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Temple, one of the most popular child actors in Hollywood,
won legions of fans as a bouncy, curly-haired young star in
1930s movies such as "Bright Eyes", "Heidi" and "Curly Top"
The child actress went on to forge a second career as ambassador
Shirley Temple Black and died at the age of 85 last year. Her
family are now selling her belongings.
The items up for grabs on auctioneer Nate D. Sanders' website
include 57 costumes from films such as "Now and Forever", "The
Little Colonel", "Dimples" and "Poor Little Rich Girl".
"These costumes are extremely important because they are the
actual costumes that were in the movies. Shirley Temple kept
these actual costumes for almost 80 years," auction house owner
Nate Sanders said.
"The most important piece we have ... is part of the lot of 57
dresses ... the dream sequence from 'Heidi' where she did a
dance number and wore wooden clogs. We have the dress and the
wooden clogs. It's one of Shirley Temple's most remembered
scenes."
Bidding for the lot of outfits, paired with pictures of Temple
wearing the costumes, starts at $500,000.
Temple's personal movie scripts are also for sale as is the
peach silk pleated dress she wore to receive the Juvenile Award
at the 1935 Oscars.
"She was the number one box office star back then for four years
in a row," Sanders said. "No one has outshined her with that
success."
(Reporting By Reuters Television in Los Angeles; Writing by
Marie-Louise Gumuchian in London; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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