Wee Willie Winkie (film)

Wee Willie Winkie is a 1937 American adventure drama film directed by John Ford and starring Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, and Cesar Romero. The screenplay by Julien Josephson and Ernest Pascal was based on a story by Rudyard Kipling. The film's story concerns the British presence in 19th-century India. The production was filmed largely at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California, where a number of elaborate sets were built for the film. This film was the first of three in which Shirley Temple and Cesar Romero appeared together, second was Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) and The Little Princess (1939).[3]

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Wee Willie Winkie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	Julien Josephson Ernest Pascal Mordaunt Shairp (uncredited)
Based on	Wee Willie Winkie 1888 story in Week's News by Rudyard Kipling
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck Gene Markey
Starring	Shirley Temple Victor McLaglen C. Aubrey Smith Cesar Romero
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Walter Thompson
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	20th Century-Fox
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	June 25, 1937 (1937-06-25) (Los Angeles) [1]
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	over $1 million[2]

The film is noteworthy for not having any elaborate song or dance routines which had become staples in Temple's films for 20th Century-Fox.

William S. Darling and David S. Hall were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.[4]