Shirley Temple
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“rotten but nice”: Katz, p. 409.
99“A whole second”: Temple, My Young Life, p. 153.
“Each dress would”: Ibid.
“Seasonal stills always”: Ibid.
100“The hotel people”: Ibid, p. 111.
“the police took”: Ibid.
“two or three”: Ibid.
“We all loved”: Alice Faye, PI.
101“nothing less than”: Variety, May 28, 1936.
“The Shirley Temple”: NY Times, January 10, 1936.
“The Golden Temple”: Louella Parsons, October 2, 1936, syndicated column.
“No exhib[itor’s] worrying”: Variety, December 23, 1936.
102“Whether or not”: Ibid.
“a year-and-a-half”: undated publicity release, Twentieth Century-Fox Archives, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
103“whole-heartedly in”: Gussow, p. 70.
104“in all the innocence”: Temple, My Young Life, p. 114.
“That Temple child”: Anon., PI.
“One day Darryl”: Gussow, p. 70.
“a quarrelsome”: Ford, p. 134.
“Versailles Court”: Ibid, p. 135.
“Zanuck’s flunkies”: Ibid.
“lacked artistic integrity”: Ibid.
105“I’d like to keep”: Gussow, p. 70.
“Well we have”: Ibid.
“When open warfare”: Variety, June 30, 1937.
“Under John Ford’s”: The New Yorker, July 1937.
“I had not expected”: The Spectator, May 24, 1938.
106“I had accused”: Greene, p. 2.
(fn) “Lesser was one”: Diana Serra Cary, PI.
107“Shirley hit her”: Windeler, p. 187.
“Which one of”: Delmar Watson, PI.
“Mrs. Temple had”: Ibid.
108“They’re not being”: Moore, p. 91.
“I do remember”: Marcia Mae Jones, PI.
109“The movie was made”: Ibid.
110“He was marvelous”: Ibid.
“parked on the side”: David, p. 86.
“Once, I was playing”: Delmar Watson, PI.
“We talked and we”: Marcia Mae Jones, PI.
111“In Heidi, we had”: David, p. 93.
“Since she obviously”: Ibid, p. 94.
112“He didn’t like”: Ibid.
“I don’t know if”: Marcia Mae Jones, PI.
“The first crowd”: Cooper, p. 103.
113“The national No. 1”: Variety, March 8, 1938.
114“. . . looks and acts”: Mosley, p. 169.
“for Christ’s sake keep”: Ibid.
“the studio had a”: Ibid.
“It couldn’t have”: Ibid.
“My secret ambition”: publicity release, Twentieth Century-Fox chives, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“There is a Shirley”: Ibid.
Chapter 7
117“He’ll not get”: LA Times, April 13, 1938.
“There never has”: Ibid.
“efficiency man to”: LA Examiner, April 13, 1938.
118“The Temples naturally”: Ibid, April 24, 1938.
119“inserted in Shirley’s”: Ibid.
“The documents had”: Cooper, p. 78.
120“Looking at some”: Mosley, p. 168.
“the mean old pumpkin”: dialogue from Little Miss Broadway.
“a harassed”: LA Times, November 3, 1938.
121“Fee-fi-fo-film”: NY Times, December 3, 1938.
“nothing so arch”: Ibid.
(fn) “a sort of resident”: Gussow, p. 77.
122(fn) “Shirley’s name was”: Ibid.
“envious of her”: Sybil Jason, PI.
“just in case”: Ibid.
“It occurred to”: Ibid.
123“I remember that”: Ibid.
“The scene I remember”: Ibid.
“go on endlessly”: Mosley, p. 176.
124“Newspaper circulation”: Perrett, Days of Sadness, p. 17.
125(fn) “a flabby script”: Halliwell, Companion, p. 167.
126“Everyone kept an”: Sybil Jason, PI.
“We rarely came”: Sybil Jason, PI.
“In preproduction tests”: Moore, p. 90.
127“About one week”: Sybil Jason, PI.
“ ‘My hands are”: Moore, p. 90.
“The finished film”: Sybil Jason, PI.
“Mrs. Temple had”: Ibid.
“Shirley never realized”: Moore, p. 91.
“The premiere was”: Sybil Jason, PI.
“would not stand”: Moore, p. 89.
128“Zanuck didn’t look”: Ibid.
“presented her with”: Good Housekeeping, February 1981.
Chapter 8
129“Mom was sad”: Temple, My Young Life, p. 208.
130“Every morning the”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“I remember that”: Ibid.
“Because I was”: Parade, December 7, 1986.
“Westlake was a”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“We had chapel”: Ibid.
131“Miss Mills, our”: Ibid.
“I remember the”: Ibid.
“It seems to”: Laraine Day, PI.
132“I think it”: Ibid.
133“a Garlandesque”: PI.
“boys! boys! boys!”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“Grif, Shirley’s bodyguard”: Ibid.
134“Mom did more”: Shirley Temple, My Young Life, p. 212.
“had no intention”: letter of Swarts and Tannenbaum to Shirley Temple and George and Gertrude Temple, dated November 19, 1941, USC Archives, Edward Small Collection, Box 25.
135“Photographers from every”: Moore, pp. 63–64.
136“I liked Gertrude”: Ibid.
“was a terrible”: Ibid., p. 89.
“not much, about”: The New Yorker, June 13, 1942.
“Shirley is still”: Variety, July 3, 1942.
137“By her sophomore”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“first real dates”: Temple, My Young Life, pp. 210-11.
“They didn’t seem”: Ibid.
“Great Hall”: Ibid.
“dressed exquisitely”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
138“She was not”: Ibid.
“My heart was”: Temple, My Young Life, p. 208.
139“that were young”: Ibid., p. 227.
“Please be careful”: Selznick, p. 327.
140“Mrs. Temple was”: Anon., PI.
141“an O-Cedar mop”: Shirley Temple, My Young Life, p. 228.
“He said that”: Ibid.
“Selznick placed a”: Time, July 17, 1944.
“Some of the MGM”: Selznick, p. 292.
142“He made”: Ibid.
“Shirley is exceedingly”: Ibid, p. 343.
144“accorded the privilege”: NY Times, January 21, 1945.
“in part too”: Ibid.
“I’ve about decided”: LA Times, October 20, 1945.
161“In case you’ve”: Variety, October 20, 1945.
“of course I’ll”: Windeler, p. 229.
“for garlic on”: Ibid.
162“What I wanted”: Seventeen, October 1971.
163“very pleasant”: John Agar, PI.
“a fifteen-year”: Ibid.
164“[h]e was a”: LA Examiner, December 25, 1945.
“infrequent”: John Agar, PI.
“War reached down”: Perrett, Days of Sadness, p. 368.
“Spelling lessons mixed”: Ibid.
165“You were married”: Photoplay, February 1950.
“that eclipsed the”: Perrett, Days of Sadness, p. 410.
“seized people’s imaginations”: Ibid.
“Please, for God’s”: Ibid.
166“There I was”: Photoplay, July 1945.
“Somehow, I wanted”: Temple, My Young Life p. 235.
“Shirley and John”: LA Times, April 9, 1945.
167“sincerity”: Ibid.
“the war interrupted”: John Agar, PI.
Chapter 9
169“I want an”: LA Examiner, September 20, 1945.
“intimate”: Ibid.
“closest friends”: Ibid.
“the wedding of”: Ibid.
“I gave my”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
170“Little Infanta”: Ibid.
171“with the deftness”: Hollywood Citizen-News, September 20, 1945.
“along, resounding kiss”: Ibid.
“was longer than”: Ibid.
“were tossed helter-skelter”: Ibid.
172“There seemed to”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“particularly that the”: Ibid.
173“sparkling like a”: Hollywood Citizen-News, September 20, 1945.
“The first ride”: Photoplay, June 1947.
174“strong”: John Agar, PI.
175“Thank God, he”: Anon., PI.
DEAR DAVID: Warner Brothers Archives, University of Southern California.
176“the most terrific”: Selznick, p. 352.
“more labored than”: Hollywood Reporter, April 15, 1947.
177“When Temple was”: PM (N.Y. evening newspaper), May 21, 1947.
“You can’t boss”: Anon., PI.
178“Shirley Temple is”: Herald Tribune, May 21, 1947.
“The friends of”: NY Times, May 21, 1947.
179“What the veteran”: Fortune, November 1947.
180“Why shouldn’t I?”: LA Times, October 9, 1947.
“He’s good looking”: Ibid.
“Dore . . . convinced me”: Loy, p. 204.
“wild manipulations of”: The New Yorker, August 2, 1947.
“reasonably funny”: Ibid.
181“The ‘fun’ picture”: Loy, p. 204.
“trying to put one”: Ibid.
“I was taught”: John Agar, PI.
183“Johnny was inhibited”: Anon., PI.
“Jack Warner called”: Alex Gottlieb, PI.
185“I love to have”: Warner Brothers publicity release, circa 1947.
“Mrs. Temple maintained”: Alex Gottlieb, PI.
“To add to the”: Edwards, p. 325.
(fn) [HOW COULD YOU: Warner Brothers Archives, University of Southern California.
“Shirley was ladylike”: Alex Gottlieb, PI.
“uninspired soap opera”: Hollywood Reporter, October 22, 1947.
“wooden . . . monotonous”: LA Times, November 27, 1947.
“a foamy dud”: NY Times, November 28, 1947.
“struggling valiantly in”: Variety, October 22, 1947.
“his level best”: Ibid.
“Balderdash isn’t helped”: Ibid.
“Shirley’s acting is”: Hollywood Reporter, October 22, 1947.
“Miss Temple smiles”: LA Times, November 4, 1947.
186“Mr. Ford knew”: Ibid., December 11, 1947.
“a romantic chronicler”: Ford, p. 213.
“it seemed to”: Ibid., p. 214.
“a spectacular region”: Ibid., p. 125.
187“brittle, his temper”: Ibid., p. 217.
“Well, you can”: Ibid.
“Every night the”: Ibid, pp. 271–72.
188“a vigorous, sweeping”: Hollywood Reporter, March 10, 1948.
“Shirley Temple and”: LA Times, May 28, 1948.
“In a picture”: New Yorker, July 3, 1948.
“[John] began not”: Divorce testimony, Shirley Temple Agar, December 5, 1949.
189“I didn’t drink”: John Agar, PI.
“Shirley and John”: LA Times, January 31, 1948.
190“as confident and”: Robert Young, PI.
“Young and Shirley”: Anon., PI.
Chapter 10
191“were engaged in”: Perrett, Dream of Greatness, p. 13.
“—to outshine Greece”: Ibid.
“the richest, the”: Ibid.
“liberty in a”: Ibid.
192“ruled supreme”: Gussow, p. 140.
“Every creative decision”: Ibid.
“The studio couldn’t”: Harry Brand, archives, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
193“Our main objective”: Ibid.
“fast-paced; the”: NY Times, April 19, 1949.
“Our hero, somewhat”: Ibid.
195“a little predatory”: Anon., PI.
196“spoiled-brat behavior”: Niven, p. 313.
“could never think”: A Kiss for Corliss screenplay.
197“on Thursday for”: Warner Archives, USC.
(fn) “right from time”: Ibid.
(fn) “obliged to adopt”: Ibid.
“rode the movie”: Windeler, p. 249.
198“found occasion to”: Warner Archives, USC.
“With the mother”: Warner Archives, USC, memo dated April 14, 1949.
“I always work”: Ibid., publicity release, April 23, 1949.
“The weakest part”: Ibid, memo dated August 8, 1949.
199“Sometimes I think”: London Sunday Observer, undated, circa 1949.
“When I was”: Testimony of Shirley Temple Agar, divorce proceedings, December 5, 1949.
“After the baby”: Ibid.
“very drunk and”: Ibid.
200“I feel I”: Ibid.
“The Court views”: Ibid.
“This court cannot”: Ibid.
201“As usual”: AP release, December 5, 1949.
“reflects incorrectly our”: Ibid.
“She had a”: Anon., PI.
Chapter 11
205“YOU CAN TAKE”: Watson, p. 30.
“Hollywood [is a”: Ibid, p. 73.
“I was tired”: Selznick, p. 383.
206“continued to produce”: Ibid.
(fn) “While I was”: Ibid, p. 383.
“to take her”: Ibid.
“shouting, pushing persons”: Ibid.
“roared a welcome”: Ibid.
“the most enthusiastic”: Ibid.
“I feel”: Photoplay, November 1950.
207“I really wasn’t”: Saturday Evening Post, June 5, 1965.
“It’s corny, but”: Ibid.
208“When she fell”: Anon., PI.
209“was snagged”: Ibid.
“I couldn’t compete”: Saturday Evening Post, June 5, 1965.
210“Shirley wasn’t a”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“The reason for”: Ibid.
“At Westlake, Shirley”: Ibid.
“Medicine, and especially”: Ibid.
211“I know now”: Photoplay, November 1950.
“Charles was definitely”: Nancy Majors Voorheis, PI.
“He’s calm and conservative”: Anon., PI.
212“a snug red”: LA Times, December 19, 1950.
“a mid-afternoon”: Ibid.
(fn) “had bacon and”: LA Times, December 19, 1950.
“Acting as though”: Ibid.
“That’s long enough”: Citizen News, December 21, 1950.
213“them even more”: Perrett, A Dream of Greatness, p. 166.
“directed American”: Ibid.
“turned the”: Ibid.
“This will ruin”: LA Times, July 21, 1951.
214“Don’t blame this”: LA Court Record, July 20, 1951.
“on taking his”: LA Times, July 21, 1951.
“God and religion”: John Agar, PI.
215“mute testimony that”: Hedda Hopper, September 1952.
216“General MacArthur is”: San Francisco Chronicle, April 16, 1951.
“shocked indignation”: Perrett, A Dream of Greatness, p. 166.
“Whereas, at one a.m.”: Ibid.
“Louis Parsons”: Anon., PI.
217“During the two years”: LA Times, August 9, 1968.
(fn) “We’ve just had”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 799.
(fn) “I’m so glad”: Boothroyd, p. 148.
“They had me”: Saturday Evening Post, June 5, 1965.
“I found her�
��: LA Examiner, May 24, 1952.
218“Adults do have”: American Weekly, February 8, 1953.
“When discipline is”: Ibid.
“intrigued by horses”: Ibid.
“unimpressed”: Ibid.
“very charmingly helped”: Washington Post, December 7, 1952.
“apparently perfectly happy”: Ibid., December 11, 1952.
“Shirley Temple’s four-”: Ibid., December 7, 1952.
219“incensed”: Ibid, December 11, 1952.
“My only desire”: UP release, December 18, 1952.
“staggered”: Ibid.
“baffled”: Ibid.
“To me”: Ibid.
220“a human interest”: Ibid.
Chapter 12
221“even if it led”: Perrett, A Dream of Greatness, p. 261.
“a restoration of the”: Ibid.
“It has such”: Mosley, p. 73.
“I was pregnant”: Ibid.
222“On [January 30]”: John Agar, PI.
“When Shirley divorced”: Ibid.
223(fn) “From our divorce”: John Agar, PI.
“an aggressively upwardly”: San Francisco Examiner, July 15, 1983.
224“The children love”: Movieland, July 1958.
“I’ve been interested” Ibid.
“The funny thing is”: LA Daily News, May 5, 1951.
“reddish-brown leather”: Mosley, p. 74.
225“I enjoy color”: Ibid.
“Once I forgot the baby”: TV Guide, December 3, 1958.
“a fearless conversationalist”: Ibid.
“because of the reaction”: Ibid.
“I accepted on”: Ibid.
226“Darling, only”: Mosley, p. 73.
“It’s senseless”: Ida Zeitlin, syndicated col., November 1950.
“of the wealthy”: Life, July 30, 1965.
“Somehow [among”: Diana Serra Cary, PI.
227“I think it comes down”: Ibid.
“I inherit that from”: Ida Zeitlin, syndicated col., November 1950.
228“she couldn’t resist”: Anon., PI.
“I think she did it”: Ibid.
“We had to memorize”: Diana Serra Cary, PI.
229“being a movie-star”: Photoplay, March 1958.
“Yes, Lori is crazy”: Ibid.
“After all”: Mosley, p. 76.
230“I had other TV offers”: Ibid, p. 77.
“a pushover”: Ibid.
“Does Mommy go to Hollywood”: Ibid.
“I told Shirley”: Ibid.
“she got out her typewriter”: Ibid.
“I’m a lawyer”: Ibid.
231“did just about everything”: Movieland, July 1958.
“Shirley felt that Beauty”: Time, January 27, 1958.
232“She had all the warmth”: Ibid.
“There were unexplored”: Ibid.
“I see him coming”: Ibid.