tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post2981024127350593846..comments2024-03-28T08:56:49.153-07:00Comments on Davelandblog: Tribute to Shirley Temple BlackDavelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-11271183058572906782014-02-13T05:12:02.990-08:002014-02-13T05:12:02.990-08:00Thank you all for the nice comments. Having Shirle...Thank you all for the nice comments. Having Shirley pass was almost like losing an old friend.Davelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-71424559389916538422014-02-11T15:45:30.248-08:002014-02-11T15:45:30.248-08:00Wonderful post and tribute to a charming and brill...Wonderful post and tribute to a charming and brilliant woman. A life well lived for the benefit of many. Thanks Dave.<br /><br />KS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-78433983652700347642014-02-11T14:20:16.687-08:002014-02-11T14:20:16.687-08:00Side note - reading your captions, I saw the refer...Side note - reading your captions, I saw the reference to Eva Maria Saint (always a fav of mine). She is nearly 90 now and still acting in front line feature films and TV. She will debut in Winter's Tail that releases this Friday. One would never know she is of that age to look and listen to her. Hope for me maybe? North By Northwest, Exodus and The Sandpiper all are credits to her acting talents. I hope that TV and print news are not already pre-producing her passing story - she has given us much through the years and seems to want to keep going despite the years under her belt. beachgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145677285299398734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-35544236216377863262014-02-11T13:58:26.374-08:002014-02-11T13:58:26.374-08:00As kid in the late 40s through early 50s, like ot...As kid in the late 40s through early 50s, like other generations before and after me, I was hooked on Shirley Temple movies. Her tap dancing with the likes of Buddy Epson, Gloria Stewart and the magnificent Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson made me want to practice my tap and ballet lessons harder than ever. Early TV I grew up with was not quite yet ready for longer feature movies, so first passing of her films I saw on the 'big' screens - often the movie theater round my neck of the woods had a Saturday children's double feature (and then some) matinee for 10 cents. We never knew what we would see until the movies started and it was always welcome if it was a Shirley movie, even if it was a repeat. I had many favs through the years, but as a kid always came back to Wee Willie Winkie. She was faced with seemingly grown up issues in an exotic location and someone she loved died right in front of our eyes while she sang Old Lang Syne to him. It tugged at my heart-strings and showed a lot of the flair she had with her remarkable one take timing. Her passing was expected, but it does not make me any less saddened to know another piece of my childhood is gone. She always had grace as an 20-40 something. I recall how perfect a 'Cinderella' figure she was in presenting the 'Shirley Temple's Storybook' hour on TV in the late 50s - early 60. She also was a hero to me when she shared her breast cancer diagnosis in the early 70s - women didn't talk about that much then. Nice thing is we have her image living on as icon from the movies like a Clark Gable or a Charlie Chaplin. Indeed she was a stellar original. beachgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145677285299398734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-86224157088281739532014-02-11T09:58:21.029-08:002014-02-11T09:58:21.029-08:00Thank you for a wonderful tribute post. I cried t...Thank you for a wonderful tribute post. I cried this morning too.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286032807894115704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-41981569802244225872014-02-11T09:08:20.391-08:002014-02-11T09:08:20.391-08:00I have always respected her, she made quite a life...I have always respected her, she made quite a life and career in the real world away from Hollywood, proving that is possible.<br /><br />Sorry to see her go, we will not see her like again, I am afraid.<br /><br />Thank you, Dave for the post, wistful and respectful, without being sad.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-68193760629142379802014-02-11T09:08:05.235-08:002014-02-11T09:08:05.235-08:00I have completely adored her my entire life. I cri...I have completely adored her my entire life. I cried when I heard it on the news this morning. Yours was a lovely post, and as one of Shirley's most ardent admirers, I228 thank you.Heidi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666588441951832108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-15087130741230604802014-02-11T07:45:33.181-08:002014-02-11T07:45:33.181-08:00Somehow I knew when I'd open your blog this mo...Somehow I knew when I'd open your blog this morning, Shirley Temple would be here smiling. Nice tribute, Dave.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-54725977173772772432014-02-11T07:29:39.130-08:002014-02-11T07:29:39.130-08:00Wow, I was sad to learn of her passing. She was an...Wow, I was sad to learn of her passing. She was an adorable kid, and grew to be an amazing lady.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.com