Bright Eyes was the first movie created from the ground up specifically to showcase Shirley Temple, and it has many of the elements that would become standard in Shirley’s pictures: Shirley the orphan, the legions of grown-ups charmed by her, the cranky old coot for her to win over (al...
Shirley Temple AP Shirley Temple Black is shown on Oct. 19, 1988, posing in front of a 1939 photo of herself as a child star. The Screen Actors Guild presented the 77-year-old Black with its Lifetime Achievement Award Jan. 29, 2006. ...
Shirley Temple was the leading child actor of her time, receiving a special Oscar and starring in films like 'Bright Eyes' and 'Heidi.'
The first movie I saw with Shirley Temple was “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm’ (1938). It was a Christmas gift from my Grandmother. I was hooked as Temple sang about wearing an old straw hat, a pair of overalls and a worn out pair of shoes. Years after she brought happiness to Americans...
Shirley Temple was an American actress who became famous as a young child in Hollywood. She later became an ambassador for the United States. She was born Shirley Temple on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, to Gertrude Amelia Temple and George
which was designed especially for her talents.The young performer showed many wonderful pictures during 1934.She received a special Children Academy Award in February 1935for her outstanding contribution.President Franklin D.Roosevelt called Temple"Little Miss Miracle"for raising the public's confidence ...
The young performer showed many wonderful pictures during 1934. She received a special Children Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Temple "Little Miss Miracle" for raising the public's confidence during tunes of economic hardship. He...
“She is a legacy of a different time in motion pictures. She caught the imagination of the entire country in a way that no one had before,” actor Martin Landau said when the two were honored at the Academy Awards in 1998. Temple’s fans agreed. Her fans seemed interested in every la...
Robert Osborne reflects on the late actress as the network slots eight of her biggest hits: "There will never be another one like her."
america’s sweetheart adults placed a heavy load on temple’s tiny shoulders. credited with helping save fox from bankruptcy during the depression, her box office appeal was also the catalyst for its merger with twentieth century pictures in 1935. “they didn’t buy the fox studio,” fox ...