A few minutes ago I was doing a little Google research to find a clip of Bill Bojangles tap-dancing up a flight of stairs. The clip was from the film The Little Colonel, co-starring Shirley Temple. It was a good routine but I was irked by seeing such a great artist playing the classic dancing butler bit part so I didnt use it. This post is however about something else. I was reading about the making of the film and came across this: During the filming of the movie, Temple drew the ire of veteran actor Lionel Barrymore when she prompted him for one of his lines after he forgot it, causing him to storm off in a fit of anger. Temple was sent off to apologize to Barrymore but instead of directly apologizing, told him she thought he was the best actor in the world and asked for his autograph, diffusing the situation and bringing Barrymore onto the set. This girl (7 years old at the time) was born to be a diplomat.....
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:56:07 +0000
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