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Shirley Temple was a motion picture actress. Her birth name was Shirley Jane Temple Black and she was born in Monica, California in 1928. Shirley made her film debut at three years of age. In 1934 she was featured in "Stand Up and Cheer." Temple's adorable lisp and ability to sing and tap dance got her a one way ticket to becoming a celebrity. Temple made many film after her first and became ''America's Cutey'' in the 1930's. In 1967 she ran as a Republican candidate for the Congress of the United States.
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Shirley Temple was a famous childhood actress and film star during the 1930's. She captivated a nation living in the Great Depression with her singing, dancing, dimples, and charm. Some of her best-known films are "Little Miss Marker" (1934), Heidi (1937), and The Little Princess (1939). During this era an avalanche of Shirley Temple memorabilia were produced including Shirley Temple dolls, photos, books, dresses, jewelry and other hard to find items. As an adult, Shirley Temple Black has been active in politics serving as a delegate to the United Nations, ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and White House chief of protocol. Shirley celebrated her 75th birthday in 2003.
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Shirley Temple Black wrote a candid and tasteful autobiography, Child Star (1988), detailing her years in Hollywood. Anne Edward's American Princess, published the same year, is an adequately researched, if slightly sensationalized, treatment of her life. Jeanine Basinger has written a study of her films, Shirley Temple (1975), which comments briefly on her life but is mostly concerned with sketching her film career. Another satisfactory examination of her movies is The Films of Shirley Temple by Robert Windeler. Black's career as a diplomat and as an environmental and children's rights activist keeps her in the headlines of magazines and newspapers, and nostalgia for her days of childhood stardom will no doubt keep her name in the columns of other journals as well. See Christian Science Monitor (April 25, 1996), People Weekly (November 28, 1988).
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After her acting, Shirley Temple Black explored possible opportunities in the world of politics. She ran for Congress in the state of California as Republican in the 1960s, but was unsuccessful. Shirley Temple Black then served as a diplomat. She was appointed to represent the United States to the United Nations in 1969. In the mid-1970s, she served as the U.S. ambassador to the African nation of Ghana. She later became the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992.
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Shirley Temple Black became involved in Republican Party politics, unsuccessfully entering a congressional race in 1967 on a pro-war platform. She held several diplomatic posts and served as America's delegate to numerous international conferences and summits. She was appointed American ambassador to Ghana (1974-76). She became the first female chief of protocol of the United States in 1976, which put her in charge of all State Department ceremonies, visits, gifts to foreign leaders and coordination of protocol issues with all U.S. embassies and consulates. In 1989, Black was ambassador to Czechoslovakia and witnessed the Velvet Revolution. She later commented, "That was the best job I ever had."
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Of the trio of films reaching DVD via Volume 5 of Fox's "Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Collection", The Little Princess appears to have been shown the most tender loving care and Stand Up and Cheer! the least, with The Blue Bird ranking somewhere in the middle. Ripping off The Wizard of Oz, the beginning of The Blue Bird is in black-and-white and turns to Technicolor once the fantasy sequences start. Fox's 1:33.1 full-frame transfer renders the initial scenes grainy and dark but image clarity noticeably improves with the change to Technicolor. (Alas, there are the expected but by no means ruinous registration issues with both colour films.) The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio is clear and free of distortion, if a little weak. A virtually indistinguishable stereo mix is on offer as well.
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