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- Bright Eyes
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- (December 31, 1934)
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- When she appeared in Stand Up and Cheer which started her on
- her road to stardom, Shirley Temple weighed 42 lb. Now she
- weighs 47 lb. and is 1 1/2 in. taller. She arrives at the studio
- in a Dodge instead of a Ford. Her salary has gone up from $150
- to $1,000 per week.
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- The story of Bright Eyes, following the rule for most
- pictures tailored to fit stars, is important only for the
- opportunities it gives Shirley Temple; to weep when she hears
- that her mother has gone to Heaven; to tiptoe away from her
- nursery when she learns that the couple she lives with do not
- like her; to chuckle when an aviator (James Dunn) who wants to
- adopt her lets her dress in his pajamas; to smile bravely when
- he makes a parachute jump with her in his arms; to look slyly
- good-humored when she is arranging the reconciliation between
- the aviator and his girl, which solves the question of her own
- future home. Shirley Temple handles all these opportunities with
- such childish grace and adult talent that when she returns to
- her old specialty in a song called "On the Good Ship Lollipop,"
- it is almost as if Greta Garbo were suddenly to break into
- "Shuffle Off to Buffalo."
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