Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
- Episode aired May 13, 2001
- TV-G
- 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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The life, laughters, and luck of one of the most famous and beloved child stars, Shirley Temple.The life, laughters, and luck of one of the most famous and beloved child stars, Shirley Temple.The life, laughters, and luck of one of the most famous and beloved child stars, Shirley Temple.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Emily Hart
- Shirley Temple
- (as Emily Anne Hart)
Ashley Rose
- Shirley Temple
- (as Ashley Rose Orr)
Randall Berger
- Bank President
- (as Randall Berger Jr.)
Samantha Hart
- Shirley Temple, age 3
- (as Samantha Leslie Gilliams)
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Did you know
- TriviaProducer Melissa Joan Hart is a huge Shirley Temple fan and brought some of her own Shirley Temple dolls along to use it in the film.
- GoofsIn 1934, a newsreel states that Hitler is celebrating his 38th birthday. However, Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, meaning that he turned 45 in 1934.
- ConnectionsReferences Baby, Take a Bow (1934)
- SoundtracksOn The Good Ship Lollipop
(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Lyrics by Sidney Clare
Performed by Ashley Rose
Featured review
peculiar, lifeless bio pic
Really quite a peculiar bio pic. In fairness, I didn't catch the first 15 minutes of this when it was shown on TV, but I can't imagine it being substantially different from the rest of the movie. Some observations:
- it's difficult to believe that a screenplay like this got through development. - The movie seems to have a somewhat sanitized view of shirly's relationship with her parents, the scenes where she interacts with them are strangely muted - Nothing (that I could see) is mentioned about race and shirly's relationship with Bill Bojangles (uncle billy) - surely this would have been interesting to learn about - we see how the studio boos sees shirly, and makes some offhand comments privately, but in terms of the screenplay, it leads nowhere - the young lady who plays Temple is fine, but doesn't resemble her in any way physically or in the way she speaks or mannerisms. - the movie seems to end mid-scene
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- Gregster-5
- Aug 26, 2006
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- Filming locations
- St Kilda East, Melbourne, Australia(Temple house #2 - living room, bedroom, bathroom; also for a typical family living room where a family listens to Roosevelt on the radio)
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