The idea of actress Shirley Temple being MGM's first choice to play Dorothy Gale in 1939's The Wizard of Oz over Judy Garland stands as one of the latter. In fact, so deeply entrenched was this ...

(L-R): Judy Garland in 1939 | Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images and Shirley Temple in 1938 | Hulton Archive/Getty Images While MGM heads wanted Temple for the box-office draw they were sure ...

“Judy Garland was not the popular choice among ... ‘You’re obviously not drinking a Shirley Temple,’” her longtime friend Barry Barsamian, who met the star in 1996 when she was 68 ...

Darling dimpled Shirley Temple hid a slew of shocking secrets ... Studio bosses prevented her from taking the role that made Judy Garland a cinematic icon. Then, as her star continued to fall ...

Shirley Temple, the child star to end all child stars ... 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck refused to lend her out and Judy Garland landed the role. A year later, Fox let Ms. Temple go.

Nearly two decades ago, while researching a book about Judy Garland ... Joan Collins, and even Shirley Temple — all of whom described being molested and other abuses in their own memoirs.

Shirley Temple, famous as the child star to end all ... but 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck refused to lend her out and Judy Garland landed the role. A year later, Fox let Temple go, though ...

Judy Garland ... in her early years at MGM – and often about Garland herself. She wasn’t a dimple-chinned, adorable little child star like Shirley Temple. Nor was she one of those lissome ...

who won in 1945 for her role as Tootie in 'Meet Me In St. Louis,' shares stories of growing up with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as she prepares to receive this year's Shirley Temple Award ...