Gene Markey

In Victorian England little Sara Crewe's widowed father is sent to the Boer War. When he is reported killed the evil head mistress at her boarding school turns Sara into a servant.

In Victorian England little Sara Crewe's widowed father is sent to the Boer War. When he is reported killed the evil head mistress at her boarding school turns Sara into a servant.

In Victorian England little Sara Crewe's widowed father is sent to the Boer War. When he is reported killed the evil head mistress at her boarding school turns Sara into a servant. She suffers with dignity until her shell-shocked father returns.

The son of a nobleman, engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps travels to Egypt and, while there, conceives of a canal which will connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas.  In an effort to attain the backing of the French President, Napoleon, he enlists the help of the woman he loves, Eugenie (Loretta Young).  Now the mistress of Napoleon, she agrees to help him, but only under the condition that he temporarily dissolve the government, a deal which opens the way for Napoleon to become the new emperor and Eugenie his empress.