Heidi, an orphan, first charms her gruff grandfather who lives in the Swiss mountains, and then the household where she is sent to be a companion to an invalid girl.

Sara Crewe's (Shirley Temple) widowed father is sent to the Boer War. Little Sara is sent to a boarding school in Victorian England. This is expected to be a temporary situation until Sara's father returns from the war. When Crewe is reported killed in action the school's evil head mistress turns Sara into a scullery servant. Sara does not believe that her father is really dead. She suffers with dignity, looking for him in local hospitals, until he...

"Adaptation of a classic children's novel and stage play by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adorable Sara Crewe is treated like a little princess at her boarding school. But when reports of her father's death in the Boer War surface, she is forced into servitude towards other girls. The unflappable youngster steps up to the challenge of her new lot in life, and ultimately wins over the hearts of wealthy neighbors - and even Queen Victoria herself - as she...