From The Wizard of Oz to Top Hat – why the 1930s is my favourite film decade
Depression-era audiences escaped into a whirl of glamour, fantasy and monsters in a decade that ushered in Hollywood’s golden age
February 2018
Time's finally up for Hollywood's Lolita complex
Male directors have endlessly projected their sexual fantasies in films starring child actors having relationships with older men. Does #MeToo mark a watershed for the creeps?
July 2015
Shirley Temple's belongings set for auction in Kansas City
The child star was the youngest person to win an Oscar and the first white girl to dance with a black man on film. Her toys, costumes and more are for sale 14 July
October 2014
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs with children performing
Child prodigies to children’s choirs, family bands to sampled voices, suggest music that makes the most of youthful talent, says Peter Kimpton
March 2014
Shirley Temple: Academy pays tribute at 2014 Oscars
Child star of 1930s and 40s remembered at Oscars ceremony after her death earlier this year
Shirley Temple silenced critics with successful roles in US diplomacy
Shirley Temple: Hollywood pays tribute to 'one of a kind' child star
Pictures from the past
Shirley Temple – a picture from the past
Film blog
Share your memories of Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple: Hollywood's little miracle who grew up a real person
Film blog
Shirley Temple: a career in movie clips
Shirley Temple Black- a life in pictures
Shirley Temple: Hollywood's original child star dies aged 85
Shirley Temple Black obituary
November 2009
Philip French's screen legends
Shirley Temple: Philip French's screen legends
A global star aged six, Shirley Temple was the darling of Depression-era America, writes Philip French
April 2008
Film blog
Happy Birthday, Shirley Temple
As a cheery, cheeky cherub, she was the perfect antidote to the Depression. Today she turns 80, but nothing can take away the magic of Shirley Temple
June 2007
Childish instincts
Letters: The 1937 magazine Night and Day was not closed down by a lawsuit brought on behalf of Shirley Temple by Twentieth Century Fox after its film reviewer, Graham Greene, had pointed to a sexual undertow in her performance during Wee Willie Winkie (Comment, June 1).
