Modern Screen (Dec 1935 - Nov 1936)

MODERN SCREEN Shirley Temple, Saver of Lives (Continued from page 27) It all depends on the WOMAN There are sensitive women every where who do not trust the superficial information that is going around about feminine hygiene. These deep-natured women want the whole truth from the scientific standpoint. They must depend on themselves to sift out the real facts. And to them the news about Zonite will be welcome. • You do not need to use poisonous antiseptics for feminine hygiene, just because an older generation used them. In those days there were no antiseptics powerful enough for the purpose, except the poisons. But that was before the discovery of Zonite —the antiseptic-germicide of the World War. Zonite is powerful, and Zonite is safe. Zonite is far more powerful than a???/ dilution of carbolic acid that can be used on the human body. But Zonite is not poisonous. Not caustic. Zonite has never harmed any woman. It will not desensitize tissues. 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USJ_COUPON FOR FREE BOOKLET ZONITE PRODUCTS CORPORATION MS-5I2 Chrysler Building. New York, N. Y. Please send me free copy of the booklet or booklets checked below. ( ) Facts for Women ( ) Use of Antiseptics in the Home NAME IPlease print name) ADDRESS CITY STATE (In Canada: Sainte Therese, P.Q.) allowed the dress to be unfastened. Lovingly she patted the soft satin. "I'm going to keep it always," she said soberly, "and when I get married I'll have a big dress just like it." Before she left the building, slie returned to the sewing room to wave goodbye to the "girls." She carried away an armful of scraps of silk, which they save for her doll clothes, but she left behind a smile on everj' face. Those women love her and they are also grateful to her for their jobs. They know that when a Shirley Temple picture is being prepared there will be several weeks' work for three extra seamstresses and it makes them all happy. In "Curly Top" she has eighteen changes of costume. Each tiny garment is beautifully made and finished with the most exquisite handwork — little rabbits on pink satin pajamas, gay flowers embroidered on black velvet. There are hats to accompany many of the costumes. Even her shoes are made to order. "Every dress we make for Shirley costs from $35 to $40," Rene Hubert told me. And there is no star for whom the great designer would rather fashion clothes. "She is so refreshing," he explained. And every garment that is made for her is given to her for her personal use when the picture is finished. Marion Weldon, a young lady who sings and dances, is another who owes her weekly salary directly to Shirley. She learns all of Shirley's songs and dances and, in turn, helps to teach them to Shirley. "I try them out on Marion," Jack Donohue. the dancing instructor, explained. "When I'm satisfied with them I teach them to Shirley by having her watch Marion. It's the easiest way to teach a child and besides, Shirley is a born mimic." During a Temple production, he hires an assistant to carry on his regular work so that he is available for Shirley at any time. Handicapped by the law, which allows children to work a limited number of hours a day, he must be ready to rehearse with Shirley whenever she can work with him. In preparing for a new picture they usually rehearse two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. There is an extra pianist hired for Shirley's rehearsals. For "Curly Top" an Hawaiian dancing girl was hired at $15 a day for at least a week to teach her a native dance. SHIRLEY says her lessons to Miss Lillian Barkley, who teaches the stock players at the studio, but a welfare worker is employed for Shirley exclusively. This welfare worker, Mrs. Veta Geddes, receives $9 a day for her services and she works every day that Shirley does. She reads to Shirley, plays games and is with her every minute she is on the set. Both teachers are enthusiastic over their small pupil and say she always worries over other children who work in her pictures. When making the baptizing scene in "The Little Colonel" the little colored boy had to be ducked many times before the scene suited the director. Each time, after the ducking, it was Shirley who ran for the blanket and wrapped him up so he wouldn't take cold. Generous to a fault, she wants to share her good fortune with others and particularly with her little stand-in, _ Marilyn Grannis. If she is of¥ered an ice cream cone or a piece of candy, she will scarcely wait to say "thank you" before she adds. "Marilyn is over there." Marilyn, however, has profited more than in these small attentions by Shirley's rise to stardom. In "Baby Take a Bow" Marilyn, with some other children, was hired to do a specialty number. Mrs. Temple and Shirley took a fancy to Marilyn and her mother and so she has been employed regularly at a salary of about $30 a week to act as Shirley's stand-in. The money Marilyn earns is not needed for "family" expenses and is put away intact for her use later on. Of course Shirley's mother wouldn't be any place, but with her child. But for her companionship, for teaching Shirley her lines and for other duties she performs (perhaps as a reward for having had Shirley!), Mrs. Temple is paid a salary of $100 a week by the studio. This money enabled Mrs. Temple to hire a housekeeper to do the work which she had previously done herself. It also enabled the Temples to move into a more secluded home when Shirley's popularity caused a crowd of curiosity seekers to surround their house at all hours of the day and night in an effort to get a peek at the tiny star. While this was an unbearable annoyance to the Temples, it was a break for the real estate dealer who sold them a new home. Several months ago Shirley's fan mail increased to more than 4,000 letters a week (more than that received by any Fox star) necessitating the hiring of a secretary to answer it. She is a permanent employee and taking care of the mail occupies all of her time. BESIDES the people employed at the studio in Shirley's pictures and for her in other ways, there are hundreds of other people who enjoy a salary every week on account of this child. There are the people who wrote and published the Shirley Temple books. There are the people who manufacture and distribute the Shirley Temple cut-outs (paper dolls). There are the Shirley Temple dolls, which must be manufactured, dressed and distributed. This business has grown to huge proportions. There are the Shirley Temple hair ribbons, her latest venture. There are the Shirley Temple dresses, which have become so popular that the company which manufactures them on Long Island, New York, has recently moved the factory into a larger and newer building. Last, but by no means least, is Shirley's lawyer, Loyd Wright, who makes all of her contracts and takes care of her business. In spite of this fame and attention, it is the general opinion of those who know that Shirley has remained remarkably unspoiled. Her influence has been felt around the world. Just to see her in a picture is to feel better. Darryl F. Zanuck has big things in store for Shirley and that means a treat for her great legion of fans. How would you like to have Shirley in a grand musical ? Well, one is being considered now. The idea is to give Shirley's nimble feet and musical talent full sway, surrounding her with a cast that will be tlie tops. \\'hile all these plans are on foot, Shirley is having a perfectly grand time slowing her fast foot work down to the sedate pace of the minuet and the quaint dignity of the hoop skirts she wears in "The Lit