Posted on 04/23/2013 6:22:06 AM PDT by Borges
What an absolutely beautiful woman . . . always considered her one of our most beautiful Hollywood stars. I’m glad she’s had a long long life . . . well deserved.
Great headline and a stunning contrast that clearly illustrates just how far we’ve fallen as a society.
I still enjoy her movies. They bring memories of a moral and innocent time. I prefer the older movies over the trash they put out today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIRLEY!!!!! Thank you and God bless.
“car crash” description is correct. I watched Honey Boo Boo once out of curiosity and finished it because I couldn’t believe how down right stupid it was and could hardly wait to see if it got any stupider, which it did. Then I realized that made me stupid for watching so I never watched it again. (Although I’m tempted)
Nice lady...
I look at those old movies where men wore a suit and tie every day and women wore dresses and there is no comparison to today’s craptastic culture where morons walk around with their pants half off and girls wear “whore chic”
Cute little girl
Beautiful young woman
Attractive older woman.
Dignified old woman.
AND ALWAYS WITH CLASS.
Hell, I would not mind an obit like that.
Well, if I were a woman.
She was also an excellent ambassador, serving in the Czech republic from 1989-92 and helping with the transition from Communism to freedom.
I meet Mrs. Black at a fund raiser years ago, she is absolutely as gracious and classy as you would think her to be.
Didn’t she get her start in something called “Baby Burlesque”? Perhaps the cultural fundamentals haven’t changed quite as much as we’d like to think, they’ve just lost some of their fashion sense and decorum.
FYI: Turner Classic Movies is showing Ambassador Black’s later movies, post adolescence (e.g., “Fort Apache,” etc.) until 6 pm today.
Don’t forget the “Heidi Bowl”!
My favorite Shirley Temple films:
As a child - “Bright Eyes”
As a teenager - “The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer” (great comedy with Cary Grant) and “Since You Went Away” (1944, very serious film about a mom and two daughters whose husband/father went to war and is MIA.
I’m sure there are other great ones, but these come to mind immediately.
She was U.S. Ambassador Shirley Temple Black in Czechoslovakia around the time the Berlin wall fell and those eastern European countries threw off their oppressive governments.
You really have to say that in over a half century of child stars, there’s never really been anyone who’s been Shirley’s equal. She’s a unique talent and we’re unlikely to ever see someone like her again.
Perhaps she’s not regarded as a “great actress”, but Shirley was a capable professional actress, dancer and singer which very few adult actresses, no matter what their age or era, could accomplish.
Today, there’s no one quite like her. (Shirely Temple)..
Nobody exactly like her.. BUT there is Emily Bear, Jackie Evancho, Anna Graceman and Akiana Kramerik... Umi Garrett.. Connie Talbot.. Anastasia Petrik.. Bindi Irwin.. and others..
Example; https://vimeo.com/64465293
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