Shirley Temple Black Hollywood’s Youngest Star
Did you ever know that a little girl could be a famous movie star? It
happened to Shirley Temple, she became Hollywood’s youngest star.
On April 23, 1928 Shirley Temple was born. One day, when Shirley
was three and a half years old, about two hundred children gathered at her
dance school to audition for a movie. Shirley raced out onto the brightly lit
stage and got the part in the movie series Baby Burlesks. For the next two
years, Shirley sang her songs and danced in this movie. Her mother didn’t
like that Shirley was always doing the same thing. A big movie company
called Fox, hired Shirley and started making movies just for her.
Shirley became the most popular star in the movies. Everyone liked
her movies because the movies made them feel really good inside. Shirley
made alot of money making movies and she loved acting.
When Shirley started getting older, the movies became more serious.
The audiences didn’t like Shirley in these kinds of movies and she became
less popular.
Shirley liked to be competitive in everything.
She decided to be the
first person in her class to become engaged. On September 19, 1945 Shirley
married John Black and 12,000 people waited outside the church to see her.
When Shirley stopped making movies, she got busy with politics.
President Nixon chose Shirley to become the U.S. Representative of the
United Nations.
Shirley is a kind and gentle girl to other people. She is special to me
because she is a good friend to people if they are sad or feeling bad. She
enjoys everything she does and always wants to do it well. That’s what’s
special to me.
I enjoyed half of the book. The beginning was wonderful, but the
end was a little bit boring. I would recommend this book to other children
because it is fun and interesting to read about famous people. Also, many of
her movies we can rent and it is interesting to know about actors.
The Essay on Movie Star 2
1. Movie acting during the 1930’s through the 60’s was dominated by the movie star. The concept of the movie star then was divided into two, the actor him or herself and the characters attributed to him or her. The star reflects the social and cultural history of the time. Movie studios were more concerned with the images of their actors rather then their talent. The actors had little control over ...
