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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Little Colonel
The Colonel is a set-in-his-ways Confederate soldier. He disowns his daughter when she runs away to marry a Yankee. Several years later, the couple returns to the area, with their daughter (Temple). The colonel meets his granddaughter, and she effects a reconciliation between father and daughter.
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Analysis of The Little Colonel
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 19th century
Family, struggling with Yes
Struggle with: - Grandpa

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - a kid
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Any profanity? - None
If lots of song/dance... - lot of dancing
If this is a kid's movie... - Ages 5-10
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