Approved 81 min Comedy, Drama, Family. Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people.
But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast. Passed 77 min Comedy, Family, Musical. A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned.
A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives. Approved 75 min Family, Musical, Romance. Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Approved 73 min Comedy, Drama, Family. Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested.
A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the See full summary ». PG 76 min Comedy, Drama, Music. Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison.
Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight Votes: Approved 79 min Adventure, Comedy, Family. The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Passed 79 min Drama, Western. Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the Mountie is saved from Directors: William A. Approved 82 min Comedy, Drama, Romance. A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. Star's only chance to prove that Captain January is a good father is by passing the official 3rd grade examination.
Bizarrely, there was a bit of a scandal related to Captain January during its initial release. The studio sued Greene for his very inappropriate comments and happily won. In truth, Shirley gives, possibly, one of the strongest performances of her career as the exuberant tomboy, Star. It features a 6-year-old Shirley as Marthy Jane, a little girl whose father finds himself deep in debt due to gambling problems.
When her father attempts to win his money back by betting on one last horse race, he leaves Marthy with his bookie, Sorrowful Jones Adolphe Menjou , as collateral. Though not, technically, a musical, Little Miss Marker does include a couple of very charming songs, one sung by Shirley and the other by co-star, Dorothy Dell.
Dell gives a memorably charming performance as Bangles in the film, making it unfortunate that the actress' career was, tragically, cut short by a fatal car accident shortly after production ended an event that was kept from Shirley as long as possible.
Reuniting Shirley with frequent co-star, Bojangles Robinson albeit in a much smaller role this time around , this adorable musical comedy is loosely inspired by the classic novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggins. Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling short story and directed by the great John Ford, Wee Willie Winkie retells the classic story on an epic scale. Shirley is well supported by a great cast in Wee Willie Winkie with Cesar Romero, in particular, giving a wonderful performance as the complex Khoda Khan.
Combining adventure, comedy, and tragedy, Wee Willie Winkie is a wonderful film for the whole family. When deciding what Shirley Temple movie to add as honorable mention, I realized it was a difficult choice. Little Miss Broadway? Curly Top? The choices were just too numerous with no obvious favorite so, I decided instead to recommend a film that many Shirley fans might not be as familiar with.
Honeymoon is a charming screwball comedy that Shirley made in her teenage years the same year as The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. Structured as a showcase for the adult Shirley, the movie acts as an introduction to her new status as a viable and attractive romantic lead.
Filmed on location in Mexico City, Honeymoon offers a fun glimpse of s Mexico. It, also, features two short songs sung by Shirley and, yes, it really is her singing both of which are so catchy you may find yourself humming them months after you've watched the film. All in all, this adorable farce is a light and enjoyable ride. Although it can be quite difficult to find, it is a must-see for long-time Shirley fans.
Question: What's the name of the movie where Shirley was kidnapped and her grandfather had her rescued? Answer: I think you're most likely thinking of the movie "Heidi" 2 on this list. Although Heidi is not "kidnapped" in the traditional sense, her aunt does steal her away from her grandfather without discussing it with him first.
In the film's finale, Heidi's grandfather arrives to bring her back home against a great deal of resistance. Answer: Shirley Temple, actually, did not appear in the movie, "The Champ". You are most likely thinking of Jackie Cooper, another major child star from the '30s and the first child star to receive an Oscar nomination.
He starred in "The Champ" opposite Wallace Beery when he was 9 years old. It is a fantastic movie and, definitely, one of the highlights of Cooper's career. Unlike Shirley, Jackie Cooper, actually, continued acting well into his adult years. He is fondly remembered, in particular, for his role as Perry White in the original "Superman" films. Maggie: I assume you're thinking of the movie "The Blue Bird".
In one sequence, Shirley travels to the spirit realm and meets the souls of children waiting to be born, including her future sister. But, Shirley's character Mytyl is merely visiting this heavenly realm, she has already been born and is not a spirit herself. As a film essay for the Library of Congress points out, "Little Miss Marker" was perfect for the times. While the Great Depression was raging on in real life, the flick "showed how confidence and cheer could triumph over gloom and suspicion.
Simply put, audiences lapped up her enthusiastic persona. Interestingly enough, Temple almost missed out on this important role. As she revealed in her biography, " Child Star ," producers flat-out rejected her for the part initially, and it was only after her fame started to grow and her mother's persistence , that she managed to land another audition, and, ultimately, get the role.
Out of Shirley Temple's entire filmography, the "Baby Burlesks" short films are probably the most cringe-worthy — mainly due to the ultra-unsettling content. The series of one-reel movies include 's " War Babies " and 's effort, " Glad Rags to Riches ," and see toddlers acting in adult situations, such as the latter, which saw Temple taking on the role of a nightclub dancer.
As Temple writes, "from the waist up, we were costumed as adults," yet "from the waist down," the cast was still wearing diapers. While Temple certainly gained a modicum of experience on these film sets, the production value was, without a doubt, crude.
She recalls each film taking about two days to shoot, while rehearsals themselves were a mere one week long. As for the pay? Shirley Temple fans will immediately recognize her hit, " Bright Eyes ," as it saw the tiny star singing what is now her most well-known bop to date: " On The Good Ship Lollipop.
While the film itself performed quite well and solidified Temple as a major box office attraction in the '30s, it's her adorable song that got the most attention. If that wasn't enough, thanks to the routine in "Bright Eyes," Temple snagged her first Oscar — "a special Academy Award, for 'Outstanding Personality of '" via Biography. Although Temple had 11th billing in "Stand Up and Cheer! In fact, one review by The New York Times called her "a delightful child. A typical Depression-era movie, "Stand Up and Cheer!
Roosevelt], making her a poster child for the New Deal. While audiences enjoyed watching Temple sing and dance, executives made sure to let the young actor and her mother both know she needed more practice in front of the camera.
Sheehan telling Gertrude Temple via " Child Star ". By , Temple had already completed seven big-screen acting gigs , and as such, began to wholly harness her talents. In fact, it's in 's family musical "Curly Top" that she really started to hone her cues and direction. After the flick came out, a review by The New York Times praised that the musical "actually [hinted] in her work at an increased maturity of technique," noting Temple's impeccable "timing" and applauding her "assurance and precision of a veteran actress" when it came to more complex, dramatic scenes.
In reality, this was probably due to her mom, Gertrude, extensively coaching the young star. As director of the movie, Irving Cummings, once shared via Backstage , "Mrs.
Temple is much more Shirley's director than I am. She teaches her her lines, coaches her on how to say them, suggests Shirley's expressions, shows her how to sit and stand and walk and talk and run.
In her biography, " Child Star, " Shirley noted that she had, in fact, "faltered" during the filming of a particularly long monologue, causing Cummings to ask, "I thought you were One-Take Temple. Shirley Temple collaborated with tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson a total of four times during her reign as Hollywood's shining star, yet their effort, " The Littlest Rebel ," stands out in hindsight for all the worst reasons.
Robinson was making fantastic money starring in such high-profile roles, and by , his weekly earnings on film sets were unheard of for Black performers via PBS. At the same time, "The Littlest Rebel" is now viewed as a complete miss for its problematic content, such as one scene which sees Temple "[going] in blackface" via Louis Proyect.
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