02-11-2014, 11:41 AM
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Old Far...er...Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Plano, TX resident since 1998.
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Originally Posted by stefanj
Funny, I would have thought she would have been older. Shirley Temple movies were really old school when I was a kid.
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Yeah, I had it in my head that she was in her 90's. Back in the dark ages, when we only had 3 TV channels, I can remember seeing her old movies being rerun on Sunday mornings.
Even in the 60's there were still millions of little girls becoming fans of the young Miss Temple. I recall my sister getting a mug with Shirley's image on it. So she was still very popular (and profitable) long after she retired from the movie biz.
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I remember an article I read years ago about Hollywood in the 1930's. The big stars of the day were folks like Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. But, while some movie executives didn't want to admit it, Shirley was top box office - her movies pulled in the most for a while there!
Doug
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