"a recording by Mae Questel (the cartoon voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl) reputedly sold more than two million copies. In 2004 it finished at #69 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. On the Good Ship Lollipop ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"" was the signature song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie ""Bright Eyes"". The song was composed by Richard A. Whiting and the lyrics were supplied by Sidney Clare. In the song, the ""Good Ship Lollipop"" travels to a candy land. The ""ship"" referred to"
"Curly Top (film) Curly Top is a 1935 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Patterson McNutt and Arthur J. Beckhard focuses on the adoption of a young orphan (Shirley Temple) by a wealthy bachelor (John Boles) and his romantic attraction to her older sister (Rochelle Hudson). Together with ""The Littlest Rebel"", another Temple vehicle, the film was listed as one of the top box office draws of 1935 by ""Variety"". The film's musical numbers include ""Animal Crackers in My Soup"" and ""When I Grow Up"". This film was the first of four films that Shirley Temple"
"hit, ""It's Tulip Time in Holland"" sold more than one million copies in just a few months in 1915 though, because he sold it outright, he never received any royalties. In 1918, his song, ""Til We Meet Again,"" sold five million copies. Whiting, having graduated from a California military academy, sung in Vaudeville shows, and worked in Detroit and New York, went to Hollywood in 1929. In nine years of writing music for films, he produced more than 50 hit songs, including ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"", performed by Shirley Temple in 1934. Other music includes ""Hooray for Hollywood"", ""Ain't"
"Institute in these lists: Curly Top (film) Curly Top is a 1935 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Patterson McNutt and Arthur J. Beckhard focuses on the adoption of a young orphan (Shirley Temple) by a wealthy bachelor (John Boles) and his romantic attraction to her older sister (Rochelle Hudson). Together with ""The Littlest Rebel"", another Temple vehicle, the film was listed as one of the top box office draws of 1935 by ""Variety"". The film's musical numbers include ""Animal Crackers in My Soup"" and ""When I Grow Up"". This film was the first of four"
"later years by Sam Fox's son Frederick, who had worked at the office at 202 The Arcade, Cleveland until after 1942. The company's musical score publishing for Hollywood films was solidified with contracts with Fox Films and Movietone News as their exclusive musical producer. The Hollywood film work led to his publication of songs in Fox films, including ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"" and Animal Crackers in My Soup sung by Shirley Temple. Sam Fox Publishing Company entered the Broadway field in 1947 with the publication of the musical score for the award-winning film ""Brigadoon"" and the score for ""Man"
"Animal Crackers in My Soup ""Animal Crackers in My Soup"" was a song introduced by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film ""Curly Top"" (At approx. 00:11:00-00:14:00.) The lyrics were written by Irving Caesar and Ted Koehler and the music by Ray Henderson, sheet music published by Sam Fox Publishing Company. Numerous singles and albums containing the Shirley Temple version of the song exist, including at least one CD with it as title track. Temple's version made the Hit Parade, but did not attain the popularity of her earlier hit, On the Good Ship Lollipop, which was #2 for the year."
"another child actor from his neighborhood, Billie ""Buckwheat"" Thomas. He retired from film business in 1942 after 30 films. According to Hurlic's daughter Zee, Hurlic died peacefully on July 7, 2014 surrounded by his family. Philip Hurlic Philip Raymond Hurlic (December 20, 1927 – July 7, 2014) was an American child actor. Hurlic appeared in a number of films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Hurlic's income from his film work was used to support his East Los Angeles family. Hurlic's earliest roles were as a toddler in the ""Baby Burlesks"" series, which starred a pre-fame Shirley Temple. His largest"
"the earliest usage of the term ""rock and roll"" in 1934 on the soundtrack for the movie ""Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round"". In the early 1940s Clare and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review called ""Songwriters on Parade"", performing all across the Eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Sidney Clare Sidney Clare (August 15, 1892 – August 29, 1972) was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best-known songs include ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"" (recorded by Shirley Temple), ""You're My Thrill"" (recorded by Billie Holiday), and"
"they signed in July 1934, Temple's parents agreed to four films a year (rather than the three they wished). A succession of films followed: ""The Little Colonel"", ""Our Little Girl"", ""Curly Top"" (with the signature song ""Animal Crackers in My Soup""), and ""The Littlest Rebel"" in 1935. ""Curly Top"" and ""The Littlest Rebel"" were named to ""Variety""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of top box office draws for 1935. In 1936, ""Captain January"", ""Poor Little Rich Girl"", ""Dimples"", and ""Stowaway"" were released. ""Curly Top"" was Shirley's last film before the merger of 20th Century and Fox. Based on Temple's many screen successes, Zanuck increased"
"Poor Little Rich Girl (1936 film) Poor Little Rich Girl, advertised as The Poor Little Rich Girl, is a 1936 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend was based on stories by Eleanor Gates and Ralph Spence, and the 1917 Mary Pickford vehicle of the same name. The film focuses on a child (Temple) neglected by her rich and busy father. She meets two vaudeville performers and becomes a radio singing star. The film received a lukewarm critical reception from ""The New York Times"". Barbara Barry (Shirley Temple) is the"
"movie career during the 1930s, which included roles in four Shirley Temple movies: ""Curly Top"" (1935), uncredited ""Stowaway"" (1936), ""Heidi"" (1937) and ""The Little Princess"" (1939). Scenes intentionally had the 6' 4"" Treacher standing or dancing side-by-side with the tiny child actress; for example, they sing and dance together in ""The Little Princess"" an old song ""Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road"" (clip available on YouTube.) Treacher filled the role of the ideal butler, and he portrayed P. G. Wodehouse's valet character Jeeves in the movies ""Thank You, Jeeves!"" (1936) and ""Step Lively, Jeeves"" (1937). (Wodehouse, however, was unhappy"
"Stand Up and Cheer! Stand Up and Cheer! is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The screenplay by Lew Brown and Ralph Spence was based upon a story idea by Will Rogers and Philip Klein. The film is about efforts undertaken during the Great Depression to boost the morale of the country. It is essentially a vehicle for a string of vaudeville acts and a few musical numbers. The film is best known for providing the first big breakthrough role for legendary child actress Shirley Temple. A little known bit player prior to the film, by"
"breakfast cereal. Highlights include Temple singing a medley of her hit tunes and dancing with Bill Robinson on a flight of stairs. The film was well received by ""Variety"", and, in 2009, was available on videocassette and DVD. ""Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"" film versions were made in ""Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"" (1917) starring Mary Pickford; ""Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"" (1932) starring Marian Nixon. Rebecca Winstead (Shirley Temple), a musically talented orphan, is under the guardianship of her stepfather Harry Kipper (William Demarest). She auditions for the radio role of Little Miss America and wins it, but leaves the studio believing"
"Baby Take a Bow Baby Take a Bow is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Harry Lachman and is one of the earliest Hayes code Hollywood films (its MPAA certificate marks it as the third ever code-approved film). The screenplay by Philip Klein and Edward E. Paramore Jr. is based on the play ""Square Crooks"" by James P. Judge. Shirley Temple plays the child of an ex-convict (James Dunn) trying to make a better life for himself and his family. The film was a commercial success and is critically regarded as pleasant and sentimental. A musical number features"
"orphan girl."" The film has been released on videocassette and DVD. Some editions have special features and theatrical trailers. Little Miss Broadway Little Miss Broadway is a 1938 American musical drama film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay was written by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen. The film stars Shirley Temple in a story about a theatrical boarding house and its occupants, and was originally titled ""Little Lady of Broadway"". In 2009, the film was available on DVD and videocassette. Betsy Brown is released from an orphanage into the care of Pop Shea, her parents' friend who runs a boarding"
"1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934. Film hits such as ""Curly Top"" and ""Heidi"" followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Temple capitalized on licensed merchandise that featured her wholesome image; the merchandise included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box-office popularity waned as she reached adolescence. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired from films in 1950 at the age of 22. In 1958, Temple returned to show business with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations. She made guest appearances"
"Rochelle Hudson Rochelle Elizabeth Hudson (March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972) was an American film actress from the 1930s through the 1960s. Hudson was a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1931. The Oklahoma City-born actress began her career as a teenager. She signed a contract with RKO Pictures on November 22, 1930, when she was 17 years old. She may be best remembered today for costarring in ""Wild Boys of the Road"" (1933), playing Cosette in ""Les Misérables"" (1935), playing Mary Blair, the older sister of Shirley Temple's character in ""Curly Top"", and for playing Natalie Wood's mother in ""Rebel"
"songs in Fox films, including ""The Good Ship Lollipop"" sung by Shirley Temple. Sam Fox later opened an office in New York, which was run by his son Frederick. Additionally, Sam Fox Publishing Company had representatives in offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Melbourne, and other cities worldwide. Fox entered the Broadway field with the publishing in 1947 of the film score for ""Brigadoon,"" followed by the prize winning ""Man of La Mancha."" His first wife, Elsa, died after 1930, and Fox remarried in 1966 at the age of 78 to Clara M. Klein of San Francisco, California. He died November"
"singer-dancers, and a crew of 18. After an opening medley, a fantasy segment features ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"", ""Yellow Submarine"", ""The Candy Man"", and ""Be a Clown"". The next segment focused on the 1930s and 1940s, with ""As Time Goes By"", ""Cheek to Cheek"", and ""I Got Rhythm"". A western segment includes a tribute to ""Oklahoma!"", while the sci-fi segment features ""Star Wars (Main Theme)"" (1977), John Williams' ""Superman Theme"" from the 1978 ""Superman"" film, a segment from the Academy Award- nominated score of ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"" (1977), and ""Cantina Band"" from ""Star Wars"". The modern"
"a film of the same name in 1953, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The popular songs ""Bye Bye Baby"" and ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"" were introduced in this musical. In the 1920s, Lorelei Lee, a blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, and her friend Dorothy Shaw board the ocean liner ""Ile de France"", to embark for France (""It's High Time""). Lorelei and her boyfriend (who is her ""sugar daddy""), Gus Esmond, are parting for a while (""Bye, Bye Baby""); Gus is going to Little Rock, and Dorothy is Lorelei's chaperone. On the ship, Lorelei has many admirers, including"
"was raised above the title. In February 1935, she received a special Academy Award for her 1934 contributions to film, particularly ""Little Miss Marker"" and ""Bright Eyes"". In 2009, the film was available on VHS and DVD in both black-and-white and colorized versions. 5 year-old Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) and her mother, Mary (Lois Wilson), a maid, live in the home of her employers, the rich and mean-spirited Smythe family, Anita (Dorothy Christy), J. Wellington (Theodore von Eltz), and Joy (Jane Withers). Shirley's aviator father died in an airplane crash before the film opens, and she now spends most of"
"Thanks for the Memory (film) Thanks for the Memory is a 1938 film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross. The film represented Paramount Pictures' attempt to capitalize on the overwhelmingly positive response to the Oscar winning song, ""Thanks for the Memory,"" as performed by Hope and Ross in ""The Big Broadcast of 1938"", released by the studio earlier the same year. The film plot, based on a 1930 stage play ""Up Pops the Devil"" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (previously filmed by Paramount in 1931, with Norman Foster and Carole Lombard) dealt with an"
"the police guarding child star Shirley Temple during her 1938 visit to New York City; the two met again in Hollywood ten years later, when Ruditsky offered to take the young woman along for the police raid that saw actor Robert Mitchum arrested in a ""marijuana bust"". Temple was tempted but declined the offer. One celebrity with whom he enjoyed a close friendship was musician and big band leader Charlie Barnet. In his autobiography, ""Those Swinging Years"" (1992), Barnet described a road trip with Ruditsky: In 1939, Ruditsky was enmeshed in a bribery scandal stemming from his in the Industrial"
"to 1977. Some well-known songs would be interpreted by puppet characters, such songs as ""Minute Waltz"", ""Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"", ""On the Good Ship Lollipop"", ""Yellow Submarine"", ""I Love Onions"", et.al. The show also introduced young viewers to actual rock songs, accompanied by proper film or videotaped footage or puppet action, with such songs as ""I'm A Train"" (Albert Hammond), ""Celebrate"" (Kool and the Gang), ""Private Eyes"" (Daryl Hall & John Oates), et.al. On the first show of every month, the Captain had a birthday cake for all of the children with birthdays that month. Keeshan also had a recurring role as the"
"out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé. Thanks for the Memory (film) Thanks for the Memory is a 1938 film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross. The film represented Paramount Pictures' attempt to capitalize on the overwhelmingly positive response to the Oscar winning song, ""Thanks for the Memory,"" as performed by Hope and Ross in ""The Big Broadcast of 1938"", released by the studio earlier the same year. The film plot, based on a 1930 stage play ""Up Pops the Devil"""
"Martin Goodrider, played the role of Little Chief. Temple and Goodrider struck up an instant friendship (something unusual with Temple as she was normally forbidden from mingling with her child costars). As an act of good will, Temple swore in all members of the Blackfoot tribe as members of the Shirley Temple Police Force while Temple was made an honorary member of the Blackfoot tribe and given the name Bright Shining Star. Susannah of the Mounties (film) Susannah of the Mounties is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang and William A. Seiter and starring Shirley Temple, Randolph"
"about this time, Shirley's mother began styling her daughter's hair in ringlets. While at the dance school, she was spotted by Charles Lamont, who was a casting director for Educational Pictures. Temple hid behind the piano while she was in the studio. Lamont took a liking to Temple, and invited her to audition; he signed her to a contract in 1932. Educational Pictures was going to launch its ""Baby Burlesks"", multiple short films satirizing recent film and political events by using preschool children in every role. ""Baby Burlesks"" is a series of one-reelers, and another series of two-reelers called ""Frolics"
"in the 1963 ""Andy Griffith Show"" episode ""Rafe Hollister Sings"", and the 2010 ""South Park"" episode ""Crippled Summer"". In its cartoon appearances, the song is often the cue for a classic ""bomb gag"" wherein the playing of the first line of the song sets off a rigged explosion on the final note. However, the target often misses, forcing the perpetrator to play it themselves and fall for their own trap. The gag is so well known that it is often called ""The Xylophone Gag"". Little Virgie (Shirley Temple) sings the song to her father (John Boles) in the 1935 film"
"Little Miss Marker Little Miss Marker (also known as The Girl in Pawn) is an American Pre-Code 1934 comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Hall. It was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Lehman after a short story of the same name by Damon Runyon. It stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, and Dorothy Dell in a story about a little girl held as collateral by gangsters. It was Temple's first starring role in a major motion picture and was crucial to establishing her as a major film star. It was named to the United States National Film Registry"
"in perilous straits. After auditioning for, and losing, the role of Peter Pan on the Broadway stage in August 1950, Temple took stock, and admitted that her recent movies had been poor fare. She announced her retirement from films on December 16, 1950. Temple had her own radio series on CBS. ""Junior Miss"" debuted March 4, 1942, in which she played the title role. The series was based on stories by Sally Benson. Sponsored by Procter & Gamble, ""Junior Miss"" was directed by Gordon Hughes, with David Rose as musical director. Many Shirley Temple-inspired products were manufactured and released during"
"Philip Hurlic Philip Raymond Hurlic (December 20, 1927 – July 7, 2014) was an American child actor. Hurlic appeared in a number of films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Hurlic's income from his film work was used to support his East Los Angeles family. Hurlic's earliest roles were as a toddler in the ""Baby Burlesks"" series, which starred a pre-fame Shirley Temple. His largest roles in film include Little Jim in ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" (1938), Verman Diggs in the ""Penrod"" films, and Zeke in ""Zenobia"" (1939). He also appeared in a number of ""Our Gang"" comedies alongside"
"period beginning with the introduction of sound until the late 1940s. The American cinema reached its peak of efficiently manufactured glamour and global appeal during this period. The top actors of the era are now thought of as the classic film stars, such as Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Greta Garbo, and the greatest box office draw of the 1930s, child performer Shirley Temple. Creatively, however, the rapid transition was a difficult one, and in some ways, film briefly reverted to the conditions of its earliest days. The late '20s were full of static, stagey talkies as artists in"
"was in ""Mary and John"" in 1905. He toured all over America and also played in England. Edward Ellis was a dramatic author and also wrote the playscript for the 1934 play ""Affair of a Gentleman"". In films, he played mostly supporting roles, his only leading roles being in ""Main Street Lawyer"" (1939) and in ""A Man to Remember"" (1938) and ""Three Sons"" (1939), a remake of Lionel Barrymore's ""Sweepings"" (1933). He starred in 37 films, but is probably best remembered for his roles as the resolute sheriff in ""Fury"", as Shirley Temple's uncle in ""Little Miss Broadway"" and the"