It prompted one critic to write that it proved once again that Temple “could, if she wanted to, steal Christmas from Tiny Tim,” Anne Edwards wrote in the 1988 biography “Shirley Temple ...

The Blue Bird is not quite a neglected masterpiece but it does deserve to be better known and could easily be a holiday favorite, perfect for Christmas. So I respect the fact that Shirley Temple’s ...

She ignored them. She was interested only in the big Shirley Temple doll in a shop window in Weipert, wishful that her Christmas gift would be that doll. It was 100 kronen, or about $50 in today ...

O’Brien has a lot of these first-hand observations to share about some of old Hollywood’s greatest stars, including Shirley Temple ... “I’m sort of the Christmas actress,” she muses.

I met Shirley Temple on Valentine’s Day in 1945 ... my husband and I would send a Christmas card to Shirley, and she and her family would send one back, so we kept in touch that way.

I met Shirley Temple on Valentine’s Day in 1945 ... my husband and I would send a Christmas card to Shirley, and she and her family would send one back, so we kept in touch that way.