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As President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “It is a splendid thing that for just fifteen cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles.”

Few Hollywood stars were ever as big — or little — as Shirley Temple. This dimpled darling with her bouncy corkscrew curls and delightful tap-dance routines brought cheer and spread sunshine to moviegoers during the darkest days of the Great Depression. She was the No. 1 box-office draw from 1935 to 1938 and was the first child star to be presented with a special Juvenile Academy Award for her big-screen contributions during 1934. She even had her own line of licensed merchandise including look-alike dolls, dishes and clothing. Before 1935 ended, her income from licensed goods would be more than $100,000 – doubling what she made from her movies.

A born charmer, Temple’s pint-sized characters regularly melted the hearts of the...

Midway through the first big budget Batman film in 1989, Jack Nicholson’s Joker takes a moment to pout. The title character has just run off in the Batmobile while Mistah J stands by stunned and dejected. Finally he even laments, “Where does he get those wonderful toys?”

The irony of this scene is that, sure, the Batmobile is cool (especially that model), but for generation after generation, the man in the purple suit is always the one audiences savor playtime with. Whether it’s Nicholson hamming it up for ‘80s audiences, Heath Ledger vamping like a rock star from hell, or Joaquin Phoenix turning Travis Bickle into a clown, it seems our hearts are always won over by the guy with green hair. Consider that the Joker is one of only three roles that has produced multiple Oscar winners—putting Ledger and Phoenix into elite company with Marlon Brando and...

While most kids were going through elementary school, Shirley Temple was becoming the biggest movie star in America. Her talents as a performer and prepubescent charisma delighted audiences of all ages. And Fox leveraged Temple’s image to cultivate a brand around the actor in a way that was rare for the time.

Temple made a lot of money for the people around her. But she didn’t get to keep most of it. Her parents took control of the majority of her earnings. And their mismanagement of Temple’s funds resulted in the loss of millions of dollars.

Shirley Temple was an icon of 1930s cinema

Temple was only three when she made her first steps into the entertainment industry. Her parents Gertrude and George took her to classes at Meglin’s Dance School in Los Angeles. Temple’s performances in the class caught the attention of Charles Lamont,...

If 2021 has been a calvacade of bad decisions, dashed hopes, and warning signs for cinema’s strength, the Criterion Channel’s monthly programming has at least buttressed our hopes for something like a better tomorrow. Anyway. The Channel will let us ride out distended (holi)days in the family home with an extensive Alfred Hitchcock series to bring the family together—from the established Rear Window and Vertigo to the (let’s just guess) lesser-seen Downhill and Young and Innocent—Johnnie To’s Throw Down and Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons in their Criterion editions, and some streaming premieres: Ste. Anne, Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over, and The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love.

Special notice to Yvonne Rainer’s brain-expanding Film About a Woman Who . . .—debuting in “Female Gaze: Women Directors + Women Cinematographers,” a series that does as it says on the tin—and a Joseph Cotten retro boasting Ambersons,...

Unprecedented times call for innovative measures and U.K. public service broadcasters are exploring a range of means to keep a nation in lockdown engaged.

The BBC’s extremely popular “The Graham Norton Show,” for example, will be filmed at the host’s (pictured) home for the first time in its 13-year history with virtual guests, rather than in a studio setting with an audience.

Speaking to Variety, BBC director of content Charlotte Moore describes “an ever moving challenge in trying to work out how to keep our services going.”

“We want to make sure we keep as much of our services going for people. Because, obviously, the need to feel connected, to feel you have information that is relevant to your local area when people are isolated either as families or on their own (is important). Particularly (for) our elderly audience, we need to really make sure that they understand what’s going on,...

February may be the shortest of the year but Amazon Prime Video has crammed its schedule full of treats. The streaming service has confirmed that “Hunters,” a new series from “Us” director Jordan Peele, will start its run this month. Al Pacino stars in his first TV series as a Nazi hunter working in 1977 New York City with a young crew led by Logan Lerman.

In addition, we get the second half of the first season of “Clifford” as well as the debut of a documentary series about the NFL team in the City of Brotherly Love, “All or Nothing: The Philadelphia Eagles.”

Also look for the premiere of the feature film “Honey Boy.” Shia Labeouf wrote this heartfelt film about his troubled childhood and plays a character inspired by his father.

Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming to Amazon Prime Video in February 2020. Unlike Netflix,...

Jordan Peele’s upcoming show “Hunters” is among the slew of new movies and TV series that will be added to Amazon Prime Video next month.

Peele executive produced “Hunters,” a drama following a group of Nazi hunters in New York City in 1977. The first season, created by David Weil, stars Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and Kate Mulvany.

On the film front, Amazon Prime will add a mix of critical favorites and popcorn flicks like “Dick Tracy,” “Magic Mike,” and “Precious.” Recently released movies such as “47 Meters Down: Uncaged,” “The Farewell” and “Honey Boy” will also become available to stream on the platform later in the month.

See everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in February below:

Feb. 1

Beat the Devil

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Buffalo ‘66

Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter

Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’

Crashing Through Danger

Dick Tracy

Earth Girls Are Easy

Emergency Landing

Father Steps...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday announced the sartorial legends that will be on display as part of its costume collection.

With its opening delayed until at least 2020, the museum revealed that costumes from Dracula, Singin' in the Rain, The Little Princess, Madame Bovary, The Shining, An American in Paris, Cleopatra, The Big Lebowski and Mary Queen of Scots will be among those showcased at the exhibit on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

The Academy received Bela Lugosi's Dracula cape as a partial gift from his family (he personally kept it after filming until he died). “My ...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday announced the sartorial legends that will be on display as part of its costume collection.

With its opening delayed until at least 2020, the museum revealed that costumes from Dracula, Singin' in the Rain, The Little Princess, Madame Bovary, The Shining, An American in Paris, Cleopatra, The Big Lebowski and Mary Queen of Scots will be among those showcased at the exhibit on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

The Academy received Bela Lugosi's Dracula cape as a partial gift from his family (he personally kept it after filming until he died). “My ...

As President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “It is a splendid thing that for just fifteen cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles.”

Few Hollywood stars were ever as big –or little — as Shirley Temple. This dimpled darling with her bouncy corkscrew curls and delightful tap-dance routines brought cheer and spread sunshine to moviegoers during the darkest days of the Great Depression. She was the No. 1 box-office draw from 1935 to 1938 and was the first child star to be presented with a special Juvenile Academy Award for her big-screen contributions during 1934. She even had her own line of licensed merchandise including look-alike dolls, dishes and clothing. Before 1935 ended, her income from licensed goods would be more than $100,000 – doubling what she made from her movies.

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A born charmer,...

When a certain someone worries publically about caravans reaching our southern border, he may be thinking about an invasion of Mexicans farther north where they are stepping over his plaque on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, scooping up Oscar nominations and absconding with electroplated gold.

The leaders of this caravan are Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron, multi-hyphenate filmmakers who have amassed 22 Oscar nominations among them and a total of nine wins. They have won four of the last five best director Oscars, with Cuaron expected to make it five out of six for “Roma,” and they have won two of the last four best picture awards, with “Roma” favored to make it three out of five.

These self-labeled Three Amigos are also looting the vaults of the studios and financial institutions pumping millions into the making of their movies and paying them millions to do it.

As the days get longer, The Film Detective invites classic film fans out of the cold and into their living rooms to the kickoff of its second annual “25 Days of Christmas” program schedule. From iconic holiday classic films like Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe (1941) starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck to cult favorites Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) and the newly restored Mexican fantasy film Santa Claus (1959), there is something to watch on everyone’s Christmas list. Get the holiday shopping out of the way by Friday, Dec. 21, as The Film Detective will be streaming vintage cartoons like Max Fleischer’s original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer(1948) and Jack Frost (1934) all weekend long.

This year, classic television fans will be delighted to find six new Christmas episodes from shows like “Date with Angels” (1957) starring Betty White and “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” (1956). A handful of last year’s favorites will also return,...

Yalitza Aparicio, 24, was an aspiring pre-school teacher with a degree in education when her sister decided to go to a casting call at a local community center for a movie that was being partly shot in their town of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, in Mexico.

Turns out, her sister wanted her to audition, instead. “She was very, very happy for me that they cast me. Even though I’m not a talkative person,“ Aparicio said with the help of a translator at last month’s Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia.

The movie turned out to be “Roma,” a Netflix film that could make history as the first Best Picture nominee – and perhaps winner – to be produced by a streaming site. It would also be the only fully subtitled feature to ever win. The story of a middle-class family of six living in Mexico City in the ‘70s and their kind and devoted live-in housekeeper and nanny Cleo,...

Princess Charlotte is growing up — and heading to school!

The little princess is off to nursery school in the new year, her proud parents Prince William and Kate Middleton announced on Monday.

The two-year-old will be attending Willcocks Nursery School starting in January 2018. The school, which is based in a church hall, is next door to London’s Royal Albert Hall, and very close to the family’s Kensington Palace home.

A royal source tells People, “They chose that nursery because they thought it would be an ideal first step for Charlotte’s education and they were impressed by the team who work there.

Princess Charlotte is only 2, but she knows what she likes. During a visit to Hornsey Road Children's Centre in London on Tuesday, Kate Middleton, who is currently pregnant with her third child, revealed that her daughter loves the color pink while chatting with a young girl named Nevaeh Richardson-Natiko. "She asked me what my favorite color is," the 6-year-old told reporters after her encounter with the famous royal. "I said it was pink and she said that's Charlotte's favorite color too." The little princess's favorite color shouldn't come as a big surprise though. Aside from wearing a pink dress during the family's official tour of Poland and Germany, she also matched with her mom when the whole family watched Trooping the Colour earlier this year. You know what they say: like mother, like daughter.

Royal twinning to the max!

At 2 years old, Princess Charlotte is already giving us major Queen Elizabeth vibes. With the release of her birthday portrait on Monday, it’s clear that the littlest royal is taking after her great-grandmother — right down to their hair barrettes!

From their captivating gazes to their matching royal hairs part and their perfected poker faces, Charlotte has inherited the very best of the 91-year-old monarch.

It’s all in the eyes

Charlotte and her great-grandmother share the same striking eye structure – from their matching blue eyes to the arch of their eyebrows, there’s no questioning their resemblance.

Happy birthday, Princess Charlotte!

In honor of Charlotte’s second birthday on May 2, proud parents Prince William and Princess Kate released a new photo Monday morning — and it is royally adorable.

Photographed by her mom Kate in the grounds of the family’s Norfolk home, Anmer Hall in April, Charlotte’s longer hair is held back by a medium sized navy bow from one of Kate’s favorite children’s stores Amaia and her bright yellow cardigan is suitably spring-like.

In a statement, her parents said they were “delighted to share” the snap and thanked “everyone for all of the lovely messages they have received,...

Once again, Prince George steals the show! All eyes were on the eldest child of Prince William and Princess Kate as the royal foursome touched down in Victoria, Canada, on Saturday to begin the family's official royal tour. Holding hands with his parents as he deplaned (with Kate holding onto adorable Princess Charlotte), George wore a blue knit sweater with wooden buttons over a traditional blue and beige plaid shirt, teamed with navy blue wool shorts, all from the Spanish brand Pepa & Co. "Once again, I feel honored that the Duchess of Cambridge has selected our brand of Spanish clothing...

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We look at what each of the movie Joker actors have brought to the role, from Cesar Romero in Batman '66 to Joaquin Phoenix.

Whether or not you liked Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad, you can't argue with a $746 million in worldwide box office. That 2015 movie once again reminded Warner Bros. that the Clown Prince of Crime is their most bankable screen villain, and not even anemic reviews could keep audiences away. For that reason, it's no surprise we are on the verge of getting our first solo Joker movie, this time starring Joaquin Phoenix in a completely original concept from director Todd Phillips and producer Martin Scorseese.

The Joker is a character historically infamous for his theatricality; he’s a scion of chaos, the maestro of malevolence, and a twisty yin to Batman’s straight-laced yang. He’s a comic icon that was...

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We look at what each of the movie Joker actors have brought to the role, from Cesar Romero in Batman '66 to Joaquin Phoenix.

Whether or not you liked Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad, you can't argue with a $746 million in worldwide box office. That 2015 movie once again reminded Warner Bros. that the Clown Prince of Crime is their most bankable screen villain, and not even anemic reviews could keep audiences away. For that reason, it's no surprise we are on the verge of getting our first solo Joker movie, albeit the reviews might explain why it stars Joaquin Phoenix in a completely original concept from director Todd Phillips and producer Martin Scorseese.

This is a character historically infamous for his theatricality; he’s a scion of chaos, the maestro of malevolence, and a twisty yin to Batman’s straight-laced yang. He’s a...

Happy early birthday, Princess Charlotte! Kate Middleton and Prince William's second and youngest child turns 1 Monday. To help celebrate the little girl's birthday, Kensington Palace has released new, adorable photos of her. Mom Kate shot the pics in April at the family's home in Norfolk, England. The little princess has brown hair like her mother and blue eyes like dad Prince William and resembles her brother Prince George, 2, as well. And boy, has she grown up! Look who's standing up! In one pic, she wears a blue floral dress and cream rose-printed cardigan, paired with a blue ribbon, while holding onto the edge of a chair. Another photo shows her sitting in a smaller...

So, it's now been a couple of weeks since The Incident took place on Grey's Anatomy, and now that the dust has settled we're looking back on the other small-screen deaths that have left us similarly destroyed.

Below, we've listed 17 of the TV demises we're still not over. In no particular order. They all made us sad. We're not crying, it's just raining. On our faces.

Warning: Just in case this doesn't go without saying, spoilers galore lie ahead. Some of these shows are finished, some are still on, but all of the episodes referenced aired in 2014 or earlier.

1. Joyce Summers (Buffy)

Spoiler: Joss Whedon is going to show up a few times on this list. The man has a self-confessed cruel streak when it comes to offing beloved characters, but the death of Buffy Summers' mother is in a different league even by Whedon standards.

Five seasons in, we...

It's official: The little princess has blessed us with her arrival! Kate Middleton gave birth to royal baby No. 2 at 8:34 a.m Saturday. The newest royal, who weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces, is pretty attached to her mummy now, but before you know it, it'll be time to set up some playdates! Prince George, of course, is an awesome big bro, but this spare heir needs commoner friends, too. No basic babies will do, but any one of these eight tots would make an awesome future Bff! 1. Silas Randall Timberlake: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's newborn son is an obvious choice. Silas is going to be cool, naturally, and with any luck, his dad held on to his '90s wardrobe. If that's the case,...

Step aside, Prince George—a new royal baby has arrived! Lil' Kim gave birth to a baby girl named Royal Reign at 9:58 a.m. Monday morning at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, the rapper's rep tells E! News. The little princess weighed in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches long. (Little Miss Royal might not officially be in line for the British throne, she is most definitely rap royalty!) This is the first child for the self-proclaimed "Queen of Rap" and her boyfriend and reported baby daddy, New York-based rapper Mr. Papers. Lil' Kim first announced pregnancy news in February at a Mac Cosmetics afterparty during New York's Mercedes-Benz...

When your parents are Beyoncé and Jay Z, it makes sense that you would spend Easter with a human-sized bunny. Suffice to say, Blue Ivy Carter had a truly entertaining Sunday fun-day with her parents. The little princess wore a pair of adorable bunny ears, a white and gold pleated dress, and gold glittery shoes to match! With an Easter basket in hand, Blue Ivy seemed to be keeping her bunny friend busy as they explored outdoors. Queen Bey uploaded several pictures of her family enjoying the holiday, including heart-melting photos a mother-daughter kiss and Blue Ivy walking hand in hand with her dad. Their little bundle of joy wasn't the only member of the family who was feeling festive, however!...

Turner Classic Movies will air a tribute to the late Hollywood legend Shirley Temple.

Temple passed away at the age of 85 from natural causes at her home in Woodside, California earlier this week.

Shirley Temple dies: The Hollywood icon's life in pictures

TCM has since confirmed that it will air eight of her classic films on Sunday, March 9.

The movie marathon will include Heidi, Stowaway, Bright Eyes, The Little Princess, I'll Be Seeing You, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, A Kiss For Corliss and That Hagen Girl.

TCM presenter Robert Osborne referred to Temple as an icon of the film industry in a statement announcing the tribute.

Osborne commented: "Shirley Temple was a good friend and an extraordinary human being who, after being the most famous person in the world at age 6 and Hollywood's pint-sized Queen at age 7, grew up to be such a lovely, civic-minded citizen, wife and mother,...

She warmed the hearts of millions when she came onto the scene in the early 1930s, and Hollywood learned today (February 11) that it lost a legend in Shirley Temple Black. Coined "The Original Child Star," the 85-year-old actress starred in a plethora of memorable big screen creation in her younger years, using her bright eyes and dimples to cheer up the Depression Era.

In honor of the late "On the Good Ship Lollipop" darling, GossipCenter looks back on five of Shirley's most adorable movies. Check out the list below!

1. "The Little Princess" (1939)

Also starring Richard Greene and Anita Louise, “The Little Princess” saw Temple as a young lady who ends up living at a private school for girls after her father was shipped off to Africa to fulfill his responsibilities in the Army. However, when her dad was declared ‘mission in action’ she was forced to scrub floors perform various...

TCM, Turner Broadcasting System’s Peabody Award-winning network boasting one of the largest film libraries in the world, is known for its dearly-departed marathons, among other features. Shirley Temple Black, better known as Shirley Temple, was arguably the most famous child star in history who, after saying so long to that career, went on to become U.S. representative at the United Nations, U.S. ambassador to Ghana, U.S. chief of protocol in Washington, D.C., and, U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately, her death on Monday fell in the midst of TCM’s annual “31 Days of Oscar” marathon. So the network announced this afternoon it would wait to fete Temple on Sunday, March 9. Related: R.I.P. Shirley Temple Black “Shirley Temple was a good friend and an extraordinary human being who, after being the most famous person in the world at age 6 and Hollywood’s pint-sized Queen...

Movie fans the world over are saddened by the death of Shirley Temple, the legendary child star of the 1930s who went on to become a U.S. diplomat. According to Entertainment Weekly, Temple, best known for her films like “The Little Princess,” began working as an actress at the age of 3. She signed her first contract with Fox at age 5 and went on to become a huge success. Her starpower extended well beyond the silver screen; her image was featured on breakfast cereals, dolls, records, magazines and tons more merchandise. Of course, her name is also attached to the classic non-alcoholic drink ordered in bars everywhere. Temple retired [ Read More ]

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Shirley Temple Black, the one-time child star whose precocious acting ability, cheery demeanor and innocent face made her one of the biggest draws of the 1930s, died on Monday night at her home in California. She was 85.

From the age of six to ten Shirley Temple was once one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. While the rest of the nation was mired in the Great Depression Shirley Temple sang and danced her way through it in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Little Miss Marker, Heidi and The Little Princess.

Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, the third and youngest child (and only girl) of George Francis Temple, a bank teller, and Gertrude Krieger, a supremely willful stage mother (Temple dedicated her autobiography to her). Her parents noticed an innate sense of rhythm and extroverted presence as early as eight months in Shirley. She was put in acting classes by the age of three and was starring in a series of cloying shorts in 1932 and ’33, as well as assaying bit parts in larger films.

It was her performance of “Baby Takes a Bow” in 1934’s Stand Up and Cheer, a film that debuted in May, that thrust her into prominence. She was obviously a natural in front of the camera with a wide range of talent. She could sing. She could dance. She could act. Fox signed her on and, by the end of the same year, which also held the hits Little Miss Marker and Bright Eyes (where she famously sang “On the Good Ship Lollipop”) and several other roles, Shirley Temple was a star. A mere nine months after Stand Up and Cheer hit screens, in February of 1935, she received a special “Juvenile Award” at the Oscars “in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934.”

For the next few years the public couldn’t get enough of her. Exhibitors named her the top box-office attraction of 1935 (when she sang “Animal Crackers” in Curly Top) - 1938. A non-alcoholic drink was named after her (a mixture of ginger ale and grenadine) and a cottage industry sprang up around her likeness including dolls, coloring books, and dress lines. She tapped alongside Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, in The Littlest Rebel, starred in John Ford’s Wee Willie Winkie and several Allan Dwan films, Heidi and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (Graham Greene’s review of Winkie, where he accused Temple of being an adult impersonating a child, and where he impugned the motives for older men’s attraction to her, caused such an uproar that Night and Day, the magazine in which the review was published, shortly thereafter was bankrupted and folded.)

Temple was the natural pick to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but Fox wouldn’t loan its star out so Judy Garland got the role. It was a turning point in both their careers.

As she matured, Hollywood and the audience, now veterans of World War II, and seemingly unable to reconcile the fact that the cherubic star had become a comely young woman, looked elsewhere. Temple was no longer the compliant child but a willful ingénue. After two flops she canceled her contract with Fox and moved over to MGM but fared no better there.

At 17 she wed fellow actor John Agar but the marriage fell apart five years later. Temple, now divorced with a child, lost her interest in movie-making. The audience too moved on. She became a cautionary tale in many circles, an example of the loose morals and bad ends destined for Hollywood types. Her talent agency, MCA, unceremoniously dropped her and Temple’s meteoric career was over. She wasn’t yet 21.

Later life included several quickly-canceled variety shows but she attained a second act as a public figure and politician, even running for office in the vacant Republican seat in her congressional district. In 1968 President Richard Nixon appointed her as the US representative at the United Nations and she became an ambassador to Ghana from 1974-1976. She later also held the post of US Chief of protocol and ambassador to Czechoslovakia (appointed by President George H.W. Bush).

Shortly after her divorce from Agar Shirley Temple met and married Charles Black, a TV executive. They were married for 55 years, until his death, and had two children together.

Shirley Temple, one of Hollywood's most famous child superstars, passed away February 10th at the age of 85 at her home in Woodside, California.  A handful of her most-loved performances are available to view online for free on SnagFilms (Indiewire's parent company). At the top of the list is "The Little Princess," an early film in technicolor based on Francis Hogdson Burnett's novel. Others include clips from the classic "Shirley Temple Show," and the delightful black-and-white "Dora's Dunking Donuts."  Take a look at this commemorative collection below.   Michael:...

Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014), the most iconic child star of film history who was a box office sensation throughout the 1930s, has died at age 85. Known for her dimples and perfectly-ringleted head of curls (56 ringlets, to be exact), Temple broke into the movies at only three years old, and went on to star in a series of vehicles (many of which were the VHS staples of my childhood) like "Bright Eyes," "Little Miss Marker," "Stand Up and Cheer," "The Little Colonel," "Baby Take a Bow," "Heidi," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and "The Little Princess," to name only a few. More than just a cute face, Temple had a remarkable ability for song and dance routines, as exemplified particularly in "The Codfish Ball" routine she does with Buddy Ebsen in "Captain January," where she matches the limber-legged Ebsen step for step in a four minute sequence. (Watch it, below.) "The Little Princess...

Curly Top and The Little Princess weren't just movie titles. They were apt descriptions for the sensational Shirley Temple. News of the death of the former child star - whose charm and career were arguably unmatched in the Sound Era of movies - was announced Tuesday. She was 85. Having helped cheer up the nation during the Depression - as well as movie audiences mourning the 1935 fatal plane crash of the beloved folk humorist and radio and screen star Will Rogers - "she came along at the very right moment," film historian Leonard Maltin told People Tuesday morning. "At a time...

Cherubic child star of the 1930s who returned to public life as a Us diplomat

From 1934 to 1938, when she was at the height of her fame, Shirley Temple (later known as Shirley Temple Black), who has died aged 85, appeared in films as a bright-eyed, curly-topped, dimpled cherub, whose chirpy singing and toddler's tap dancing were perfect antidotes to the depression. "During this depression, when the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time, it is a splendid thing that, for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles," Franklin D Roosevelt stated in 1935, referring to the world's biggest and littlest star.

Temple's message was "be optimistic", the title of the song she sang in Little Miss Broadway (1938). Her biggest hit songs were On the Good Ship Lollipop, from Bright Eyes (1934), which describes a...

It’s a sad day for film fans, with the loss of another screen icon. Former child star and U.S. Ambassador Shirley Temple died on Monday night of natural causes, at her home in California. She was surrounded by her family and loved ones.

A spokesperson for the family issued the following statement shortly after Temple’s death:

We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years.

Shirley Temple was born in 1928, began acting at age 3, and was a major Hollywood star by age 7. She appeared in 43 feature films and 14 short films over her remarkable career, including Bright Eyes and The Little Princess. Known for her shock of curly hair and her fast tap-dancing feet, her career took off throughout the 1930s. In 1935, she was even awarded a...

The sad news that Shirley Temple Black passed away Monday at the age of 85 likely had many fans reminiscing about her iconic work…and perhaps beginning to hum “On the Good Ship Lollipop” while sipping on her eponymous drink.

Though she retired from acting at the age of 22, her career featured many memorable performances — usually complete with a song-and-dance routine. Watch some of her most famous scenes below. (Note: Some of these videos have been colorized.)

1.) Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)

2.) Bright Eyes (1934)

3.) Curly Top (1935)

4.) The Little Colonel (1935)

5.) Heidi (1937)

6.) The Little Princess (1939)...

Shirley Temple dead at 85: Was one of the biggest domestic box office draws of the ’30s (photo: Shirley Temple in the late ’40s) Shirley Temple, one of the biggest box office draws of the 1930s in the United States, died Monday night, February 10, 2014, at her home in Woodside, near San Francisco. The cause of death wasn’t made public. Shirley Temple (born in Santa Monica on April 23, 1928) was 85. Shirley Temple became a star in 1934, following the release of Paramount’s Alexander Hall-directed comedy-tearjerker Little Miss Marker, in which Temple had the title role as a little girl who, left in the care of bookies, almost loses her childlike ways before coming around to regenerate Adolphe Menjou and his gang. That same year, Temple became a Fox contract player, and is credited with saving the studio — 20th Century Fox from 1935 on — from bankruptcy. Whether or not that’s true is a different story,...

Unless I'm forgetting something, I don't believe I ever saw a single movie featuring Shirley Temple, yet the one-time child star had a face I would recognize immediately. Despite my unfamiliarity with her work, to learn she passed away on Monday, February 10, 2014 at the age of 85 is still sad news. Temple (known as Shirley Temple Black in her private life) died of natural causes according to her publicist in a prepared statement, which also added that she died surrounded by her family and caregivers at her home in Woodside, California. Temple starred in 14 short films, 43 feature films and over 25 storybook movies in a career that spanned from 1931 until 1961. She was the recipient of an Juvenile Award Oscar at the 1935 Academy Awards and recently given a Life Achievement Award at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards. There is little else I can add since I'm not familiar with her work, so I'll...

San Francisco – She was the biggest movie star in the world at less than 10 years old. Shirley Temple (Black) – who entertained Depression weary audiences through most of the 1930s with her curly haired optimism – died on February 10th of natural causes at 85, according to a family representative.

Shirley Temple in the Film ‘Bright Eyes’ (1934)

Photo credit: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Shirley Jane Temple had a remarkable life, beginning at a very young age as a megawatt child star, and after an attempt to transition into young adult roles, a “retirement” at 22 years old. Her next life phase included two marriages – the second lasting 54 years – and a productive era in politics and as a U.S. diplomat.

Temple was born in April of 1928 in Santa Monica, California. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes at the age of three, at the same time creating her famous ringlet hair style (copied...

The child star who warmed the hearts of audiences all over the world, died Feb. 10 at her home near San Francisco.

Shirley Temple Black, one of the most famous child actresses, died on Feb. 10, surrounded by her family and friends. The actress, famous for her adorable smile and strawberry curls, began acting at the age of three. She starred in films during the Great Depression and made almost 30 between 1932 and 1939.

Shirley Temple Black Dead — Actress Dies

The actress carried a nation during a time when they needed laughter the most. President Franklin D. Roosevelt once famously said: “As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.”

Shirley, who starred in films like Heidi, The Little Princess, and Curly Top, didn’t just stick to acting. Although she was even awarded her own mini-Oscar when she was just seven, she stopped acting at the age of 22.

Shirley Temple...

Shirley Temple Black, the pudgy-cheeked child movie star who was a fount of gumption and cheer throughout the Great Depression, died Monday at the age of 85, a family spokesperson said in a statement. “We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years,” the statement said.

Even during some of the roughest financial times this country has ever seen, little Shirley Temple was able to put smiles on moviegoers’ faces with her trademark head of of 56 curls and those silver-bullet dimples.

Shirley Temple Black, the pudgy-cheeked child movie star who was a fount of gumption and cheer throughout the Great Depression, died Monday at the age of 85, according to a family spokesperson said in a statement. “We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years,” the statement said.

Even during some of the roughest financial times this country has ever seen, little Shirley Temple was able to put smiles on moviegoers faces. Before every big scene, her mother would tell her,...

Shirley Temple, star of classic Hollywood pictures The Little Princess and Heidi, has passed away at the age of 85.

A child star who made her film debut at the age of 5 in 1932's Red Haired Alibi, Temple appeared opposite some of film's greatest Golden Age stars such as John Wayne and Henry Fonda (in Fort Apache), Lionel Barrymore (The Little Colonel) and Cary Grant (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer).

Temple won an honorary juvenile Academy Award for her contribution to film in 1934. She was awarded a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960, and in 2005 she was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild.

After stepping away from movies in 1949, Temple made a TV comeback in the late '50s with the series Shirley Temple's Storybook. Her final acting role was in a guest spot in 1963's The Red Skeleton Hour.

She later moved into politics, holding...

Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85. Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died at her home near San Francisco. A talented and ultra-adorable entertainer, Shirley Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranking of the top 50 screen legends ranked Temple at No.

Hollywood icon Shirley Temple has died, aged 85.

The former child star's press officer confirmed her passing to the BBC earlier this morning (February 11).

Temple began her film career at the age of 3, becoming one of the most popular film stars of the 1930s.

She retired from films in 1950 at the age of 22, before entering the world of politics and serving as a Us ambassador.

The singer and dancer died on Monday (February 10) at her home in Woodside, California, from natural causes.

"She was surrounded by her family and caregivers," a family statement said. "We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and... our beloved mother, grandmother [and] great-grandmother."

Shirley Temple found fame in 1930s films such as Bright Eyes, Stand Up and Cheer, Heidi and Curly Top. From 1935 to 1938, she was the biggest box office star for four years in a row.

She became...

Martha Mendoza, Associated Press

San Francisco (AP) - Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85.

Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died Monday night at her home near San Francisco. She was surrounded by family members and caregivers, publicist Cheryl Kagan said.

"We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black," a family statement said. The family would not disclose Temple's cause of death.

A talented and ultra-adorable entertainer, Shirley Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor,...

Where aren’t you Hugh? TNT has announced that its annual Christmas in Washington special will be hosted by Hugh Jackman. The holiday concert special will air on December 20th at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt), and will feature some very special performers, including: Anna Kendrick, Sheryl Crow, Backstreet Boys, and more.

This has long been one of my favorite holiday traditions, and has offered up some of the most entertaining performers, and all-around enjoyable evenings for years.

That tradition continues (well, quite frankly, I’m not a fan of Backstreet Boys) this year with not only some great performances, but you can’t go wrong with Hugh Jackman running your show, whatever it is. Right? I can’t wait for Sheryl Crow, Anna Kendrick is a surprisingly awesome singer, and you don’t want to miss Pat Monahan.

Catch all the info below, and let me know if you’ll be tuning in.

From a director's roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter: "I forgot that I used to do my own stuff, and I became this reader of screenplays that they were sending to me. And I started forgetting that I had a voice. It started to become more about the industry. And then I did a film that was a horrible experience, Great Expectations. That is a film that I should have not done. I passed many times, and then I ended up saying yes for the wrong reasons." Don't worry, he's still very proud of The Little Princess.

“Why do I get the feeling you’re going to be the death of me?” Obi-Wan Kenobi muses to Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode II. Hahaha, do you geddit? Because later on Anakin kills Obi-Wan, but Obi-Wan doesn’t know that so him saying it now is really funny. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Of course that’s a prequel and you all know where it’s heading, but it’s incredibly emblematic of how blunt foreshadowing has become in movies. When a key plot point comes back into play the director wants to make sure everyone in the audience, even the guy more interested in his popcorn/girlfirend’s chest, knows where it comes from. It’s not overtly bad – the cracking Batman Begins repeatedly hammers home that the missing microwave emitter may actually be important – but boy is it tiring.

Sometimes though, a film can surprise you and slip...

An Oscar nominee for writing "The Fisher King," Richard Lagravenese has cultivated an ongoing reputation as a go-to source for cultivated adaptations of that the uncultivated might call "chick-lit," ranging from "The Horse Whisperer" to "The Bridges of Madison County" to "Water for Elephants." [We would never put Lagravenese in a "chick lit" corner, since "Beloved" and "The Little Princess" are clearly much more than that.]   With the new teen supernatural romance "Beautiful Creatures," Lagravenese is working with material which might -- again, this would only be a gross generalization -- be thought to skew more toward female viewers, but...