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Includes Temple's own insurance quotes about her life and connections. Carries a bibliography for further reading. "I ended believing in Santa Claus after i was six. Mother took me to see him in a division store and he requested my autograph." (Shirley Temple) A whole lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most important information, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get swept up to rate on the lives of America's most significant women and men in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. Shirley Temple remains the most famous child star of all time, but even this designation does not represent the magnitude of her popularity during the age where she worked. Although it is true that she had not been the first child actor to attain Hollywood popularity, she was the first - and also to this day, possibly the only - superstar who increased to the pinnacle of the Hollywood elite before she even changed 10 years old. Because of this, it is not a exaggeration to view Shirley as the progenitor for all the child actors that succeeded her. Furthermore, her social importance constitutes a far more important barometer through which to measure her overall value. Not merely was Shirley a film superstar, but she got a monumental impact on a technology of children who grew up during the Great Depression, with her plucky optimism representing an invaluable calming occurrence for an American people struggling both financially and emotionally. She had not been only a actress but also a brand name, someone who offered fathers and mothers hope for their children to achieve the same success as the famous child superstar.
