SHIRLEY TEMPLE - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - HFSID 314145

SHIRLEY TEMPLE
The actress signs on a 3½x5½ picture post card, with her secretary typing on the verso that there are currently no new pictures of Mrs. Agar's (Temple's) newborn
Picture post card signed: "Shirley Temple Agar", in black ink, 3½x5½. Culver City, California. In full (from Secretary): "Dear Phyl: There are no family portratis of the agar family. At the present time, there are no pictures of the baby except for the Agars own record. The ones which have appeared in magazines are the only ones available. Jack and Shirley have autographed some pictures for you, one an 8 by 10" of themselves and some snaps. I am returning 50¢. Secretary". The postcard was written during Shirley Temple's marriage to John George Agar (1921-2002), which lasted from 1945 to 1949. They had one child together, Linda Susan. The most popular child actress in history, Shirley Temple (1928-2014) had a succession of hit films in the late 1930s, including Stand Up and Cheer, Bright Eyes, Curly Top, Dimples and Heidi as well as The Littlest Rebel. The child actress, known for her cute curls and adorable dimples, earned a special Academy Award in 1934 "in grateful recognition to her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment". Moderately successful as a teenage star in Miss Annie Rooney (1942) and Since You Went Away (1944), Temple saw her acting career decline thereafter, probably because the public preferred to remember her as an adorable child. She later hosted two TV series, The Shirley Temple Storybook and Shirley Temple Show (1958-1960). After running unsuccessfully for Congress, Shirley Temple Black (she was married to her second husband, businessman Charles Black from 1950 until his death in 2005), enjoyed a second successful career as a diplomat in the 1970s, serving as a U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia, as well as Chief of Protocol at the State Department. Temple, who was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1998, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 2006. Corners and edges slightly worn. Creased along left margin. Slightly toned. Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.