Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)

Directors

Nadia Tass

Cast

Connie Britton, Colin Friels, Hinton Battle, Emily Hart, Ashley Rose

The story

The film chronicles the early life and career of 1930s child actress Shirley Temple, from her birth and first dance lessons at The Meglin Dance Studio to her rise to stardom in a series of musical comedies for Fox Film and subsequent transition as a teen actress, and the impact she made on American society during the height of the Great Depression, with her friendship with famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart and Franklin Roosevelt complimenting her during his fireside chats on the radio.

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