patches Posted February 17, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 17, 2014 An American legend has passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted February 17, 2014 Share #2 Posted February 17, 2014 She visited the troops before and during the war I believe RIP Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted February 17, 2014 Here's an Army connection. A Honorary Wolfhound. Photo is of Miss Temple believed to have been taken in late 1940 at Schofield Barracks, she proudly wears the pre war Cossack cap of the 27th Infantry Regimental Band, note the 27th Infantry DI on the Wolfhound cap patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted February 17, 2014 Share #4 Posted February 17, 2014 Whatever she may have done, it sure wouldn't hurt the spirit of the troops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted February 17, 2014 Three well known movies she did when she was older, though not really older Oh You Kid! In Since You Went Away And of course Fort Apache And The Batchelor and the Bobbysoxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHorstead Posted February 19, 2014 Share #6 Posted February 19, 2014 She began her diplomatic career in 1969, with an appointment to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly. also was appointed United States Ambassador to Ghana (December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976) by President Gerald R. Ford.] She was appointed first female Chief of Protocol of the United States (July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977), and was in charge of arrangements for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration and inaugural ball. She served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992), having been appointed by President George H. W. Bush. Terry L Horstead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted February 21, 2014 Share #7 Posted February 21, 2014 This was like losing an old family friend. Thanks, Shirley, for all the cheer and integrity you brought to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted February 21, 2014 Share #8 Posted February 21, 2014 This was like losing an old family friend. Thanks, Shirley, for all the cheer and integrity you brought to us! You hit it on the head! My feelings exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted February 28, 2014 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2014 About the cutest and most talented little kid that ever crossed the big screen who grew up to be an honorable lady that contributed to the betterment of society. She's missed by many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted April 8, 2015 Found this interesting. According to Temple, this was her favorite film: "Of all my films I rate Wee Willie Winkie the best, but for all the wrong reasons. It was best because of its Manual of Arms, the noisy Marching around in Military Garb with Brass Buttons, my Kilts bouncing. It was best because of daredevil stunts with snipers and stampeding horses. It was also best because I finally seemed to earn the professional respect of someone so blood-and-thunder macho as Ford. Best of all, the watery-blue color of my portable dressing room had been repainted in Regimental Red." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted April 8, 2015 Share #11 Posted April 8, 2015 Bless her...a real American role model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted April 8, 2015 Share #12 Posted April 8, 2015 A truly remarkable American woman. I always get a kick out of the TV spots advertising CDs of her childhood films. No indication that she ever let her youthful fame and fortune go to her head. God bless her. R.I.P. Shirley Temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted April 8, 2015 Share #13 Posted April 8, 2015 She died in Feb 2014 at age 85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted April 9, 2015 She died in Feb 2014 at age 85. That's right Bob, I was revisiting some of her films on WIKI, and seen this on her recollections of Wee Willie Winkie. I found also on this movie that someone shot at her and her mother outside their house in LA just after the movie was rapped, unbelievable huh! Doesn't go into any great detail, like who did or what steps were taken to find out, and I can't find anymore online about it, but at any rate, it was something I never heard of before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share #15 Posted March 25, 2017 Found this foto by accident and thought this topic is the place to post it. Shirley visiting Sailors, I think the San Diego Navy Yard during the war, sometime in late 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share #16 Posted April 19, 2023 Isn't this a nice photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted April 19, 2023 Share #17 Posted April 19, 2023 Yes, Shirley Temple with VICTOR MCLAGLEN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelle Posted May 10, 2023 Share #18 Posted May 10, 2023 On 4/8/2015 at 3:07 PM, bobgee said: A truly remarkable American woman. I always get a kick out of the TV spots advertising CDs of her childhood films. No indication that she ever let her youthful fame and fortune go to her head. God bless her. R.I.P. Shirley Temple. Last year, I found an old book by Shirley’s mother on how she raised her daughter, and she went out of her way to keep her daughter as “normal” as possible, to the point that it starts to get sinister. Shirley wasn’t to know that there were real dolls of herself (she was to believe everything was staged for work), her friends were hand-chosen to be kids who wouldn’t treat her different (they were to act in her presence, to be actor-playmates rather than friends), etc. And she was never, ever to be treated like a child on sets. She was to be Miss Temple and treated like an adult with no consideration for her age, and absolutely no fawning over her. Her upbringing was stifling. She had no idea of her true fame or fortune until much later. This was less about protecting her daughter and more about trying to make her pass for as childlike as possible for as long as possible. As soon as Shirley showed talent, her mother went hardcore into milking Shirley for all she could. I’ve wondered before what her siblings thought of all of this. She wasn’t an only child, but may as well have been. Bright Eyes was always my favorite of her movies. The girl who played her rival was tormented so badly in real life by people mad that she was mean to Shirley (some people don’t understand acting) that she was cast to be her friend in Heidi to get people to leave the poor kid alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share #19 Posted July 22, 2023 Shirley at Pearl Harbor in August 1937 aboard the Sub USS Argonaut, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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