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Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904: "May I thank you for Rebecca?... I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of soap? Why, O, why?" Mark Twain called Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm "beautiful and warm and satisfying."
Who is this beguiling creature? The irrepressible 10-year-old Rebecca Rowena Randall burst into the world of children's book characters (and her new life in Maine) in 1903 when storybook girls were gentle and proper. A "bird of a very different feather," she had "a small, plain face illuminated by a pair of eyes carrying such messages, such suggestions, such hints of sleeping power and insight, that one never tired of looking into their shining depths.... " Soon enough, she wins over her prim Aunt Miranda, the whole town, and thousands of readers everywhere with her energetic, indomitable spirit. This beautiful trade edition features the artwork of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm's original illustrator Helen Mason Grose, with 6 full- color plates and 32 pen-and-ink drawings. (Ages 9 and older)
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Life on Sunnybrook Farm with her mother and six brothers and sisters may be chaotic, but Rebecca loves every minute of it. Leaving them all behind and moving in with her two spinster aunts is almost more than Rebecca can bear. She's just not prepared for her rambunctious spirit to be tamed so that she can become the perfect little lady her dignified aunts want her to be. Even though Rebecca remains true to herself, she does eventually become a proper young lady – but not before having an extraordinary effect on her two aunts and the quiet town of Riverboro.
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The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro. The day was as warm as midsummer, though it was only the middle of May, and Mr. Jeremiah Cobb was favoring the horses as much as possible, yet never losing sight of the fact that he carried the mail. The hills were many, and the reins lay loosely in his hands as he lolled back in his seat and extended one foot and leg luxuriously over the dashboard.
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Okay Book.......2006-10-22
This book is okay. I wouldn't read it more than twice. It was really boring till the end. Then it got good. I would recomend this book to kids from ages 9 - teens. Rebecca has a life that i would never want. She is so happy and bouncy. I don't like that. In my opinion, this is book is not very exciting. I was so glad when I finished it. Because then I could read a better book. It was kind of hard to follow, cause a lot of things were going on at once. I really think younger kids should read it. I don't think it deserves a classic. But that is just in my opinon. Read it if you would like. I just didn't like it. It was okay though. So good luck!
The Eternal Rebecca Randall.......2006-10-16
Rebecca has been my friend since I read her story in a cheap Whitman hardback when I was a little girl. A lively and creative 10-year-old girl is sent to her maiden aunts to receive a good education, but chafes under the restrictive yoke of her elder aunt. As Rebecca learns to channel her energies into positive action, she remains unquenched by her dour aunt and lends joy to both the younger aunt, but also the elderly Cobbs and her best friend, Emma Jane Perkins. The vocabulary in the story may be a bit high for younger readers as REBECCA was not actually written as a children's story; it was the best seller of the year 1904. There is a sequel, NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA, that is worth finding, with more adventures of Rebecca, the Simpson children, and even Emma Jane.
Rebecca of sunnybrook farm, how dull........2005-10-27
As I started to read this book I got a sense that it was not going to be the thrilling adventure that I usually look for in a book. This was okay because sometimes you need a book that can slow it down and you can relax with. I am sorry to report that this book was so slow it almost came to a stop. Although it is a story of a girl who moves from her farm home to a small town to live with her aunts nothing more exciting than Rebecca selling enough soap to get a lamp for some friends that aren't very well off happens. While it is a great thing to see family helping family to get an education, something more adventurous like a love interest, or a friend saving her best and most loved toy from the clutches of a wicked aunt could spice up a story. Maybe I am a reader who is not excited by someone learning to sew and this kind of book is your cup of tea but it is not mine. In my opinion the lack of substanance is almost suffocating and I will not be drowned by another reading of this book.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: Unabridged (The Whitman classics library).......2005-09-21
It was well worth the wait; my father called me "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" when I was a small girl. It is a warm and endearing story. I may have to get some more of the books in the series!
Higher reading level, a bit confusing!.......2005-07-12
At age 10, Rebecca is sent away by her mother to the village of Riverboro to live with her two aunts, strict Aunt Miranda, and soft-hearted Aunt Jane. In her long carriage trip from Sunnybrook Farm to Riverboro, Rebecca meets the good Mr. Cobb, the carriage-driver and soon become friends. During her first days at Riverboro with her aunts, Rebecca tries to be obedient and useful, however, nothing she does seems to please Aunt Miranda and Rebecca feels unwanted and longs to go back home. But a visit to Mr. Cobb allows her to discover that even if Aunt Miranda doesn't particularly want her, Aunt Jane sure does for she shows it with daily affection.
Rebecca soon learns to love both of her aunts, and meets many new friends in Riverboro, some young and some old. Rebecca begins school, amazing everyone with her abilities and wisdom. The entire idea of Rebecca coming to Riverboro in the first place was for it to be the 'making of her,' meaning having her grow up into a fine young lady who will be able to return to Sunnybrook Farm and help her mother and her six brothers and sisters by working hard. Aunt Miranda and Aunt Jane risk and lower their spendings in order to be able to send Rebecca and keep her at the grand school of Wareham. There, Rebecca begins a life surrounded by responsabilities and begins to say goodbye to her childhood and hello to 'the making of her.'
Although the book is well-written, with many details and a high variety of vocabulary, I feel rather confused in many of the chapters, it is sometimes hard to keep up with everything that seems to be going on, the author seems to change the subject too sudden sometimes and begins talking about something different. Some chapters talk about the past and go as a total blurr, having me feel as if I had been staring at a blank piece of paper the whole time. There are fun scenes, there are some more boring scenes and there are heart-warming scenes. I do not recommend "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" to younger readers because the reading level is quite high, so you might not understand a lot of it. If you are one of those people who cannot read a book with too many character sub-plots, then you'll probably find Rebecca to be a hard book and might not enjoy it.
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Re-releases modernized by Eric Wiggin and enhanced.......2003-10-06
Fans of the classic "Rebecca" series will be enormously pleased at the appearance of this three-book set of paperbacks in a cardboard case which include the title story, Rebecca Of Storybrook Farm, plus Rebecca Of The Brick House and Rebecca Returns To Sunnybrook. These classic children's novels are re-releases modernized by Eric Wiggin and enhanced with his third addition of Rebecca Returns To Sunnybrook, and will delight new audiences as well as providing a delightful nostalgia for old fans of the classic saga of a plucky young girl.
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Green Cloth with abrasion around edges. Spine cloth is loose. Pages yellowed over time. Some spot staining.
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- Rebecca revamped as religious fiction
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Rebecca revamped as religious fiction.......2007-06-29
Books One and Two in this boxed set have been "rewritten and re-told for today's reader" by Eric Wiggin (no relation to the original author... "His grandparents... were contemporaries of Kate Douglas Wiggin"), and book three is wholly Eric Wiggin's own creation.
Although I loved the original Rebecca story when I read it a dozen years ago, I didn't remember it having quite so much focus on Christianity as the first book in this series. As I progressed through the books in the boxed set, the religious aspects of the story (re-told by Mr. Wiggins) became heavy-handed and overwhelming. It seems that Mr. Wiggin's goal in re-writing the Rebecca series and adding a third volume, was to turn a delightful story into a vehicle for instructing girls on "How to be a good Christian Woman." I can't imagine that the last Rebecca book is something any child would really want to read since there is very little lighthearted fun, and a great deal of theological discussion, scripture, and resolution in faith. Although these may be worthwhile subjects, they seem more suited to something Christian parents might approve of their daughter reading on a Sunday afternoon.
When I read the cover of this boxed set that claimed it was re-written for "today's reader," I assumed this meant that the terms used to describe minorities had been updated to fit in with modern sensibilities. Oddly, Mr. Wiggin chose to leave in the antiquated terminology of the original book, and instead remodeled the religious aspects so they were in line with modern evangelist teachings and ideas about God and Jesus.
At every turn in the last book, there is much Bible-quoting, eyes raised to the heavens, and placing faith in the love of Jesus. Although I expect the characters in turn-of-the-century period fiction to be churchgoers, there is a decidedly 21st-century bent to the religious fervor in this novel. Instead of the characters taking center stage with religion and church serving as a backdrop, in these modified Rebecca books, religion has very much become the main focus. Don't look for delightful Rebecca Randall in this series, for she has been replaced with a flat and lifeless caricature of piousness.
not as good as the original.......2004-12-10
This is not written by Kate Wiggin, but by Eric Wiggin. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is a charming fresh story, with the same sort of flavor as "Anne of Green Gables." Book 3 is more like a Victorian "improving" tale, with plenty of scripture thrown in. It's as if the author, a minister, wanted to tame the original Rebecca (whom he would not have liked if he had met her) and turn her into a good Christian wife.
The characters are one-dimensional and the writing is banal. The author kills off one of Rebecca's brothers in one chapter, and then totally ignores it in the next chapter, which is cheerful and lighthearted. The characters' feelings just aren't real.
Great Conclusion.......2000-06-12
This is a wonderful conclusion to a great series. Aunt Miranda is dead and Rebecca is in charge of the brick house. Life has changed dramatically. However, familiar faces such has Emma Jane and Adam Ladd still appear. Mr. Ladd is taking on a new role in this book. Rebecca has brought her mother and younger siblings to come and live with her and Aunt Jane. I thoroughly enjoyed this great book. For those who are wondering, this is book was previously published under the title of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: the Woman.
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WARNING: Not the original text.......2005-08-19
This edition of Rebecca of the Brick House is not the original text as written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. It is "Rewritten and re-told for today's reader" according to the cover, which is very difficult to see on the image here at Amazon. (If you click on it to get a bigger image, you can make it out.) It is also not described as such in the text here. Make sure that this is what you want before you buy. I don't see that the original text is in print anywhere, though.
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Eleven-year-old Rebecca Randall is quite a handful—and now she’s leaving her beloved Sunnybrook Farm to live with her well-to-do elderly aunts and get an education. But they were expecting Rebecca’s quiet, hard-working older sister instead. Can the bright-eyed and talkative girl win them over…especially her strict, rule-bound Aunt Miranda? Just as Rebecca’s “grand spirit” charms everyone in the story, it will captivate readers, too.
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Shirley Temple did a lot to make Rebecca famous when she won the world's heart in the movie we all remember. But the story is more than Temple, the film, or our memory of it: this is the tale of the little showgirl who, sent to the country to live with prim and proper relatives, is forbidden to do anything, well, showy.
But Rebecca has other ideas, of course, and you know she'll win over the hearts and minds of everyone who'll see her show. . . .
Certainly she won over Jack London. In 1904 he wrote to Wiggin herself: "May I thank you for Rebecca. . . ? I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of soap? Why, O, why?" And Mark Twain, too: he described Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as "beautiful and warm and satisfying."
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Shirley Temple shines as a young radio entertainer in this 1938 Darryl Zanuck film inspired by Kate Wiggin's classic novel. In a role perfectly suited to her song and dance talents, Temple plays the "very self-reliant" Rebecca Winstead, a precocious pixie who wins the audition to become Crackling Grain Flakes "Little Miss America" for a new radio broadcast. Fame is fleeting, however, when she moves to Sunnybrook Farm to live with Aunt Miranda (Helen Westley), an overbearing curmudgeon who absolutely forbids any entanglements in show business. Since the show must go on, it will require some slapstick tomfoolery and secretive shenanigans that turn an otherwise straightforward story into an uproarious cat-and-mouse comedy. Sunnybrook Farm is reminiscent of Temple's earlier Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), as it reunites her with co-stars Jack Haley and Gloria Stuart. The soundtrack includes Temple's legendary songs, "An Old Straw Hat," "On the Good Ship Lollipop," and "Animal Crackers in My Soup," ending with a grandiose military dance number, "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," performed by Temple and renowned tap-dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The DVD offers two viewing options: a remastered colorized version, or the original (restored) black and white. (All ages) --Lynn Gibson
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) ... Shirley Temple ... 20th Century Fox (2005)".......2007-08-12
20th Century Fox presents "REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM" (released: 18 March 1938) (80mins) (B&W/Color Versions) - Under Allan Dwan (Director), Raymond Griffith (Producer), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Don Ettlinger (Screenwriter), Charlotte Thompson (Play Author), Karl Tunberg (Screenwriter), Kate Douglas Wiggin (Play Author / Short Story Author), Arthur C. Miller (Cinematographer), Mack Gordon (Composer (Music Score), Art Lange (Musical Direction/Supervision), Sidney D. Mitchell (Composer (Music Score), Lew Pollack (Composer (Music Score), Harry Revel (Composer (Music Score), Raymond Scott (Composer (Music Score), Jack Yellen (Composer (Music Score), Allen McNeil (Editor), Bernard Herzbrun (Art Director), Hans Peters (Art Director), Thomas K. Little (Set Designer), Nick Castle (Choreography) - - - - Our Little Shirley Temple turns in another crowd-pleasing performance in this pleasant family film --- Her smile & vivacity are still stunning decades later --- Shirley is at her peak as a girl singer who is sought by two rival cereal companies to promote their radio commercials --- Randolph Scott and Gloria Stuart provide the romance, heading a fine supporting cas is Helen Westley, Slim Summerville and William Demarest --- and the great Bill `Bojangles' Robinson is cast as a farmhand - but wait until the film's final moments when he gets to shine in a tap routine with Little Shirley --- Shirley's numbers include "Come and Get Your Happiness" and she also sings a medley of hits from her previous films, among them "On the Good Ship Lollipop", "When I' m With You" and "Animal Crackers in My Soup".
the cast includes:
Shirley Temple ... Rebecca Winstead
Randolph Scott ... Tony Kent
Jack Haley ... Orville Smithers
Gloria Stuart ... Gwen Warren
Phyllis Brooks ... Lola Lee
Helen Westley ... Aunt Miranda Wilkins
Slim Summerville ... Homer Busby
Bill Robinson ... Aloysius
Raymond Scott ... Leader of Musical Ensemble (as Raymond Scott Quintet)
Alan Dinehart ... Purvis
J. Edward Bromberg ... Doctor Hill
Dixie Dunbar ... Receptionist
Paul Hurst ... Mug
William Demarest ... Harry Kipper
Ruth Gillette ... Melba
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Date of Birth: 23 April 1928 - Santa Monica, California
Date of Death: Still Living
If you enjoyed this film, check out 20th Century Fox present "The Shirley Temple - America's Sweetheart Collection, Vol. 1" (Heidi/Curly Top/Little Miss Broadway) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- now in COLOR and Glorious Black and White --- In 2004, Shirley Temple teamed with Legend Films to restore, colorize and release her earliest black and white films, as well as episodes of her 1960 television series, The Shirley Temple Storybook Collection --- a patented coloring and remastering process makes her picture perfect charm more vivd than ever --- no one can resist Shirley's charm in all her heart warming films.
Hats off and thanks to Barry B. Sandrew Ph.D. (Founder, COO & CTO) and his Legend Films Staff --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the '20s, '30s & '40s --- order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Legend Films where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 80 mins on DVD ~ 20th Century Fox. ~ (11/22/2005)
charming Temple vehicle.......2007-05-04
Despite it's title, REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM is not a re-telling of the classic Kate Douglas Wiggin story. This is one of the most charming films that Shirley Temple starred in, and I enjoy revisting it often.
Temple plays Rebecca Winstead, a young radio singer who is discovered by talent scout Tony Kent (Randolph Scott). There's only one hitch: Rebecca's frosty Aunt Miranda (Helen Westley) who isn't about to have her niece go into showbusiness. You can pretty much guess the rest...
This little gem runs at a brisk pace and is filled with warmth and humour. Temple gets to share the screen with some of her regular cohorts (Helen Westley, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart and Randolph Scott).
The musical score includes such delights as "An Old Straw Hat", "Happy Endings", "Come and Get Your Happiness", and "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers". Temple also gets to sing a medley of her greatest hits.
The cast also features Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Ruth Gillette, William Demarest, and Dixie Dunbar. Look out for a young Mary McCarty, playing Florabelle, the singer with "mike-fright" in the auditions scene.
Be optimistic and smile! Oh, how Shirley could sing and dance without even trying..........2007-05-04
Shirley Temple earned great fame as a child actress in Hollywood; and this movie shows us why. Shirley Temple sings and dances her way through many numbers, including "An Old Straw Hat" and an olio of her classic melodies including "Animal Crackers In My Soup" and "On The Good Ship Lollipop." Temple shines like no other child star ever did; and we will have to wait a very long time to see another quite like her.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm stars Temple as a young child named Rebecca Winstead who has incredible talents; she even wins a radio gig as "Little Miss America" just based on her being herself when she sings. Of course, even a musical needs something of a plot; therefore there's a misunderstanding and Shirley and her stepfather (William Demarest) go away thinking they lost the talent contest. Her stepfather takes her to Sunnybrook Farm which is run by her crusty old aunt Miranda (Helen Westley). Miranda agrees to take care of Rebecca on the condition that the stepfather never returns. Fortunately, though, instead of being sad about her very different new environment, Rebecca is an upbeat, optimistic kid who takes to the farm rather well.
Things begin to snowball much faster when it turns out that just by pure coincidence (oh, sure) the man who ran the talent contest lives just next door to her Aunt Miranda's home. At this point in the film many questions arise: Will he finally recognize that Shirley is the girl who won the talent contest? Even if Shirley is recognized, will her Aunt Miranda let them put her on the radio? And what happens when her stepfather ultimately hears of all this fuss going on? No spoilers here, folks; you'll have to watch the movie to find out! There are some funny moments using slapstick, too.
The DVD offers us the motion picture in both black and white as well as color. This movie was originally filmed in black and white and then colorized. The DVD lacks extras except for some clips from Heidi and Little Miss Broadway.
The cinematography shines with the characters being filmed very artistically within the confines of the screen and the choreography of the dance numbers is terrific. The finale, "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," showcases Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson dancing wonderfully and this will thrill you!
Overall, I highly recommend this for Shirley Temple fans; and people who want to watch classic movies with their children will enjoy this film, too.
Enjoy! Great job, everyone!!!
The Best of Shirley.......2007-03-21
Of all the Shirley Temple movies I have watched, this showcases her talet the best. Sweet storyline for "America" Littlest Sweetheart."
Shirley Charms.......2007-03-11
Shirley Temple's movie career was in its peak years when she made this movie that capitalizes on her best characteristics. Though she says she is eight years old in the movie and she even looks like she could be eight, in reality she was about ten years old. Shirley was a veteran actress who was cute and charming with little effort.
This movie primarily shares the title of the book with the same name. Beyond the title, the movie is quite different from the book. Rebecca Winstead (Temple) is the ward of her stepfather, Uncle Harry Kipper (William Demarest, a veteran actor who would later be a regular on "My Three Sons"). Unfortunately, Uncle Harry has issues with keeping a regular job. Good things appear to be happening when Shirley auditions and gets a job with Tony Kent (the late great Randolph Scott) as Little Miss America. Because of a misunderstanding, Rebecca and Uncle Harry left the studio and disappeared, putting Tony Kent into serious trouble with his biggest sponsor.
Uncle Harry takes Rebecca to her Aunt Miranda (Helen Westley, who appeared in several other Shirley Temple movies) and dumps Rebecca. Rebecca meets her cousin Gwen Warren (Gloria Stuart, who decades later would appear in one of her most memorable roles as elderly Rose in the blockbuster "Titanic") and Aloysius (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, in his third appearance in a Shirley Temple film). As Rebecca tells us many times in the movie, she is self reliant and she manages to charm everyone she contacts, even grumpy Aunt Miranda.
Rebecca accidentally encounters Tony Kent, who is still looking for her. It turns out that Tony has a house right next to Aunt Miranda's house. Unfortunately, Aunt Miranda is against Rebecca appearing in a radio broadcast and Rebecca, Gwen and several others have to go to great lengths to get Rebecca out of Aunt Miranda's house and into Tony's house for her first radio broadcast.
The radio broadcast is successful, but too successful because Uncle Harry is listening and decides that he wants Rebecca, or at least her money. We also learn that Uncle Harry has a new wife, whose only desire is money. Things become a little tearful when Uncle Harry shows up with a lawyer and court papers that prove that Uncle Harry is Rebecca's legal guardian.
Will Rebecca escape Uncle Harry's clutches? Will Gwen and Tony end up happy? What about perpetually grumpy Aunt Miranda? Will she see happiness? Many answers await you!
I enjoyed this movie. I thought the movie had a good balance of comedy and pathos, and I thought the movie had good pacing. However, I know that younger audiences, who are accustomed to faster-paced movies and have different standards for comedy, may fail to find this movie funny or interesting. You may want to keep the differences in era in mind if you are buying this movie for a younger person who is unfamiliar with Shirley Temple.
Shirley Temple is perfectly charming in this movie. She sings. She dances with Bill Robinson, who was a phenomenal dancer. Shirley is cute and charming and even though portions of this movie seem contrived and unbelievable, it is easy to ignore the plot problems because of Shirley. Shirley Temple fans will enjoy this movie, as well as Randolph Scott fans and Gloria Stuart fans. I strongly recommend this movie as one to watch if you are just starting to appreciate Shirley Temple.
Enjoy!
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