Wee Willie Winkie (1937) Directed by John Ford Rated PG
The legendary director of such gritty fare as The Searchers and Stagecoach makes the perfect Shirley Temple film, setting her otherworldly sweetness and curls against a grim backdrop of weary British soldiers occupying a hostile foreign land. Singing and dancing is kept at a minimum so you'll have to settle for a genuinely uplifting story, short on cloying sentiment. Shirley's favorite!