The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America (45 page)

maturity dilemma in, 148, 163, 166–67, 169, 172, 176, 177–78, 184–85, 192–93, 196

merchandising through, 143–44

more demanding, 168, 195

mother’s control of,
see
Temple, Gertrude Krieger, as determined screen mother

movie set routine of, 221

“natural talent” breakthrough myth of, 219–20

onset of, 47–52, 55–56, 127, 217

popularity polls for, 117

possible erotic subtexts in, 81–82, 86, 106

publicity and promotional events for, 5, 48, 119–31, 137, 218

recurring formula in,
see
Shirley Temple formula

redemption and reconciliation themes in, 78–79, 80–81, 103, 131, 168, 173, 184, 196, 213

with Robinson, 88–89, 91, 101–2, 104–8

scene stealing by, 165

sensational articles about, 217

ST’s retirement from, 195, 196–97

waning of, 2, 148, 166, 169–70, 176–78, 181, 185–98, 216–17, 237–39

Temple, Shirley, films of:

Baby Burlesks, 49–50

Bright Eyes
, 79, 82–87,
84
, 152, 153, 190, 214

Dimples
, 163–66, 173, 266
n
, 268
n

Heidi
, 87, 148, 170–72, 173, 175, 209, 224, 279
n

The Little Colonel
, 89, 97, 98–103,
102
, 144, 152, 153, 155, 163, 168, 226

Little Miss Marker
, 75–78,
76
, 82, 89, 152, 155, 159, 218, 224

The Little Princess
, 53, 87, 159, 161, 181–84,
182
, 209, 226, 282
n

The Littlest Rebel
, 89, 97–99,
100
, 103–9,
108
, 112, 155, 161, 163, 168, 227, 269
n

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
, 161, 172–76, 180, 181, 224–25, 266
n

Square Crooks
, 80–81

Stand Up and Cheer!
, 2, 48, 55, 56–63,
56
,
58
,
62
, 69, 73, 74, 75, 78, 80, 82, 87, 88–89, 118, 119, 143, 149, 152, 155, 171, 179, 185, 194, 205,
207
, 243

Susannah of the Mounties
, 161, 174, 184–85

Wee Willie Winkie
, 148, 155,
160
, 161–62, 167–71, 174, 183, 184, 204

Temple family, 7–9, 148

financial status of, 51, 88, 229, 232–33, 240–41

as Hollywood elite, 209

increasingly grandiose homes of, 206–10, 214

transformative effect of celebrity on, 5–6, 88, 199–202, 205–10, 213–36

Temple-Thomason, Inc., 229

Tennessee Valley Authority, 31

“Test Your Own Child,” 125

Thalberg, Irving, 70

That Hagen Girl
, 238

Thief of Bagdad, The
, 203

Three Brian Sisters, 176–77

Thumb, General Tom (Charles Stratton), 163

tie-ins, tie-ups, 83, 123

see also
merchandising

Time
, 19, 20, 64, 165, 169, 176, 184, 225–26

Tinee, Mae, 184

Treacher, Arthur, 161, 171, 182, 183, 279
n

Trespasser, The
, 203

Tucker, Sophie, 204

Turner, Lana, 219

Twain, Mark, 53

Twentieth Century–Fox, 59, 67, 96, 104, 115–16, 139, 151–53, 166, 173, 176, 177–79, 181, 187, 189, 190, 195, 196, 215, 229, 237, 256
n
, 269
n

Greene sued by, 82

prominence of, 198

publicity and promotional events of, 5, 120, 125, 215, 216

Uncle Tom, 97, 106, 110, 113

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
(Stowe), 53, 97, 164–65

unemployment, 12–13, 19–20, 27, 51, 105

African American, 90

masculinity and, 79–80

relief for, 31

stigma of, 73, 79

Ungolo, Amelia, 146

United Artists, 65, 237

Universal News
, 41

Universal Pictures, 65, 67

Updike, John, 243

Valentino, Rudolph, 127, 185

funeral of, 203

Vanguard Films, 237, 241

Vanity Fair
, 42, 75

Variety
, 105, 106, 166, 174, 184

vaudeville, 91, 93, 109, 193, 195

Vidor, King, 104

Waller, Fats, 94

War Babies
, 50

Warhol, Andy, 1

War Industries Board, 10

Warner Bros., 57, 65–66

Warren, Earl, 239

Warren, Harry, 196

Warren, Samuel, 200–201

Wasenske, Joanne, 144–45

Washington, D.C., 241

Washington Post
, 183, 197

Weaver, William R., 175, 177, 179, 191

Weber, Joe, 17

Wee Willie Winkie
, 148, 155,
160
, 161–62, 167–71, 174, 183, 184, 204

Weil, Dorothy Coomer, 130–31

Welles, Orson, 41

Wells, H. G., 116

West, Mae, 50

Westheimer family, 132

Westley, Helen, 164–65, 173, 175

“We Wear the Mask” (Dunbar), 111

Weyerhaeuser, George, 212

“What the Picture Did for Me,” 86, 103, 117

“When I Grow Up,” 162

“When I’m with You,” 173

White, William Allen, 15, 41

Whiting, Richard A., 85, 95

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 172, 174, 176

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 10

Willkie, Wendell, 41

Wilshire Methodist Church, 239

Wilson, Woodrow, 23

Winchell, Walter, 256
n

Winfrey, Oprah, 114

Withers, Jane, 48, 84, 85, 86, 137, 214, 230, 250
n
, 265
n

Wizard of Oz, The
, 53, 157, 165, 181, 185, 186

The Blue Bird
compared to, 188–91

Woollcott, Alexander, 203

World War I, 9–10, 55, 211

World War II, 32, 115, 133, 189, 198, 239, 240

Wright, James L., 48

Wright, Loyd, 74, 187

Wurtzel, Sol M., 153

Yellen, Jack, 26, 176

“You Are the Ideal of My Dreams,” 229

Young, Stark, 104

Young Mr. Lincoln
, 154

Young People
, 194–97, 225

“You’ve Got to S-M-I-L-E,” 162

Zannie, Esther Camelio, 145–46

Zanuck, Darryl, 139, 148, 151–59, 163, 169, 199, 209, 228, 236, 239

in attempt to revive ST’s waning career, 185–98

conflict between Temples and, 174, 180, 184, 187–89, 195–96, 237

Sheehan vs., 152

and ST formula, 166–68, 170, 172–74, 176–78, 181–84, 187, 189, 194, 197–98

Zelizer, Viviana, 53

Ziegfeld, Florenz, 261
n

Ziegfeld Follies, 46

Zimmerman, Jane, 38

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