Shirley Temple, America's Sweetheart Collection: Volume One (Heidi / Curly Top / Little Miss Broadway)

If you like Shirley Temple, you'll love these movies.
This volume includes all of the movies mentioned. Each DVD allows you to select whether you would like to watch it in black and white or color. My nephew who is a fourth grader actually really liked it, so I think that makes it wonderful. It's cute, really clean, and has lots of singing. If you look for movies like that, you'll love this collection. I have all of the volumes and recommend them all. The picture and sound quality are great!!!

Many Scenes Cut From Films
I bought these for my Grandaughter and we enjoyed them but I have watched Heidi many times over the years and scenes were clearly cut. The scene where she wanders downstairs in her night gown and is mistaken for a ghost was cut. Also the scenes where Clara learns to walk in the mountains including the part where Peter the goat boy pushes Clara's wheelchair down the mountain was cut. The scene where she climbs the church tower in Franfurt trying to see the mountains where her grandfather lives was also cut. Very disappointing. No good reason to cut the scenes.

The Perfect Classics
I am so glad that they decided to bring Shirley Temple FINALLY to DVD- and this time the quality is amazing on the DVD considering how old the films are. Both versions are available to watch on the DVD- black and white or the new colorized version based on your own liking....

There is a wide range of Shirley from those adorable years when, Shirley was nothing more than a bundle of joy that sung and dance her way into America's heart to those tween years when Fox was trying to show her off as a real actress. Still there is not a BAD movie in this set.

In Curly Top you see all that remarkable charm as she performs that classic "Animal Crackers In My Soup" and does that sweet tap dance on the piano at the end to the title song. The movie plays out as Shirley is an orphan at orphanage- beloved by all there... well, when she catches the eye of an investor of the orphanage when he visits. He falls in love with Shirley and decides to adopt her. Only problem- her older...

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