"capacity until her death, in 2009. Shirley Wohl Kram Shirley Wohl Kram (December 25, 1922 – August 21, 2009) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Born in New York City, New York, Kram received a Bachelor of Laws from Brooklyn Law School in 1950. She was an attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York City from 1951 to 1953, and was in private practice of law in New York City from 1954 to 1960. She was an assistant attorney in charge of the Harlem Office"
"Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States. Temple began her film career at the age of three in 1932. Two years later, she achieved international fame in ""Bright Eyes"", a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February"
"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"
"Away"", and ""I'll Be Seeing You"". Selznick, however, became romantically involved with Jennifer Jones, and lost interest in developing Shirley's career. Temple was then lent to other studios. ""Kiss and Tell"", ""The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"", and ""Fort Apache"" were her few good films at the time. According to biographer Robert Windeler, her 1947–1949 films neither made nor lost money, but ""had a cheapie B look about them and indifferent performances from her"". Selznick suggested that she move abroad, gain maturity as an actress, and even change her name. He warned her that she was typecast, and her career was"
"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"
"habit in public because she did not want to set a bad example for her fans. Temple was the recipient of many awards and honors, including a special Juvenile Academy Award, the Life Achievement Award from the American Center of Films for Children, the National Board of Review Career Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. On March 14, 1935, Shirley left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She was the Grand Marshal of the New Year's Day Rose Parade in Pasadena, California"
"Hollywood, met Temple at the studio, and retained his initial impression of the young actress. In October 1937, Graham wrote in a British magazine that Shirley was a ""complete totsy"" and ""[h]er admirers—middle-aged men and clergymen—respond to her dubious coquetry, to the sight of her well-shaped and desirable little body, packed with enormous vitality, only because the safety curtain of story and dialogue drops between their intelligence and their desire."" The studio and Temple’s parents sued and won. The settlement was placed in a London trust until Temple was 21, at which time it was given to charity for the"
"at season's end in September 1961. Temple continued to work on television, making guest appearances on ""The Red Skelton Show"", ""Sing Along with Mitch"", and other shows. In January 1965, she portrayed a social worker in a pilot called ""Go Fight City Hall"" that was never released. In 1999, she hosted the ""AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars"" awards show on CBS, and, in 2001, served as a consultant on an ABC-TV production of her autobiography, ""Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story."" Motivated by the popularity of ""Storybook"" and television broadcasts of Temple's films, the Ideal Toy Company released a new version"
"A Kiss for Corliss A Kiss for Corliss is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Howard Dimsdale. It stars Shirley Temple in her final starring role as well as her final film appearance. It is a sequel to the 1945 film ""Kiss and Tell"". ""A Kiss for Corliss"" was retitled ""Almost a Bride"" before release and this title appears in the title sequence. The film was released on November 25, 1949, by United Artists. Corliss Archer (Shirley Temple) is an impulsive teenager excited by notorious playboy Kenneth Marquis (David Niven), who has already been"
"Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of Classic Hollywood cinema. Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, the third child of homemaker Gertrude Amelia Temple and bank employee George Francis Temple. The family was of Dutch, English, and German ancestry. She had two brothers: John Stanley, and George Francis, Jr. The family moved to Brentwood, Los Angeles. Her mother encouraged her singing, dancing, and acting talents, and in September 1931 enrolled her in Meglin's Dance School in Los Angeles. At"
"the girl would successfully move from child star to teenage actress, Zanuck declined a substantial offer from MGM to star her as Dorothy in ""The Wizard of Oz"", and cast her instead in ""Susannah of the Mounties"", her last money-maker for Twentieth Century Fox. The film was successful, but because she made only two films in 1939, instead of three or four, Shirley dropped from number one box-office favorite in 1938 to number five in 1939. In 1939, she was the subject of the Salvador Dalí painting ""Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time"","
"at the age of 75. Born in New York City, Shirley began acting under the name of Dawn O'Day. As a baby she began modeling, and made her film debut with a featured role in 1922's ""Moonshine Valley"". Shirley began acting at the age of five as the live action ""Alice"" in Walt Disney's pre-Mickey Mouse silent animated series ""Alice in Cartoonland"". She had a highly successful child star career in Pre-Code movies, appearing in such films as ""Liliom"", Tom Mix's ""Riders of the Purple Sage"", ""So Big"", ""Three on a Match"" and ""Rasputin and the Empress"". In 1934 she"
"Barbara Jean Wong Barbara Jean Wong (March 3, 1924 – November 13, 1999) was an American actress and primarily a radio actress. Wong was a fourth-generation Chinese-American born in Los Angeles, California, to produce market owners Thomas and Maye Wong. She attended the Fanchon and Marco School of the Theater. She began her performance career at the age of five, as she could read and had a clear voice, and was soon dubbed the Chinese-American Shirley Temple because of her long black hair curled into ringlets and her charming persona. As a youngster, Wong was also a dancer, performing at"
"Hawkins in ""Treasure Island"" (1934). In 1942, she briefly replaced Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Aldrich in the comedy series entry ""Henry Aldrich for President"". Her last screen appearance was as the mother of Shirley Temple in ""That Hagen Girl"" (1947). Peterson remained active on the New York TV and theatrical scene until the early 1960s. She appeared in 83 films, and made several television appearances between 1930 and 1964. She died in New York City, aged 81. Dorothy Peterson Bergetta ""Dorothy"" Peterson (December 25, 1897 – October 3, 1979) was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway"
"similar concept to the much later ""Three Men and a Baby"". Baby Sandy Baby Sandy, (14 January 1938-), real name Sandra Lea Henville, is a former American child film actress. Henville was born, prematurely, in hospital in Los Angeles, California. She performed in her first film at the age of 15 months. She was considered ""Universal Pictures' wonder baby"" and their answer to Shirley Temple. Her last film was before her fifth birthday, made for a second rank studio, Republic Pictures. She grew up and worked in the legal department of a local government. She married and divorced twice, and"
"1930s. Lovett and her husband collaborated for her final film, Captain Hurricane, in 1935. The RKO Radio Pictures-produced film was based on the life of a fisherman living in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Robertson ended his directing career later that same year with the film Our Little Girl, starring the famous Shirley Temple. Lovett and her husband retired to Rancho Santa Fe, California, where she assisted Robertson with the establishment of the Rancho Riding Club in 1945. Thirteen years later, Lovett died at the age of eighty in Rancho Santa Fe, on September 17, 1958, six years before her beloved husband's"
"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"
"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"
"film and sold 500,000 sheet-music copies. In February 1935, Temple became the first child star to be honored with a miniature Juvenile Oscar for her film accomplishments, and she added her footprints and handprints to the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre a month later. In 1935, Fox Films merged with Twentieth Century Pictures to become 20th Century Fox. Producer and studio head Darryl F. Zanuck focused his attention and resources upon cultivating Shirley's superstar status. She was said to be the studio's greatest asset. Nineteen writers, known as the Shirley Temple Story Development team, made 11 original stories and some"
"of Youth"" followed with Temple playing Mary Lou Rogers, a youngster in a contemporary suburban family. To underwrite production costs at Educational Pictures, she and her child co-stars modeled for breakfast cereals and other products. She was lent to Tower Productions for a small role in her first feature film (""The Red-Haired Alibi"") in 1932 and, in 1933, to Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Pictures for various parts. After Educational Pictures declared bankruptcy in 1933, her father managed to purchase her contract for just $25. Fox Film songwriter Jay Gorney was walking out of the viewing of Temple's last ""Frolics"
"Anne Shirley (actress) Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris, April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American actress. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O'Day, Shirley adopted the name of the character she played in the film adaptation of ""Anne of Green Gables"" in 1934, and achieved a successful career in supporting roles. Among her films is ""Stella Dallas"" (1937), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She retired from acting in 1944, at the age of 26. She remained in Los Angeles, where she died"
"(1919). At the age of eight, she completed her final film as a child star, ""Miss Gingersnap"" in 1919. In all, she was featured or starred in 29 films in a six-year period. Most of her films were produced at Diando Studios, the former Kalem Movie Studio in Glendale, California. She returned to motion pictures 15 years later – at the request of director Henry King – to appear in his 1934 movie ""Carolina"", starring Janet Gaynor and Lionel Barrymore. This movie also featured future child star Shirley Temple in a minor role. Over the next 16 years, Osborne worked"
"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"
"and Leo Robin (sung by a Chinese performer in a theater), and the film's finale, ""That's What I Want for Christmas"" by Gerald Marks and Irving Caesar (sung by Temple). ""Variety"" remarked, “It’s a nifty Shirley Temple comedy with musical trimmings.” ""Variety"" commented, “Whether or not due to Seiter’s efforts, [Shirley] does not appear to have outgrown […] the ""Little Miss Marker"" stage in this one as she had in her last pictures”. ""The New York Times"" applauded the film, noting that Temple had “an amusing script behind her, an agreeable adult troupe with her, and a clever director before"
"The Red-Haired Alibi The Red-Haired Alibi is an American pre-Code feature-length film produced by Tower Productions. The film was produced by Sigmund Neufeld. Released on October 15, 1932, it was directed by Christy Cabanne. The movie was based on a novel of the same name written by Wilson Collison. It is the first feature-length film to feature child actress Shirley Temple in the credits. A young woman seeks employment with a pleasant and charming man in Manhattan, only to learn over time that he's a gangster. After his crimes escalate to murder, police urge her to leave him in order"
"include the following productions: Florence Shirley Florence Shirley (June 5, 1892 in New York City, New York – May 12, 1967 in Hollywood, California) was an American stage and film actress. Shirley began her stage career in Boston and enjoyed moderate success on Broadway. After the sinking of in April 1912, she participated in a benefit concert for survivors held at the George M. Cohan Theatre. Her last Broadway appearance was in ""Alice in Arms"" (originally called ""Star in the Window"") alongside Kirk Douglas. She appeared in more than 50 films throughout her film career. Shirley's film credits include the"
"Kiss and Tell (1945 film) Kiss and Tell is a 1945 American comedy film starring then 17-year-old Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. In the film, two teenage girls cause their respective parents much concern when they start to become interested in boys. The parents' bickering about which girl is the worse influence causes more problems than it solves. The movie was based on the Broadway play ""Kiss and Tell"", which was based on the Corliss Archer short stories. The stories, play and movie were all written by F. Hugh Herbert. A sequel film, ""A Kiss for Corliss"", was released in"
"the year 1934."" Beginning her film career at the age of three, in 1934 Temple had attained child stardom in such films as ""Stand Up and Cheer!"", ""Little Miss Marker"", ""Baby Take a Bow"" and ""Bright Eyes"". Just six years old on the night she accepted her honorary statuette, Temple became the youngest recipient ever to be honored by the Academy, a distinction she still holds to this day. The 11th Annual Academy Awards recognized both Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney with the Juvenile Award honoring ""their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth""."
"a sentimental, Shirley Temple-esque story set during the Civil War. The film focused more on the adult leads (Phillips Holmes and Rosina Lawrence) than the children and was a box office disappointment. No further ""Our Gang"" features were made. However, after World War Two, Roach put a new group of child performers together and attempted to revive the idea with two Our Gang-like featurettes, ""Curley (film)"" from 1947 and its sequel, ""Who Killed Doc Robbin"" the following year. The new films failed to recapture the strengths of the Our Gang series and no more were produced. After years of gradual"
"actress, she published her autobiography and several essay collections. She died of lung cancer on 28 December 2010 at the age of 86. Hideko Takamine Takamine was born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō in 1924. Her first role was in the Shochiku studio's 1929 film ""Mother"" (""Haha""), which brought her tremendous popularity as a child actor. Soon she was billed as Japan's Shirley Temple. After moving to the Toho studio in 1937, her dramatic roles in Kajirō Yamamoto's ""Tsuzurikata kyōshitsu"" and ""Uma"" brought her added fame as a girl star. Some of her film appearances from the 1930s and 1940s were lost"
"David Holt (American actor) David Jack Holt (August 14, 1927 – November 15, 2003) was an American actor initially groomed at the age of seven to be the male Shirley Temple. After several supporting roles as a juvenile actor in films during the 1930s–1940s, he experienced family stress and left acting by the time he was 25. He subsequently had success as a songwriter, before his death in 2003 at the age of 76. Holt was born on August 14, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida. Four years later, his sister Betty was born, who also became an actor. At a young"
"Binkie Stuart Binkie Stuart (March 11, 1932 – August 4, 2001) was a Scottish film actress. During the 1930s she enjoyed brief fame as a child actress and was considered Britain's answer to Shirley Temple. She was born as Elizabeth Alison Fraser in Kilmarnock. Her father was a musician and her mother was an actress. In 1933, Stuart's parents entered her in a ""Most Beautiful Baby"" contest and won. She then enrolled in dancing classes and began her film career in 1936 when director Monty Banks was looking for a child actress to appear alongside George Formby in ""Keep Your"
"one of the few Chinese female stars who was a triple-threat (acting, singing, dancing). People would affectionately refer to her as an older Shirley Temple. In 1936, she made her first film (父母子女, ""Father Mother Son Daughter""). In 1937, she starred in the movie 压岁钱 and began taking a relatively serious attitude toward filmmaking. She is most recognized for playing the mature, housewife image. From 1938 to 1980, she took part in a number of movies. The movie 四千金 (Four Daughters) would earn her the nickname ""Big Sister."" In the 1930s, she was recognized as one of the three great"