Buddy Ebsen liked to tell the story about the time he tried to get Shirley Temple to rehearse their dance sequence for 1936’s Captain January. “She got there and asked my dad, ‘Is the dance set?’” ...

In 1935, Temple’s film The Little Colonel was controversial for a dance sequence. However, if it were made today, The Little Colonel would be controversial for a completely different reason: its ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In a time of widespread suffering and frequent despair, this little girl touched the hearts of millions of people in our own land and others. Shirley Temple was a cultural force to be reckoned with in ...

Temple’s mother, Gertrude Temple, started taking her daughter to dance classes at Meglin’s Dance School in Los Angeles when she was just two years old. From Meglin’s, the curly-haired performer was ...