Review by J. Lovins
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20th Century Fox present “THE SHIRLEY TEMPLE: AMERICA’S SWEETHEART COLLECTION VOL. 2″ (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) — now in COLOR and Glorious Black and White — In 2004, Shirley Temple teamed with Legend Films to restore, colorize and release her earliest black and white films, as well as episodes of her 1960 television series, The Shirley Temple Storybook Collection — a patented coloring and remastering process makes her picture perfect charm more vivd than ever — no one can resist Shirley’s charm in all her heart warming films.

“BRIGHT EYES” (released: 28 December 1934) (84 mins) (B&W/Color Versions) – Under David Butler (Director / Screenwriter), Sol Wurtzel (Producer), Edwin H. Burke (Screenwriter), William Conselman (Screenwriter), Arthur C. Miller (Cinematographer) – - – - One of Shirley Temple’s best movies is stolen by an absolutely riotous performance by Jane Withers as Temple’s bratty nemesis-the mean rich kid who picks on poor,noble motherless Shirley —.Worth seeing if you haven’t seen a Shirley Temple film — And this was one of the major hits of the 1930′s featuring Hollywood’s smallest and biggest star Shirley Temple plays an orphan caught up in a custody battle — Shirley worships a daredevil pilot (James Dunn) and through the course of the movie gets the chance to sing and make immortal “On the Good Ship Lollipop” — Also in the steadfast cast are: Jane Darwell, Judith Allen, Charles Sellon and probably the show stealer Jane Withers — Withers is the perfect rich brat to be mean to the poor little orphan(Temple) — One of the better projects of the busy little “curly top”.

the cast includes:

Shirley Temple … Shirley Blake

James Dunn … James ‘Loop’ Merritt

Jane Darwell … Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins

Judith Allen … Adele Martin

Lois Wilson … Mary Blake

Charles Sellon … Uncle Ned Smith

Walter Johnson … Thomas, Chauffeur

Jane Withers … Joy Smythe

Theodore von Eltz … J. Wellington Smythe (as Theodor von Eltz)

Dorothy Christy … Anita Smythe

Brandon Hurst … Higgins

George Irving … Judge Thompson

“BABY TAKE A BOW” (released: 30 June 1934) (74 mins) (B&W/Color Versions) – Under Harry Lachman (Director), John Stone (Producer), James P. Judge (Play Author), Philip Klein (Screenwriter), Edward E. Paramore, Jr. (Screenwriter), Lewis William O’Connell (Cinematographer), Bud Green (Songwriter), Samuel Kaylin (Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score), Sam Stept (Songwriter), Duncan Cramer (Production Designer), Royer (Costume Designer), George Leverett (Sound/Sound Designer), Sammy Lee (Choreography) – - – - Shirley Temple shines during her scenes with Dunn and Trevor and our little charmer delight her fans with some fancy high stepping of dancing and her cute antics — The story centers on a likable ex-convict Eddie Ellison (James Dunn) who has harmless fun playing practical jokes on his friends and comes out of jail to marry a loyal woman (Claire Trevor) — Six years later, the couple have young Shirley as their daughter and Eddie tries to hold a job — but a bitter and nasty private investigator (Alan Dinehart) is determined to do whatever it takes to ruin Ellison and send him back to the slammer again and tries to nail him for a theft he wasn’t involved in — Here is where daddy’s little girl Shirley helps her father out by trying to foil the real crook.

the cast includes:

Shirley Temple … Shirley Ellison

James Dunn … Eddie Ellison

Claire Trevor … Kay Ellison

Alan Dinehart … Welch (private investigator)

Ray Walker … Larry Scott

Dorothy Libaire … Jane Scott

Ralf Harolde … Trigger Stone

James Flavin … Det. Flannigan

Richard Tucker … Stuart Carson (factory owner)

Olive Tell … Mrs. Stuart Carson

“REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM” (released: 18 March 1938) (80mins) (B&W/Color Versions) – Under Allan Dwan (Director), Raymond Griffith (Producer), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Don Ettlinger (Screenwriter), Charlotte Thompson (Play Author), Karl Tunberg (Screenwriter), Kate Douglas Wiggin (Play Author / Short Story Author), Arthur C. Miller (Cinematographer), Mack Gordon (Composer (Music Score), Art Lange (Musical Direction/Supervision), Sidney D. Mitchell (Composer (Music Score), Lew Pollack (Composer (Music Score), Harry Revel (Composer (Music Score), Raymond Scott (Composer (Music Score), Jack Yellen (Composer (Music Score), Allen McNeil (Editor), Bernard Herzbrun (Art Director), Hans Peters (Art Director), Thomas K. Little (Set Designer), Nick Castle (Choreography) – - – - Our Little Shirley Temple turns in another crowd-pleasing performance in this pleasant family film — Her smile & vivacity are still stunning decades later — Shirley is at her peak as a girl singer who is sought by two rival cereal companies to promote their radio commercials — Randolph Scott and Gloria Stuart provide the romance, heading a fine supporting cas is Helen Westley, Slim Summerville and William Demarest — and the great Bill `Bojangles’ Robinson is cast as a farmhand – but wait until the film’s final moments when he gets to shine in a tap routine with Little Shirley — Shirley’s numbers include “Come and Get Your Happiness” and she also sings a medley of hits from her previous films, among them “On the Good Ship Lollipop”, “When I’ m With You” and “Animal Crackers in My Soup”.

the cast includes:

Shirley Temple … Rebecca Winstead

Randolph Scott … Tony Kent

Jack Haley … Orville Smithers

Gloria Stuart … Gwen Warren

Phyllis Brooks … Lola Lee

Helen Westley … Aunt Miranda Wilkins

Slim Summerville … Homer Busby

Bill Robinson … Aloysius

Raymond Scott … Leader of Musical Ensemble (as Raymond Scott Quintet)

Alan Dinehart … Purvis

J. Edward Bromberg … Doctor Hill

Dixie Dunbar … Receptionist

Paul Hurst … Mug

William Demarest … Harry Kipper

Ruth Gillette … Melba

Hats off and thanks to Barry B. Sandrew Ph.D. (Founder, COO & CTO) and his Legend Films Staff — looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the ’20s, ’30s & ’40s — order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD — if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Legend Films where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector — all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 238 mins on DVD ~ 20th Century Fox. ~ (11/22/2005)

Review by Cubsfan
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I got these for my Mom to give to my niece for her birthday. She is dancing to Shirley Temple in her dance classes. She LOVES them and watches them constantly!! It is wonderful that these classics can literally be enjoyed by the generations!

Review by Joseph Taglioli
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Above average quality of film remastery and colorization. I am a pleased consumer and would recommend this product for any one who remembers, or wants to share ‘curly top’ with someone who didn’t get to see her movies.

Shirley Temple movies were something we looked forward to every Sunday afternoon growing up here in Detroit (Michigan). Enjoy!