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Oemer Yalinkilic
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posted February 11, 2014 06:47 AM

Shirley Temple died at age of 85

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Maurice Leakey
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posted February 11, 2014 06:56 AM

She died of natural causes at her home in Woodside, California. It was said that Fox pushed her into many films a year when she was young in the belief that her popularity would wane when she got older.
They were right, although she did take early retirement from the movies.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted February 11, 2014 04:06 PM

Sad new.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted February 12, 2014 02:31 AM

From childhood I knew the song "On The Good Ship Lollipop" but it was only many years later after viewing "Bright Eyes" (1934) that I realised that Shirley was not singing about a naval vessel, but actually an aeroplane!

Yesterday Sky News showed this excerpt using a colorized print, BBC TV News showed the same excerpt but it was pleasing to see their print was in black & white.

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Paul Mason
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posted February 12, 2014 05:41 AM

Sad. Talented lady. Most of her 1940s films were very routine and unsuitable but there were two excellent comedies, Kiss and Tell (1945) and Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer (aka Bachelor Knight, 1947 in the UK)with Cary Grant, that I enjoyed.

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Steve Klare
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posted February 12, 2014 01:18 PM

It's actually nice to see a child star that grew up to survive the experience so well, most of them didn't. She was quite a lady, even after she wasn't a movie star anymore.

A couple of years ago we were in a mall and this fairly gorgeous young woman walked up to us and said "Your son would be great for TV or print ads.".

Of course it was a scam, but even if it wasn't my attitude is still "Go awaaaayyy!".**

-I'd rather see him grow up to be a perfectly contented bookkeeper than a strung out former child celebrity.

** I didn't actually say this: she was after all fairly gorgeous...

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Graham Ritchie
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posted February 12, 2014 04:31 PM

Always be remembered.

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Thomas Dafnides
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posted February 13, 2014 07:11 PM

In 1935 -36- 37 , her pictures sold more box office tickets than any other star in Hollywood.
In the 70 plus years since, no studio/producer has been able to find another Shirly Temple.

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Michael De Angelis
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posted February 19, 2014 04:21 PM

Fox recognized Shirley's star potential in the Baby Burlesque series that were being produced at Educational

Pictures and they were desperate to sign her to a contract in order keep the studio from bankruptcy.

Unbeknownst to Zanuck, these shorts were already being distributed by them and they suddenly hustled not

to lose her to other studios.

Europeans were convinced that she was not a child. but instead a small person.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted February 19, 2014 11:38 PM

Graham Greene had some comments which led to trouble and a successful libel action.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/life/long-life/9141712/alexander-chancellor-maybe-its-because-im-not-a-clergyman-or-jimmy-savile-but-shirley-temple-doesnt-do-it-for-me/

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