Customer Reviews
Shirley Temple Box set Vol. 1 
2008-02-13
My daughter kept seeing this set advertised on TV for an outrageous price. I ordered it through Amazon for much less. I wasn't sure she would like it because it is really old but our whole family sat and watched the entire 3 movies in one sitting. She sang and danced just like I did when I was a little girl on Sunday mornings. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
Mom of Sav 2008-01-10
We have all Shirley's movies! They are just charming for any little girl. I love them too!!!
Shirly Temple Sweetheart collection 2008-01-09
My wife is a Shirley Temple fan and I purchased this for a gift to her, She is very happy with these movies. We have not watched the black & white version but are very pleased with the color version.
At her peak in the Alps 
2007-12-23
SPOILER ALERT! THIS REVIEW MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS!
Curly Top (1935) They'd have to censor out her face as they did her appearance as a gilded Cupid, to avoid all risk of folks finding her adorable. Thanks a lot, Mrs. Grundy, wherever you may be! This little star is a god to those who grew up during her three Number-One-Boxoffice years. Six-year-old Shirley is an orphan again in this one and sings the justly famous "Animal Crackers" song as well as the cutesey "When I Grow Up" (in a year or two or three), and does an inspired tap atop a grand piano. The vignettes of her posing costumed as the subjects of famous paintings, like Blue Boy, were only just okay, while her "hula" on the beach was child-like and amateurish. In this kid's portfolio, that's a big compliment.
Heidi (1937) Shirley is at her peak. This is before she got fat. She sparkles and dazzles and twinkles and dimples all through it. She was such a little professional and so alert to potential damage to her career, that she fought long and hard with Darryl F. Zanuck about the Netherland's "Little Wooden Shoes" number in a Swiss Alps movie. This film is an acting gig for her, not another song-and-dance trip, something she had longed for. Mama Temple worried that Marcia Mae Jones, as the crippled girl "Klara" might overshadow Shirley since she'd been in the business ten years and had 20 screen credits, but they worked well together and later were both cast in "The Little Princess." Good psychology in the script: Independent and self-sufficient Heidi, in efforts to win over the grouchy old Grandpa, continually asks him for uneeded assistance. No adversity is so terrible that it erases her smile for very many frames. Hard not to get a lump in your throat no matter how many times you've seen it and no matter how many versions there are, when "Klara" takes her first steps. Hard not to want a halo over Heidi's curlicued head!
Little Miss Broadway (1938) Must have been a real hair-puller whether to let Shirley's hem-lines down to hide her chubby, waffled thighs or keep them way up there to make her look younger. Anyway, that face and that talent mean that the baby-fat on her does not matter much. In her biography, she mentions more than once the studios keeping her skirts short, but writes of dieting only very casually, so I don't think this was a traumatic issue for her. Mrs. Temple was very protective but I have the feeling that she continually pushed and pushed and pushed, in her own sweet way. She probably told studio heads that she'd tolerate no comments on the kid's expanding girth. Everybody's little star, however, is very convincing in this role. And a buncha really talended "orphans" had names and lines and sang harmonious backup, but got no role-credits, thanks to Mom's protective instincts against any talented tot challenging darling daughter's box-office monopoly. Playing Lil' Orphan Shirley once again, she lives in a show-biz boarding hotel whose principle owner demands its demolition to make way for expensive new apartments. The minority stockholder in the form of the romantic male lead asks for an injunction against this and it's up to Shirley to convince hizzoner to look at the talent residing therein before deciding whether to tear down the venerable Variety Hotel. So a full-fledged Broadway musical transpires right in the courtroom and the sour-faced old judge, tapping his foot and bouncing about on the bench, rules in favor of Shirley and them. Off she goes into the sunset with her wanna-be adoptive parents who rescued her from the orphanage and who vow to get married one of these days. Side-show midget siblings George and Olive Brasno played Variety Hotel residents too and apparently were much smaller than Shirley, even at that age.
Shirley Temple 2007-11-16
This was purchased for my great niece. She absolutely loved the movies. So the rating is terrific even for children of the 21st century.
Shirley Temple Collection 2008-07-25
My kids 3 & 5 love watching this collection over and over again. It was also a great pick for family movie night when even the grandparents got a kick out of remembering the good ole days!
A Classic 2008-07-17
Shirley Temple,Sweetheart Collection I bought this for my 8 yr. old grandaughter and we sat and watched them together.It kept her attention for all the movies one right after another.She really enjoyed them as I did seeing them again only in color.
Shirley Temple on DVD 
2008-04-29
Great to get the movies on DVD. Sharing with my Grand Daughters is fun. The color option is not very well done, it is not true color.
Color/Black & White 2008-03-13
This is a nice 3-movie collection of Shirley Temple. The movies included in this set are Little Miss Broadway(1938), Heidi(1937), and Curly Top(1935). Included in each DVD is a trailer for the movie.
While each person has his/her own opinion on which movie is the best or which movie is substandard, Shirley Temple fans should rejoice that they now have a chance to own all her movies in a remastered DVD format.
One of my favorite options is the ability to watch a movie of hers in original Black & White, or in a colorized format. In the 80's and 90's, VHS versions were either in color or black & white; and the colorized versions were usually not very clear.
I got my copy recently for just over $15, quite a bargain. So for all Shirley Temple fans, it is time to enjoy her movies all over again with these newly released collections.
A SPARKLING GEM 2008-02-13
Once in a great while a person comes along that you just have to love with your whole being ... with absolutely no regrets! You've just got to have this set ... it will add a lot of sparkle to your life!
