
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal.

Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Self

Alice Faye
Self
Marilyn Granas
Self

Darryl Hickman
Self

Marcia Mae Jones
Self

Dickie Moore
Self

Will Rogers
Self (archive footage)

Cesar Romero
Self

Gloria Stuart
Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling is a documentary film released in 1993 exploring themes of biography, child star. Directed by Gene Feldman, it stars Shirley Temple, Frank Coghlan Jr., Alice Faye. There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal.
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