Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal.

Cast

Shirley Temple

Self (archive footage)

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Self

Alice Faye

Self

Marilyn Granas

Self

Darryl Hickman

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Marcia Mae Jones

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Dickie Moore

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Will Rogers

Self (archive footage)

Cesar Romero

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Gloria Stuart

Self