{"id":29405,"date":"2014-02-12T08:14:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T21:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=29405"},"modified":"2014-02-12T08:15:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T21:45:51","slug":"vale-shirley-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2014\/02\/12\/vale-shirley-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Shirley Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shirley Temple – 1928-2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shirley Temple, the child mega-star of Hollywood during the 30’s and 40’s, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Shirley Temple became Hollywood’s first child star at age 5, in the film Bright Eyes<\/em>, in 1934. She would snag an Academy Awards in 1935 for her “Contribution to motion pictures in 1934”, one of the youngest ever recipients. Bright Eyes<\/em> would see her perform perhaps her most well known song, “The Good Ship Lollypop”, and it would catapault her to superstar status. Following Bright Eyes<\/em>, Temple appeared in a large number of films every year – her contract with 20th Century Fox stipulated 4 releases per year – and the studio had a dedicated team<\/em> of writers and production staff crafting films for her to appear in, films which would highlight her particular talents. Films included Curly Top<\/em>, The Littlest Rebel, Dimples, Poor Little Rich Girl, The Little Colonel<\/em> (noticing a trend for “little” films here?) and Our Little Girl<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ms Temple was courted by MGM to appear as Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz<\/em>, a role which eventually went to Judy Garland, and Temple’s success at Fox began to wane during the late 30’s, into 1940. Her film output in the 40’s was largely hit-and-miss, with a number of her headline features bombing or being critically panned. Her final films include Fort Apache, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer<\/em>, and Kiss and Tell<\/em>. While at the height of her career, merchandizing became the key money-spinner for studios who owned her likeness (which sounds creepy), with her face appearing on everything from lunch-boxes to tea towels and almost everything you can imagine. At one stage, Ms Temple was earning more from her merchandizing than she was from her film contracts!<\/p>\n

Ms Temple had retired officially from acting in 1950, although a number of low-key television appearances, and later a career in the public service, kept her in the public eye. Along with her\u00a0Academy Award, Ms Temple was also the recipient of a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, as well as a National Board Of Review Career Achivement Award. Her second marriage, to Charles Alden Black, lasted 54 years before his death in 2002.<\/p>\n

Ms Temple passed away on February 10th, aged 85.<\/p>\n

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Shirley Temple in 2005.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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