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Shirley Temple Accomplishments

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“Good luck needs no expiation.” (Temple) One of the reasons that Shirley temple is an artist is because she is very intelligent. She has claimed many awards for her outstanding personality (1934), Juvenile award (1935), a star on the walk of fame (1960), Career achievement (1992) and the life achievement (2006). She was the most popular and famous child star of all time. She started when she was three and then progressed to stardom. Temple was always bright, bouncy and cheerful. Shirley’s mom landed her a contract at an educational picture at a dancing studio at six she appeared on her fist Hollywood film Caroline. When she was six when she received an honorary academy award. By the time she hit puberty, she was a millionaire. She was very talented for her age. When she was 18 years old, she sang, tapped dance, and acted her way into the hearts of millions. Box office said she beat out the greatest adult stars of her day like Clark Gable and Bing Crosby. She was the top singer at the box …show more content…

People say she wasn’t an artist because she was too young to be considered an artist. Like every mother back then she cancelled her frustration onto her daughter. Shirley mother enrolled her onto Ethel Mealin Dance studios and then got spotted by two scouts from minor studios. After that she signed a two year contract for 26 short films at $50 a week. After being in I’ll tell your mother. Fox lured her out of paramount for a lead Little Miss Maker at $1,000 a week. One of Shirley’s co-host , Adolphe Menja, confessed that she know all the tricks “ the director got her to cry on cue by telling her that her mom got “ kidnaped” by an ugly man all green with blood red eyed.”(Menja) by the end of filming with paramount they knew a star had been born. When Fox offered her a $50,000 to buy temples contract outright. But fox offered $12 million of bankruptcy because of a six years

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