Ballet Shoes (2007) on Netflix
Gum, an explorer, adopts three orphans, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, and leaves them with his niece Sylvia in London. The sisters grow up with ambitions of acting, aviation and ballet.
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Plot summary
Sylvia Brown and her nurse Nana live in the London house of her only living relative, Great Uncle Matthew, known as Gum, a paleontologist who is often away on expeditions. He adopts three orphans, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, and leaves them in Sylvia's care with money in the bank for five years. When the funds run out during the Great Depression, Sylvia takes in four boarders and teaches the sisters at home, and the boarders include Theo Dane, a dance teacher, and two retired professors.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ballet Shoes (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Ballet Shoes gave Emma Watson her first role other than that of Hermione, though her voice would later be heard in The Tale of Despereaux.
