Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three and, in 1934, found 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 to motion pictures during 1934, and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box office popularity waned as she reached adolescence, and she left the film industry in her teens. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. She was the top box-office draw four years in a row (1935–38) in a Motion Picture Herald poll.
Temple returned to show business in 1958 with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations. She made guest appearances on television shows in the early 1960s and filmed a sitcom pilot that was never released. She sat on the boards of corporations and organizations including The Walt Disney Company, Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife Federation. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. Temple was the recipient of awards and honors including Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
Temple ranks 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of all time.
Temple began dance classes at Meglin's Dance School in Hollywood in 1931, at the age of 3. Her film career began when a casting director from Educational Pictures visited her class. Although Temple hid behind the piano in the studio, she was chosen by the director, invited to audition, and, eventually, signed to a contract with Educational.
Temple worked at Educational from 1932 to 1933, and appeared in two series of short subjects for the studio. Her first series, Baby Burlesks, satirized recent motion pictures and politics. In the series "Baby Burlesks", Shirley would dress up in a diaper, but then be wearing adult clothes everywhere else. The series was considered controversial by some viewers because of its depiction of young children in adult situations. Her second series at Educational, Frolics of Youth, was a bit more acceptable, and cast her as a bratty younger sister in a contemporary suburban family.
While working for Educational Pictures, Temple also performed many walk-on and bit player roles in various films at other studios. She is said to have auditioned for a lead role in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies (later known as The Little Rascals) in the early 1930s; various reasons are given for her not having been cast in the role. Roach stated that Temple and her mother were unable to make it through the red tape of the audition process, while Our Gang producer/director Robert F. McGowan recalls that the studio wanted to cast Temple, but they refused to give in to Temple's mother's demands that Temple receive special star billing. Temple, in her autobiography Child Star, denies that she ever auditioned for Our Gang at all. However, Temple had some connection with Our Gang in that Temple's carpool friend, David Holt, had a small role in the 1933 Little Rascals film Forgotten Babies.
Temple was finally signed to Fox Film Corporation (which later merged with 20th Century Pictures to become 20th Century Fox) in late 1933 after appearing in Stand Up and Cheer! with James Dunn. Later, she was paired with Dunn in several films.
Temple would stay with Fox until 1940, becoming the studio's most lucrative player. Her contract was amended several times between 1933 and 1935, and she was loaned to Paramount for a pair of successful films in 1934. For four solid years, she ranked as the top-grossing box office star in America. Shirley's birth certificate was altered to hold on to her babyhood; her birth year was advanced from 1928 to 1929. She was not told her real age until her twelfth (actually thirteenth) birthday.
Her popularity earned her both public adulation and the approval of her peers. Even at the age of five, the hallmark of her acting work was her professionalism: she always had her lines memorized and dance steps prepared when shooting began.
Temple also made pictures with Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, and many others. Arthur Treacher appeared as a kindly butler in several of Temple's films.
Temple's ability as a dancer (especially a tap dancer) is well known and celebrated. Even in her earliest films she danced, and she was able to handle complex tap choreography by the age of five. She was teamed with famed dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in The Little Colonel, The Littlest Rebel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Just Around the Corner. Robinson also coached and developed her choreography for many of her other films. Because Robinson was African-American, and the South was replete with racism, his scenes holding hands with Temple had to be edited out in many cities in the South.
Aside from the films, there were many Shirley Temple product during the 1930s. Ideal's numerous Temple dolls, dressed in costumes from the movies, were top sellers. Original Shirley Temple dolls bring in hundreds of dollars on the secondary market today. Other successful Temple items included a line of girls' dresses and hairbows. Several of Temple's film songs, including "On the Good Ship Lollipop"(from 1934's Bright Eyes), "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (from 1935's Curly Top) and "Goodnight My Love" (from 1936's Stowaway) were popular radio hits. She frequently lent her likeness and talent to promoting various social causes, including the Red Cross.
Temple was the first recipient of the special Juvenile Performer Academy Award in 1935 for recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment in 1934. Seventy years later, Temple is still the youngest performer ever to receive this honor, or any Oscar. She is also the youngest actress to add foot and hand prints to the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
On Account of I Love You
Shirley Temple Lyrics
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Till they saw me with you,
Paid me a bit of attention
Till the saw me with you;
Suddenly strange people walked up to me,
Pretending they knew me,
And begging me to introduce you.
Who that bunch of personality?
I'm presenting you right now
Baby, take a bow!
Everybody wants to know
Where I found the lovely cameo,
I'm presenting you right now
Baby, take a bow!
Hear them whispering
"Hasn't she got everything?
You're a stand out,
Listen to the compliments
They hand out;
Let me stand right up and say:
"Meet the future Missus Hemingway!"
I'm presenting you right now.
Baby, take a bow.
Take a bow!
These lyrics describe the sudden attention that the singer receives when they are seen with someone they love. Before meeting this person, nobody seemed to give the singer a second glance, but now that they are together, everyone is interested in getting to know them. The singer is suddenly approached by strangers, who pretend to know them and ask for introductions to their partner.
The second verse continues with the same theme, with the singer being praised for finding such a wonderful partner. People are whispering about them and giving them compliments. The singer proudly introduces their partner, urging them to take a bow and take in all the attention.
Overall, the song is about the transformative power of love and how it can bring attention and recognition to someone who previously went unnoticed. It also highlights the joy and pride that comes with being in a loving relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Nobody gave me mention
People never paid any attention to me before
Till they saw me with you,
Until they saw me with you, and started noticing me
Paid me a bit of attention
They paid me a little bit of attention
Till they saw me with you;
Until they saw me with you;
Suddenly strange people walked up to me,
Suddenly, strangers started approaching me
Pretending they knew me,
Pretending like they knew me
And begging me to introduce you.
And asking me to introduce you to them.
Everybody's asking me,
Everyone is asking me
Who that bunch of personality?
Who is that interesting person you are with?
I'm presenting you right now
I am introducing you right now
Baby, take a bow!
Bow to accept their compliments
Everybody wants to know
Everyone wants to know
Where I found the lovely cameo,
Where did I find such a wonderful partner?
Hear them whispering
Hear them talking in low voices
Hasn't she got everything?
Doesn't she have everything?
You're a stand-out,
You are remarkable
Listen to the compliments they hand out;
Hear the compliments people are giving
Let me stand right up and say:
Let me say this out loud
Meet the future Missus Hemingway!
Meet the future wife of Hemingway!
I'm presenting you right now.
I'm introducing you right now
Baby, take a bow.
Accept their compliments graciously.
Take a bow!
Accept their compliments graciously.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAY GORNEY, LEW BROWN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Yasy
Ela tinha talento, personalidade, fofura, a doçura das crianças e muita inocência!!! Eu amo o trabalho de Shirley Temple!!! Grande menininha 😁❤️
Leandro Leite
Em 2014, aos 85 anos, ela nos deixou.
marcio moura
Ela foi uma artista completa
Ofir Castillo
Excelente actriz. La mejor de su tiempo. Sin duda alguna.
Maria Das Graças Da Silva Oliveira
INESQUECÍVEL AMOOO
Mary Fran
Inesquecível. Linda! Linda!
Elô Silva
6 aninhos em 34 olha quanta docura e quanto talento💕🥰👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌠🙏🏼
Kelley Broussard
Odd to believe that @ 1:29 was considered as not at all creepy back then... Shirley Temple was, is and will always be a national treasure.
Vlae Kershner
The British author Graham Greene lost a libel suit for basically saying the studio was exploiting her sexuality, but being creepy himself.
Chicken Nug-Nugz
These films will forever stand testimony to how our societies have moved forward. The fact is that they knew some grown men would love to watch for the sexualisation of children so they deliberately catered for it and viewed it the same as having an adult woman being sexualised. Thank goodness we have moved forward, still have more to go but we can look back and be glad of the progress