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Shirely Temple

Shirley Temple

 

Feature Films: Children
2 DVD Set
Running Time: Approx. 186 Minutes
Color and B & W

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Shirley Temple is arguably the most popular and famous child star of all time. Known for her blond ringlets and her ability to sing and tap-dance, she appeared in dozens of films and was Hollywood's biggest box-office attraction from 1936 to 1938. Shirley's popularity and the large gross revenues her films generated transformed the struggling Fox Film Corporation into a major film studio.

Temple began her career in a series of "Baby Bulesks," short subjects that featured children in adult roles that today would be considered highly inappropriate. However, when Fox signed her in 1934, the studio abandoned the infant sexpot image and let her be what she really was - an energetic, resilient, good-natured little girl. Sophisticated and by all measures a highly professional performer, Temple had no difficulty upstaging her experienced costar, many of whom were veteran performers. Among the films Temple made for Fox were The Little Colonel, Curly Top, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Little Princess.

Although Temple made a number of films as a teenager, among them Miss Annie Rooney (1942) and The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer (1947), America had seemingly outgrown its infatuation with Shirley. The films were not successful and in 1949, she retired from acting at the age of twenty-one.

This film collection features many classic moments from Shirley Temple's relatively short but enormously successful screen career.

 

Disc 1

Glad Rags To Riches
Shirley , as a nightclub entertainer, tap-dances and sings her first onscreen song. (1932)

War Babies
Shirley provides the entertainment in a café filled with pint sized GI's. (1932)

Kid 'N' Hollywood
When the show's temperamental star refused to go on Shirley gets her big break. (1932)

Polly Tix In Washington
Shirley is hired by unscrupulous politicians to sway the vote of an idealistic senator. (1932)

Kid 'N' Africa
Tarzan must save Shirley from becoming dinner for a group of African cannibals. (1932)

Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
A meek schoolteacher cooks up a perfect scheme to promote his sweetheart's doughnuts: His music class will perform on the local radio show. (1933)

Pardon My Pups
Shirley's brother cares for a ragged-looking expectant dog over the objections of their cantankerous father. (1934)

Shirley Temple - Biggest Little Star of the Thirties
Edited from Newsreels, here's an interesting look at Shirley's life as she attends her first premiere, meets with Will Rogers and visits with Eleanor Roosevelt. Enjoy watching Shirley accept her special Academy Award and drive her own little car around the studio lot.

 

Disc 2

The Little Princess
Shirley Temple has never been more endearing than in the role of Sara Crewe, an aristocratic child forced by fate from her home in India to a cheerless London boarding school. Though she is alone and penniless, Sara's wit and charm lead her to fabulous adventures and enduring friendships.

From India's exotic jungles to the shilling rain of Victorian London, this heartwarming tale recounts a little girl's valiant struggle to overcome hardship and is an enchanting film for all ages.


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