TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. August 27, 1957
Four Shirley Temple Films Will Be
Televised on Network This Fall
By DOC QUIGG !
Ufailed Press Corresnondeni t
N?viYork W In a Manhat
tan office, trje small movie pro
jector fluttered, moaned, and
whirred into gear, and on the
opposite wall the most amazing
capitalist of a generation ago
was reborn.
In the picture a little girl with
pertly bobbed hair, round face, I
and a saucy tilt to her head be
gan to sing. Then she danced.
Then she emoted cutely.
"I hate you. I hate you. I think
you're all very mean," she
growled, pouting and shaking a
pudgy finger.
The year in which she did that
particular bit of hamming was
1937, and she was nine years old
and she was the seventh-highest-.
salaried person in the United
States. Her pay was S307.014
that year, and she was pretty
close to the top of her childish
fortune, which as been estimated
at three to five million dollars.
Retired at 12
She was also a legend of sorts
before she was 10. A European
newspaper reported she wasn't
a child at all, but really a midget
with a shaved head and blond
wig. An Egyptian newspaper
suggested that probably she was
just a ventriloquist's dummy.
Her fan mail reached 2,000 let
tels a day, her studio got 3.000
requests a week for autographed
pictures.
At the age of 12, she was just
too old, and she retired.
What we were looking at in
the office was a film of some
scenes clipped from a few of
her box office-busting movies
. . . here, singing the old famil
iar songs . . . here, acting in a
costume bit . . . here, dancing su
perbly with the great Bill (Bo
janglcs) Robinson, matiing the
master step for step.
0 And the thought suddenly oc
curred that there is a whole
generation in our midst that was
born after Shirley Temple stop
ped making her little-girl mov
ies. Perhaps with this in mind,
the NTA film network this fall
will put on television four of
the films from Shirley's heyday.
Still Shines Brightly
They are "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm," "Captain Janu
ary ,""'Wee Willie Winkie" and
"Heidi." From what I saw in
the brief film clip, I can report
that after 20 years the pintsize
millionaire's ability still shines
rather brightly from the screen.
But on the subject of child
movies in general what's hap
pened to that institution. It
seems to have faded away, like
blotters and running boards and
chlorophyll.
Gone are the days of such as
the waif that was Jackie Coo
gan, of Baby Leroy. Mickey
Rooney, Farina and the happy
crew of "our gang" kids, of lit
tle Judy Garland, Gloria Jean,
Jane Withers.
Unless some big-shot toddler
comes along fast, we'll have to
conclude that the age of mon
strous moppetry is at an end.
Wall Street Notes
Rails' Bright Spots
By ELMER C. WALZER
United Press Financial Editor
New York W Wall Street,
in taking another look at the
rails, notes much still to be de
sired but also
finds a few
bright spots.
The street
concludes that
that the re
cent rise in
freight rates
of 7 per cent
for eastern
and western
territories and
Elmer Waizer
4 per cent for the South was
sugh things as "inadequate,"
"disappointing" and "insuffici
ent to cover inflation of the
wage bill."
But the market men say it
helps. Standard and Poor's cal
culates that the average rise
will work out at 414 per cent
when the various exemptions
and holddowns are provided for.
Not Unsatisfactory
But, Standard concludes, "all
in all, tSe rate decision is by. no
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.)
O (her are Volrn of the Put
Link of a broken rhain.
Wings Inat can bear me back to
Time
Which cannot com aicain:
Yrt God forbid that I should lose
The echoes that remain!
Adelaide Ann Proctor
If and when the Dodgers move
from Brooklyn to Los Angeles it
will not be the first exodus of
a celebrated organization from
Flatbush to the City of Angels.
Over 40 years ago the world
famous Vitagraph Film Compa
ny, the cradle of some of the
greatest of silent film stars,
moved from Flatbush to Los
Angeles. In this company were
such film luminaries as Maurice
Costello, Florence Turner, Nor
ma and Constance Talmadge,
Anita Stewart and Clara Kim
ball Young. The departure of
ths distinguished organization
cused considerable comment
but had no particular effect on
thj; section it had deserted. The
same will be true if the Dodgers
leave. There will always be a
Flatbush.
Love Letters
Are nurses chilly companions
on moonlight strolls? Are they
inclined to be ever talking shop?
Are they generally lacking in
romantic qualities? So it has
frequently been alleged. Any
way, the one and only great
romatic love in the life of
Bernard Shaw was that for a
nurse named Alice Lockett. She
was also Shaw's first love. In
London recently were sold 20
love letters written by Shaw. to
Miss Lockett. The price paid for ,
these interesting epistles was the ;
equivalent of $2,200. It doesn't j
seem enough. j
Asking I
Queries from clients. Q. What
was the nationality of Harry j
Dacre who wrote the song titled ,
"A Bicycle Built For Two"? A. i
He was born in England but)
wrote the song mentioned in j
New York. The real title of the I
ditty is "Daisy Bell." Q. What
feminine film stars have been
married five times or more? A.
All I can think of offhand are
Gloria Swanson, Lana Turner
and Arline Judge.
Horses and Women
Note Frenchwomen referred
to as world's best dressed fe
males. It might be better to
describe the Frenchwomen as
the world's "most cleverly dress
ed" females. They know how to
empahsize their good points and
hide their defects.
Among the Married
Referring to a report of a
marriage of a man of 72 and a
woman of 45, a Chicagoan asks
if it is possible thij couple might
have a son and heir. Or a daugh
ter and heiress. He doesn't state
what is his personal interest is,
if any, in this possibility. The
answer that it is possible. Wom
en in their late forties have
become mothers. Men as old a?
92 have become fathers.
Good Old Days
Still continued are references
to the "good old days" when a
schooner of beer could be pur
chased for a nickel. In that per
iod laborers working on the con
struction of the New York sub
way were being paid one dollar
a day. That is, -i a week. Bar
tenders were paid $10 to $12 a
week. I agree with the man who
said, "The good old days. May
they never come again."
means unsatisfactory. The poten
tial lift in earnings over the re
mainder of the year should
make up for the first half de
cline with something to spare,
indicating comparisons for the
final six months will make much
more pleasant reading.
"Moreover, it is important that
the Interstate Commerce com
mission has left the door open
for expeditious action on further
rate relief keyed to increased
costs."
Thompson and McKinnon finds
that the railroads' big change
since the end of World War II
is known but not too well un
derstood. It notes the vast improvement
of roadbed, freight yards, track
age, and terminals together with
new facilities, including central
traffic control and safety de
vices. Also dieselization and
pruning off of unprofitable
branch lines.
Much Remains
This brokerage firm finds
much remains to be done but
believes public recognition is
growing of discriminatory bur
dens on rails compared with
competing carriers, such as
barges, motortrucks and aircraft.
"So is the public attitude to
ward 'compulsory 'featherbed
ding,' particularly unnecessary
work on jobs. A new and alert
managerial class, thoroughly
familiar with railroad problems,
is up and coming. Prospects for
the future appear bright."
. No one is suggesting promiscu
ous purchase of railroad shares,
bud many market experts are
recommending selected issues.
The market in the past has
been strong when the rails were
in demand. Not a few think this
might be one way of getting a
real rally into action again.
Resident Says Fish
Surface Near Ontario
Ontario, Ore. OPI "Tens of
thousands" of fish surfaced vio
lently on the quiet Dry Creek
arm of Owyhee lake last week,
a La Grande resident reported
Monday.
Lloyd" Urquhart described the
experience as "superhuman and
shocking." A strange humming
sound accompanied the phen
omenon, he said. Urquhart said
that his daughter Ronda, and
Alan Jacobs, La Grande, a third
member of the party, also heard
the humming sound.
Urquhart said the weather was
calm, and the lake clear and
glassy just before the startling
, i . c
upneavai ox umi.
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