This short series of clips shows various highlights in the career of famed child actress Shirley Temple (1928-2014). It begins with her serenading President Roosevelt at an elaborate birthday party in 1937. Shirley Temple and Eddie Cantor are together on stage, Shirley sings and Eddie conducts auction for a piece of giant cake behind them. The film also includes a brief parade with Edgar Bergman and Charlie McCarthy (1:20) on a float, Bob Burns in an open car (1:27), Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan (1:31), Shirley Temple (1:38). At 1:49, 1939 Rose Parade footage. The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal (2:01). An older Temple is seen again at (2:19) in the company of stars such as Cary Grant (2:21), and at (2:29) Shirley Temple’s wedding at age 17, to Army Air Force Sgt. John Agar, 24. Their marriage lasted only five years. At 2:41, footage of Temple on set celebrating her own birthday with husband John Agar, possibly on the set of Ft. Apache, which would make the date April 23, 1948.

We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 — President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.”

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com