read it, then indulge in the other versions if she likes.

[@mustakimrozak8299]

I like this one because No one able to redoing what Mary Done In This film . She just a legend that nobody ablen to replace

[@crishelleanne7824]

She is so small

[@nathaniellathy6559]

ZaSu Pitts is funny😂😅

[@guitarlessonsunlimited5344]

Silly people Mary Pickford Wasnt Short, Staging Just Staging & You ZaSu Stold the whole movie, Yes even the music sounds like your Voice We Are Family & I Will Listen to you Thank you In My Home & Heart Forever. Your The Best . You might like a snow ball fight, & Latter Some fondue around a fire✨💞 ⚜ 💖

[@astaygna4556]

Jaka niska ta mary pickford.

[@PARIS-FRANCE]

❤👏❤🌷❤😢❤😂❤🌹❤😂❤🎉🐴

[@anamilenabetancur8949]

Pero la chica se ve muy grande...tiene cara de veinteañera

[@sarcasticsugar4466]

Creepy how Mary Pickford is playing a little girl lol. What a miscast! And meanwhile while this movie was made, WW1 was raging in Europe...

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Shirley Temple version us the best. Can't beat Shirley. Like the 1 hour run time of this one. Films don't need to be 2 hours or more.

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Better than 1995 remake

[@nathaniellathy6559]

This movie could have been shortened 15 minutes 😂😅

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Good to see the children praying 🙏 🤲 🕍

[@youngsteph1]

@@nathaniellathy6559 That is the worst version. The actress in that can't act to save her life.

[@almeggs3247]

Haha a”this is just a make believe prison”haha thats what this feardemic is!

[@anabolism3636]

It was nice to think that only those aristocrats and with money are able to watch this film at that time.

[@evaperez4139]

Saw a documentary about Mary Pickford. Her biggest audience were the immigrants. 5 cents to see a movie. Because of her portrayal of being a poor girl in rags. Her kindness to those in need. The way the character was treated by those who were rich and mighty. The audience could relate to. Stay safe Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@richarddowney1972]

sorry, cant stand Mary Pickford

[@arielbarbero]

Thank you very much !!!

[@danielecheverriavanegas4404]

5:20 ❤