The strange reason why Shirley Temple was under investigation by the Vatican at the age of 10

There were a lot of conspiracy theories on the star child at the height of his fame.


Shirley templeWorked in the entertainment industry at the age of three and appeared in its first feature film at the age of five. She continued to be the most famouschild Of all time, singing and dancing in dozens of films and shorts, immediately recognizable with its emblematic halo of curls. While you might think that the theories of the Hollywood conspiracy are a more modern invention,Early temple talents And an unprecedented success led to rumors that she was not at all what she seemed. In fact, there were so many gossip on this that the Vatican got involved. Read more to find out why the Catholic church sent a priest to "investigate" the young star.

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Temple was discovered in his dance school.

Shirley Temple with blocks spelling out her name
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Temple career started whenShe was spotted by the director Charles Lamont of the production company of educational photos in his dance school. Lamont was taken by the three years and immediately started launching it in a series of shorts calledBabe Terrifying, which presented children actors paying homage and satirizing some of the most popular films of the time. A feature film career followed shortly after, Temple being contracted to make several films per year for 20th Century Fox. She was the main draw in her films, which were built around her image and associated her with many famous adult actors and dancers.

Its success has led to persistent rumors.

Shirley Temple and Bill
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There are many temple distinctions and marks on the history of cinema, and they include the first juvenile prize awarded by the Academy, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, having its handshakes and imprints immortalized in the theater Chinese from Grauman, and millions of dollars rated at the box office. The young star also broke the barriers on the screen; His dance routine with a good friend and frequent co-starBill "Bojangles" Robinsonin the years 1935The little colonel marked the first timeAn interracial pair danced together in a movie.

It was obviously too difficult for some to understand that a child could realize so quickly in Hollywood, which led to rumors about him. Gossip allegedly allegedly affirmations that the famous temple loops were a wig to affirm that it was not at all a child.The Hollywood Reporternotes that, in particular in Europe, a conspiracy theory thatShe was an adult with a dwarf which was simply transmitted as a child spreads quickly.

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The Vatican sent a priest to go to the bottom of it.

Shirley Temple with pony in 1938
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The rumor that temple was a disguised adult was so persistent that the Vatican even got involved. AccordingTHR, the Catholic Church sent a representative namedFather Silvio MassanteTo confirm that the actor was, in fact, a child.Temple autobiography (via Ucatholic), it was a surprise for his whole family when Massante presented himself with her mission. He informed them of the gossip which takes control of Italy and other European countries that the temple was in fact 30 years, which the actor wrote amaze him in speechless. "Obviously, it is not," said the priest, as Temple recalled, and that was apparently that.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Temple left her acting career at a young age.

Shirley Temple Black in 2006
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The popularity of the actor at the box office decreased while growing up, and the final role of the temple film was in the 1949A kiss for corliss, when she was 21 years old. Shortly after her official retirement, she met her second husband,Charles Alden Black. (She was first married toJohn Agarfrom 1945 to 1950.) Shemoved with him to Washington, D.C., according to the biography, and which aroused an interest which would lead to the second phase of his life. By going through Shirley Temple Black, she embarked on a career in politics, and her articles understood to be an ambassador of the United States in Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 under the president George H.W. Buisson .

Temple died in 2014 at the age of 85 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.


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