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“Prior to 1914 the majority of the world’s films were made abroad. When the war disrupted European film production, American filmmakers leapfrogged ahead to capture the world market. Concentrating film production in the Los Angeles area, with its sunshine, temperate climate, and abundant land, and emphasizing maximum efficiency, American companies turned out films on a large scale. By 1920 these companies produced 80 percent of the world’s movies; by 1930, 90 percent.””
Dominating the industry were the “Big Five” motion picture conglomerates: Loew’s, Inc., owner of the nation’s largest theater circuit and the parent company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Paramount; Warner Bros.;Fox; and Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO). All of these integrated film production, distribution, and exhibition on a massive scale, nationally and internationally. Among the next rank of motion picture corporation, the “Little Three,” Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures were similarly organized, though with proportionally fewer theaters. The last of the Little Three, United Artists, functioned principally as a backer and distributor for independently produced films.”
“Shirley [Temple] is always the center of the camera’s attention. Wearing a very short, frilly dress and with her chubby legs and full cheeks,
she seems scarcely more that a toddler, making her dancing ability seem almost preternatural. “Baby Take a Bow” proved to be among the most popular movies of the year.Her admirers respond to her dubious coquetry, to the sight of her well-shaped and desirable little body.”
“Ironically named Joy and memorably played by eight-year-old Jane Withers,
who became a child star in her own right in Fox’s B movies. Pampered and spoiled, she is mean, loud, and destructive.”
(“The Little Girl who fought the Great Depression Shirley Temple and 1930s America” by John F. Kasson)
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Hasta be Shasta!
If the kids arrive unexpectedly, all Shasta has to do is pull down her top to cover her boobs, and jerk down her skirt!
22 year old Molly Rome
from Pittsburgh Pa –fantastic pigtails!
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From: Karen Ramirez To: brie@brietv.com
earthly delight
11 Oct, 16 5:59:28 PM
I was google searching for “vintage bobby soxer” photos and found this:
and this:
I LOVE, LOVE,LOVE your art and your website. Thank you for putting it all out there!!! Karen
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