Adventure in Baltimore 1949  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe, Josephine Hutchinson, John Miljan, Charles Kemper, Johnny Sands, Norma Varden, Charles Smith
Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) is the daughter of a minister (Robert Young) who is a liberated early 1900s' young woman. Dinah expresses her freedom by painting a picture of a man in a loincloth; this, naturally, upsets the community and church members as well.
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 Baby Take a Bow 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart, Ray Walker, Ralf Harolde, James Flavin, Dorothy Libaire, Richard Tucker, Olive Tell
This is Shirley Temple's first film in which she has a starring role, and she made her name as a young girl who clears her ex-convict father (James Dunn) from the charge of stealing jewels.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport, Irving Bacon, Don Beddoe, Johnny Sands, Veda Ann Borg, Lillian Randolph, Dan Tobin, Ransom M. Sherman, William Bakewell, Ian Bernard
Teenager Sharon (Shirley Temple) is so infatuated with 40-year-old playboy artist Dick Nugent (Cary Grant) that she sneaks into his apartment one night hoping to model for him. When this is discovered by Sharon's older sister, Judge Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy), she threatens Dick with jail if he does not agree to date Sharon for one week to help Sharon get over her infatuation with him. Dick agrees to take Sharon out, but as the week progresses, it is he and Margaret who discover mutual interests in each other.
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The Blue Bird 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason, Jessie Ralph, Helen Ericson, Johnny Russell, Laura Hope Crews, Russell Hicks, Cecilia Loftus, Gene Reynolds, Stanley Andrews
In a change of character for Shirley Temple, she plays a little brat who leaves home but finds that happiness can only be found through unselfishness.
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 Bright Eyes 1934  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Judith Allen, Lois Wilson, Charles Sellon, Jane Withers, Theodore von Eltz, Brandon Hurst, George Irving
Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) is orphaned, and a custody battle ensues. This is the film in which Shirley Temple sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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Captain January 1936 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, June Lang, Buddy Ebsen, Sara Haden, Jane Darwell, Nella Walker, Si Jenks, George Irving
After surviving a shipwreck, Star (Shirley Temple) is rescued by lighthouse-keeper Captain January (Guy Kibbee) and takes up a new life among the seafarers.
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Change of Heart 1934 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Mischa Auer, Jane Darwell, Bess Flowers, Dick Foran, Leonid Kinskey
Following college, four graduates head for New York in search of fame and fortune.
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 Dimples 1936 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Stepin Fetchit, Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Delma Byron, Astrid Allwyn, John Carradine, Paul Stanton, Berton Churchill, Delma Byron, Julius Tannen, Billy McClain, Arthur Aylesworth, Jack Clifford
Sylvia "Dimples" Dolores Appleby (Shirley Temple) gathers the crowd with her dancing in the streets of nineteenth-century New York City while her grandfather Eustace Appleby (Frank Morgan) moves among her admirers picking their pockets. This is the story of Dimples' travels from the street to the stage.
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Fort Apache 1948  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Ward Bond, John Agar, George O'Brien, Shirley Temple, Irene Rich, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Pedro Armendariz, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Jack Pennick, Mae Marsh
Lt. Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) is annoyed because he has been sent out West to command Fort Apache in Arizona after serving valiantly during the Civil War. After his daughter Philadelphia (Shirley Temple) and Lt. Michael O'Rourke (Ward Bond) discover the bodies of mutilated soldiers murdered by the Apaches, Thursday decides to stir up the Indians for his own fame and fortune. One of his officers, Capt. Kirby York (John Wayne), tries to teach him the realities of co-existing with the Indians and tells him that the real problem is not the Apaches, but, instead, it is the corrupt Indian agents promoting the problems. York's words go unheeded, and Thursday leads his men into a disastrous situation after which he is labeled a hero by the press.
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Heidi 1937 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Pauline Moore, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Thomas Beck, Mary Nash, Mady Christians
Shirley Temple stars as the little girl who is unhappy when taken away from her grandfather's home in the Alps.
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Honeymoon 1947 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Two Men and a Girl
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Shirley Temple, Franchot Tone, Guy Madison, Lina Romay, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell, Corinna Mura, Julio Villarreal, Manuel Arvide, Jose Goula
Barbara (Shirley Temple) heads to Mexico to marry her fiance (Guy Madison). Once there, she enlists the aid of the American Vice Consul (Franchot Tone) to find her husband-to-be and help cut red tape so they can marry.
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I'll Be Seeing You 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle, George Cukor
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Tom Tully, Chill Wills, John Derek, Olin Howland, John James, Kenny Bowers, Gary Gray, Dorothy Stone, Eddie Hall, Margaret Bert, Earl Johnson
While serving time in prison for manslaughter, Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) is given a prison furlough to visit relatives for Christmas. She meets Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) while riding on a train, and the two fall in love. But, Zachary is a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Will they be able to deal with their pasts and form a relationship?
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Just Around the Corner 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Bill Robinson, Bert Lahr, Franklin Pangborn, Claude Gillingwater
When Jeff Hale (Charles Farrell) loses his fortune during 1929's Great Depression, his daughter Penny (Shirley Temple) must return home from boarding school. Temple's dance routines with Bill Robinson are highlights of many of her films, and this one is no exception.
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Kathleen 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, Gail Patrick, Felix Bressart, Nella Walker, Lloyd Corrigan, Wade Boteler, Charles Judels
An unhappy daughter, Kathleen (Shirley Temple), finds the right new wife for her widower father (Herbert Marshall), and everyone lives happily ever after.
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Kiss and Tell 1945 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel, Katharine Alexander, Robert Benchley, Porter Hall, Tom Tully, Darryl Hickman, Kathryn Card, Darren McGavin
This film is based on the Broadway character Corliss Archer. In this episode, Corliss (Shirley Temple) tries to keep news of her brother's marriage a secret.
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A Kiss for Corliss 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Almost a Bride
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Shirley Temple, David Niven, Tom Tully, Virginia Welles, Darryl Hickman, Robert Ellis, Richard Gaines, Gloria Holden, Kathryn Card, Ray Roberts
This sequel to "Kiss and Tell" again features Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. This time Corliss has a crush on a playboy (David Niven) who barely knows she exists.
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Law of Vengeance 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
aka: To the Last Man
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Buster Crabbe, Jack La Rue, Barton MacLane, Noah Beery, Muriel Kirkland, Fuzzy Knight, Gail Patrick, Egon Brecher, John Carradine, Shirley Temple
The feuding Kentucky Hayden and Colby families suffered a casualty when a Hayden was murdered by Jed Colby (Noah Beery). The feuding resumes when Jed gets out of jail, this time in Nevada where the Haydens have relocated. But there is a complication: Lynn Hayden (Randolph Scott) plans to marry Ellen Colby (Esther Ralston). An early feature film appearance by Shirley Temple.
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The Little Colonel 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Bill Robinson, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Sidney Blackmer, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Darien, Harry Strang, Alden "Stephen" Chase
Shirley Temple sings and dances her way through this movie set in the South during Reconstruction following the Civil War.
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Little Miss Marker 1934 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Shirley Temple, Charles Bickford, Lynne Overman, Frank McGlynn Sr., Warren Hymer, Garry Owen, Willie Best, Frank Conroy
This good Damon Runyan story was a perfect vehicle for Shirley Temple. After her father goes into debt to his bookie, Sorrowful Jones (Adolphe Menjou), Miss Marker (Shirley Temple) becomes a ward of the bookie as an I.O.U. Remade in 1949 as "Sorrowful Jones" with Bob Hope, in 1963 as "Forty Pounds of Trouble" with Tony Curtis, and in 1980 with Walter Matthau.
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The Little Princess 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher, Sybil Jason, Miles Mander, E.E. Clive, Mary Nash, Marcia Mae Jones, Beryl Mercer, Deidre Gale, Ira Stevens, Eily Malyon
Sara Crewe (Shirley Temple) is left in an exclusive boarding school in England when her father Captain Reginald Crew (Ian Hunter) marches off to serve in the Boer War. After it is reported that he is killed in action, Sara is left penniless and must work as a servant–until her father returns alive.
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 The Littlest Rebel 1935 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson, Stepin Fetchit, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Willie Best, James Flavin, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Set during the Civil War, a young Southern girl, Virgie Cary (Shirley Temple), is the daughter of a captured Confederate soldier. Virgie dances (with Bill Robinson) and charms President Lincoln into sparing her father's life.
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Miss Annie Rooney 1942 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Peggy Ryan, Gloria Holden, June Lockhart, Selmer Jackson, Virginia Sale, Roland Dupree, Jonathan Hale
Annie Rooney (Shirley Temple) is a poor girl who falls in love with a wealthy youth, Marty (Dickie Moore). Shirley receives her first screen kiss.
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College 1949 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake, Alan Young, Jessie Royce Landis, Kathleen Hughes, Paul Harvey, Jeff Chandler, Taylor Holmes, Alvin Greenman
In this continuing series of "Mr. Belvedere" films, our genius Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb) heads for college where he becomes involved in the social, as well as the academic sphere, of his education.
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Now and Forever 1934 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Sir Guy Standing, Gilbert Emery, Henry Kolker, Tetsu Komai, Akim Tamiroff, Jameson Thomas, Richard Loo
Jerry Day (Gary Cooper) is a jewel thief, but the love he has for his daughter (Shirley Temple) influences him to become an honorable man.
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Now I'll Tell 1934 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin Burke
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Robert Gleckler, Shirley Temple, Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O'Neill, G.P. Huntley, Clarence Wilson, Vince Barnett
Gambler Arnold Rothstein was killed and the case remained unsolved. This is the story of his widow's theory of what really happened.
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Our Little Girl 1935 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John S. Robertson
Cast: Shirley Temple, Rosemary Ames, Joel McCrea, Lyle Talbot, Erin O'Brien-Moore, J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hymer, Jack Baxley
Molly's (Shirley Temple) dad (Joel McCrea) is a busy physician, and her mother (Rosemary Ames) is being tempted by the neighbor. So, Molly gets to work and saves the day by bringing her parents closer together.
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Poor Little Rich Girl 1936 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical / Romance
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley, Michael Whalen, Jane Darwell, Claude Gillingwater, Henry Armetta, Sara Haden, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Stanton, Charles Coleman, John Wray, Tyler Brooke, Mathilde Comont
Barbara Barry (Shirley Temple) is a motherless girl who runs away from her wealthy father (Michael Whalen) and joins Jerry and Jimmy Dolan (Alice Faye and Jack Haley) in their vaudeville act. Barbara loves life on the stage, and her widowed father realizes he is losing his daughter and tries to win back her affections. This is one of Shirley Temple's best films.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Phyllis Brooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, William Demarest, Paul Harvey
A talented child, Rebecca (Shirley Temple), wins a radio talent contest and becomes the darling of the airwaves. Along the way, she dances with Aloysius (Bill Robinson).
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The Red-Haired Alibi 1932  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Merna Kennedy, Grant Withers, Theodore von Eltz, Huntley Gordon, Paul Porcasi, Purnell Pratt, Arthur Hoyt, John Vosburgh, Fred Kelsey, Shirley Temple
Red-headed Lynn (Merna Kennedy) is the constant escort for gangster Trent Travers (Theodore von Eltz). This gives him an alibi when his men do the dirty work, and Lynn is so naive that she doesn't even know he's a crook. All ends well in this feature film debut for Shirley Temple.
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Since You Went Away 1944 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Keenan Wynn, Agnes Moorehead, Monty Woolley, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Alla Nazimova, Albert Bassermann, Guy Madison, Craig Stevens, Lloyd Corrigan
Life on the home front during World War II is told through Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) and her daughters Jane and Bridget (Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple) who also serve while Tim, their husband/father, fights the war. To make ends meet, Anne takes in a boarder, Col. William Smollet (Monty Woolley), who lends his moral support to the family. Among the eight Academy Award nominations (in addition to an Oscar for Musical Score) were Best Picture, Actress (Colbert), Supporting Actor (Monty Woolley) and Supporting Actress (Jones).
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Stand Up and Cheer! 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos, Shirley Temple, Ralph Morgan, John Boles, Nigel Bruce, Stepin Fetchit, Dick Foran
To help bring the country out of the Great Depression, a new Cabinet post–Secretary of Amusements–is designed. It has little impact until young Shirley Dugan (Shirley Temple) shows up. Temple sings "Baby Take a Bow."
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The Story of Seabiscuit 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister, Rosemary DeCamp, Donald MacBride, Pierre Watkin, William Forrest, Bill Cartledge, Creighton Hale, Gertrude Astor
Shawn O'Hara (Barry Fitzgerald) sees something no one else does in his horse, Seabiscuit. Training pays off, and Seabiscuit becomes a champion.
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Stowaway 1936 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher, Philip Ahn, J. Edward Bromberg, Astrid Allwyn, Allan Lane, Robert Greig, Jayne Tannen, Willie Fung, Paul McVey
An orphaned girl, Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple), stows away aboard ship and befriends a playboy millionaire, Tommy Randall (Robert Young). Ching-Ching next plays Cupid and arranges for Randall and Susan Parker (Alice Faye) to meet. Marriage follows, and–of course–Ching-Ching is adopted by the happy couple.
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Susannah of the Mounties 1939 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Martin Good Rider, J. Farrell MacDonald, Moroni Olsen, Victor Jory, Lester Matthews, Leyland Hodgson, Charles Irwin
Following her parents' massacre in an Indian raid, Susannah (Shirley Temple) is taken in and raised by Canadian Mounted Policeman Monty (Randolph Scott). She befriends the son of an Indian chief and helps settle a major problem between the Indians and the railroad.
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That Hagen Girl 1947  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell, Dorothy Peterson, Conrad Janis, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Charles Kemper, Penny Edwards, Harry Davenport, Nella Walker
This film is chock-full of sentimentality. It is the story about whether or not Tom Bates (Ronald Reagan) REALLY is Mary Hagen's (Shirley Temple) birth father, and it's really poor.
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 That's Dancing! 1985 G, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jack Haley Jr.
Cast: Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr., Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Ray Bolger, Bill Robinson, June Haver, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland
Music fans will enjoy this compilation of dance routines from numerous films that span half a century.
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Wee Willie Winkie 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Ford
Cast: Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Cesar Romero, Willie Fung, Constance Collier, Douglas Scott, Gavin Muir
Priscilla (Shirley Temple) charms grandfather Colonel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith) and others when she and her widowed mother (June Lang) visit the frontier of India where British troops are stationed.
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Young People 1940 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard, Darryl Hickman, Minor Watson, Frank Swann, Frank Sully, Mae Marsh, Irving Bacon, Charles Halton, Sarah Edwards, Arthur Aylesworth
Wendy (Shirley Temple) is adopted by Joe and Kit (Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood) who are members of a vaudeville team and are considering changing their profession. The family moves to a small town so that Wendy will receive a solid upbringing. But, the townsfolk do not like show business people and want Wendy and her family out of their lives–until a storm hits and Joe saves the lives of stranded children. The family is now welcome in the town and puts on a show that is loved by all.
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| 1. Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
2. Baby Take a Bow (1934)
3. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
4. The Blue Bird (1940)
5. Bright Eyes (1934)
6. Captain January (1936)
7. Change of Heart (1934)
8. Curly Top (1935)
9. Dimples (1936)
10. Fort Apache (1948)
11. Heidi (1937)
12. Honeymoon (1947)
aka: Two Men and a Girl
13. I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
14. Just Around the Corner (1938)
15. Kathleen (1941)
16. Kiss and Tell (1945)
17. A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
aka: Almost a Bride
18. Law of Vengeance (1933)
aka: To the Last Man
19. The Little Colonel (1935)
20. Little Miss Broadway (1938)
21. Little Miss Marker (1934)
22. The Little Princess (1939)
23. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
24. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
25. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
26. Now and Forever (1934)
27. Now I'll Tell (1934)
28. Our Little Girl (1935)
29. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
30. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
31. The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)
32. Since You Went Away (1944)
33. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
34. The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
35. Stowaway (1936)
36. Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
37. That Hagen Girl (1947)
38. That's Dancing! (1985)
39. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
40. Young People (1940)
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