“Bright Eyes,” the movie that launched Shirley Temple’s signature song, “On The Goodship Lollipop,” was released just in time for Christmas on December 20, 1934. Today’s opening photo shows the Fox Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, and they could not be any prouder that they are featuring a Shirley movie! Check out all the posters, photos, and placards! And who ended up with these?!?
Based on their website, “Bright Eyes” ran from Sunday January 13, 1935 until Tuesday January 15. Not a very long run, but that seemed typical for most of their films. Besides the feature, you got to see a Charley Chase Comedy (“Chases of Wimpole Street”) AND a Technicolor cartoon (“The Discontented Canary”) AND Fox News events. What a value!
A closeup of the photo montage:
Most of these are in my collection, including this one with James “Jimmie” Dunn:
…and this one with Dunn and Judith Allen.
This one is dead center, which is a curious choice since it’s from her previous Fox film, “Baby Take A Bow.”
The theatre (which opened in 1925) is still around, but currently closed for repairs, reopening in July/August.
How the building looks today, according to Google streetview:
The drug store is no more; where can the residents of Palo Alto get their sickroom needs met now?
See more Shirley Temple photos at my main website.
2 comments:
Two days? TWO DAYS?! Okay, maybe three but still... Even Plan 9 From Outer Space ran longer than that.
That would have been an interesting double feature: Bright Eyes and Plan 9!
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