Though really a comedy-drama that focuses on the reconciliation of an estranged father and daughter in the years following the American Civil War, the film pairs Shirley Temple with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the first of four cinematic pairings between Robinson and the most successful child star of all time. Most of Temple's films contain a song and dance or two, and this one features the duo's famous staircase dance. --Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013
Review of The Little Colonel
