SHIRLEY TEMPLE SIGNED Card Autobio 30s Child Actress MGM Mayer Cute Photos HCDJ

Description: Child Star by Shirley Temple Black SIGNED - copyright 1989 This hardcover book with dustjacket is in very good condition - Book inside has no missing or torn pages . pages have tanned - Dustjacket is in very good condition with no wear (see photos) Signed Card attached on title page "From SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK 1997" This book provides a rare and fascinating look behind the scenes of the Hollywood motion picture industry, including the haphazard way in which "discoveries" were made, the almost ludicrous way decisions were made, etc. Shirley also relates how she was grossly cheated by Twentieth Century Fox by being nailed down to a five-year contract at $150.00 a week when a few weeks later Paramount offered to borrow her from Fox at a salary of $1000.00 per week. She goes on to quote dollars-and-cents amounts to demonstrate how she (or her mother) was repeatedly cheated, how false announcements were issued to the press as to her salary. The careful detail she goes into indicates that she (or some assistant) has done considerable "homework." There is just so much more in this biography than you would ever expect. It's obvious if you think about it, Shirley Temple is a very intelligent person. Part of her talent as a child came from the fact that she has a very high IQ. So the writing in the book displays humor, wisdom, and candor. Her ability to memorize lines and deliver them correctly in one take was legendary when she was a child. What maybe less well known is that she is on every top ten list of great tap dancers and she gave the practice up, at least publicly, when she was 20, a time when most dancers are just getting started. This autobiography unusual on several fronts: Mrs. Black is very introspective about her parents and grand parents and their relationship to who she became. This is common in biographies, but much less so in autobiographies. She is also candid about unorthodox techniques used to direct her in her early movies, and her likes and dislikes of her various directors and co-stars. As a child she had an unusual capacity for concentration which she brings to bear on her work as a writer and the details of what she recalls. Any child growing up under similar circumstances would find their egos hardboiled. Mrs. Black turns acute perception on the problems of her personality and her use of her own power that are not always complimentary. This is a true expose of what becomes of someone who is both manipulated and praised beyond their own self image. It was her unique intelligence that got her through. The National Enquirer is filled with similar stories of the less intelligent. Also listed Joan Crawford SIGNED, Doris Day,William Powell, Lana Turner SIGNED, Guy Madison SIGNED, Montgomery Clift, Robert Mitchum SIGNED, Barbara Stanwyck, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Burke SIGNED & more Hollywood Items!!! Combine postage offered on all items Good luck and Happy Bidding!

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