As a kid we only had six or seven TV stations to choose from and the UHF channels played mostly old time shows from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. I grew up watching the Little Rascals, The Three Stooges, and Shirley Temple. She was the biggest child star of her time. She grew up to be a U.S. Ambassador. Do you think Lindsey Lohan, Justin Beeber, or Honey Boo Boo are on a track to Ambassadorship? They don’t make child stars like they used to. I hope Shirley enjoys her permanent cabin on the Good Ship Lollipop.
Another member of the GI Generation gone. Like you, I grew up watching her old movies.
She really represented that Civic generation; upbeat, interested in making a positive difference in the world, never expected anything she wasn’t willing to work (hard) for. Her life story is a very interesting one.
RIP
Don’t forget The Bowery Boys.
I truly loved watching ShiT (that’s SHIrley Temple) as a kid, a teenager, and even as an adult. A timeless actress. She and Bojangles had a special chemistry.
Justin Beiber is Canadian. Don’t you dare claim him for the US Admin!
“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”
——- Shirley Temple
We had 6 tv stations to pick from and sometimes me or my brother would have go on top of the house and turn the antenna the get a good reception.I really liked her movies but my favorites were the Little Racals and the Three Stooges .There will never be tv like that again .
I was thinking there are very few celebrities left alive my grandparents would recognize. Shirley Temple would have been one. I enjoyed her shows as a child.
Dammit, time marches on, what was once relevant becomes obscure and forgotten. Such is life.
RIP Shirley Temple,
My how times change. A movie scene like this, with a little girl entertaining and being handled by a bunch of guys, would be contaminated with the depraved perspective of our dark culture if it were made today. I dare say it could not even be produced now.
On another note, my mother’s 14″ Shirley Temple doll reposes in my closet, looking just as cute as Shirley herself. It was a Christmas gift in 1936 when my mom was twelve years old, an unexpected miracle in the depths of the Great Depression. Imagine a 12-year old still yearning to play with a doll.
Your 14′ Shirley Temple doll would go well with an 18″ replica of Stonehenge.
Sorry. My monitor’s fucked up – and/or my eyes are. Your doll is 18 inches, I now see. Your comment on today’s depravity was right, of course.
Sorry. My monitor’s fucked up – and/or my eyes are. Your doll is 14 inches, I now see. Your comment on today’s depravity was right, of course.
grew up on my three sons, leave it to beaver, and before that we just listened to old time radio, because we did not own a tv until I was in second or third grade. I used to love duffys tavern and the shadow.
I did think the idea of all those grown men surrounding her, singing, dancing, “play-acting” as if she were an “adult” was a bit creepy ….
Shirley don’t twerk
RIP Shirley. I read her autobiography a few years back and I was impressed with her character, work ethic and outlook on life. People like her are few and far between.
I have to correct my first post, above. Shirley Temple Black was actually an early member of the Silent generation, not a late GI gen. Like most “cuspers,” she expressed traits of both.
The NYT has a wonderful biography/obit on her, for those who never read her autobiography.
Shirley Temple Black, Hollywood’s Biggest Little Star, Dies at 85
@Iska, thumbs up for the Tap reference even if it was misplaced.