The Shirley Temple Story Development team was composed of 19 writers who were dedicated to writing stories for the 4 movies a year she made starting in 1934. Those movies between 1934 and 1938 made her the top box office draw.
Hollywood espouses and spreads myths and rumours. Here are a few propagated about her - some by the Fox press department.
Claims she had no formal acting or dance training, enrolling her in Dancing school.
Claims circulated that she was not a child but a 30 year old dwarf, a rumour so prevalent that the Vatican dispatched a Father to investigate. Even more eerie, it was graham Green writer/author who suggested she was a midget. Shirley's parents sued and won.
Numerous rumours about her teeth - whether hers, or she had all her adult teeth, or that they had been filed to make them appear like baby teeth.
Her hair was a subject of various rumours - fans pulled at it to find out if it was a wig, rumours were that it wasn't blonde.
Do you know that Shirley Temple Black was married to Conrad Black? Shocking that he should have the same name as our famous Canadian baron of the corporate world. That would be an excellent rumour, too.
As I looked through Conrad Black (the Canadian) biography, I found that his real-life story was the stuff of myths. Supposedly he had his wife change her name from Shirley to Joanna in preparation for when he became a British Lord. Lady Shirley did not suit him as dignified enough. The next year, she left him for a Priest who she married after he left the Clergy. That's just one item out of dozens. There's more HERE.
Here's a lawn that makes the bees happy. It is full of violets.
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