"When the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time during this Depression, it is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles."
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1935), quoted in "Happy Birthday, Shirley Temple" The Guardian, 23 April 2008.
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Shirley Temple
Shirley Jane Temple (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014), later known as Shirley Temple Black, was a child actress who appeared in over 40 films from 1932; the majority being released before she reached adolescence. She became a diplomat and United States ambassador as an adult.
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