Child Star - The Shirley Temple Story | 
| Director: Nadia Tass
Actors: Connie Britton, Colin Friels, Hinton Battle, Emily Hart, Ashley Rose
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 51356
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.7 x 0.7
MPN: DISD23614D
ISBN: 0788830686
UPC: 786936162110
EAN: 9780788830686
ASIN: B00005QTA3
Theatrical Release Date: May 13, 2001
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com
Newcomer Ashley Rose Orr sings and dances up a storm in this made-for-TV movie from Disney. Based on Shirley Temple Black's autobiography, Child Star, the movie does an excellent job of depicting her life as a beacon of hope during the depression years. If Orr doesn't look exactly like the pint-sized dynamo (or act as well), she captures her effervescent essence--her sparkle--and is ably supported by Connie Britton and Colin Friels as her naive, if supportive, parents. The story falters when it skips to Temple at 15, three years after Twentieth Century Fox had severed its ties with her. As the movie ends, we see her returning to acting. It isn't made clear that this would only be a temporary return or that she would devote the rest of her life to politics. Until that point, however, this is a compelling portrait of the quintessential child star. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product Description
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 06/07/2005 Run time: 88 minutes
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 Good quality, but does not match description March 3, 2009
Thomas T. Butler (Chicago, IL USA)
This is an excellent quality DVD, and will be appreciated by all Shirley Temple fans. However, I was disappointed to find that while the online description gives the runtime as the original 95 minutes, the DVD I was sent was the more commonly available 88 minute CUT version.
 Good (ship lollipop) November 23, 2008
Mimi
Good movie in so-so condition. Honestly the actress they picked was too annoying for words and the disk was scratched the first time I opened it but once cleaned it worked fine: you just have to clean it EVERY time. However, it was only 10 muffins so would I buy it again? Sure I would.
Great Shirley Temple Story for kids! June 23, 2008
Kay Tea (Chesapeake, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have loved this film so much that we "wore out" our VHS tape and had to order the DVD! My daughter loves watching Shirley Temple grow up and I love watching how it makes my daughter smile.
Sweet, special film! February 14, 2008
J. Arena (Williamsburg, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Child Star - The Shirley Temple Story is a wonderful biography of America's favorite kid actress. Although not perfect, it remains one of my favorite due to the subject matter.
Ashley Rose Orr was a bit long in the tooth to play Shirley at some points of the story, but it was generally believable. The period costumes also added a great deal to the authenticity.
If you are a Shirley fan, this DVD belongs in your collection, right next to your real Shirley movies.
Ashley Rose Orr Was Great As Shirley December 2, 2006
Dispatch911 (Waco, TX United States)
The fact of the matter is they searched over 10,000 girls before casting Ashley in the lead role as the young Shirley, this had to be a very tough role to cast, think about it, how many girls between the ages of 6 and 11 could do it, first of all the girl had to at least look similar to Shirley, next she had to be able to do hard dance steps (especially tap) then she had to be able to sing, and last of all she had to have the IQ to be able to act the part of Shirley and have similar speech and mannerisms, Well Ashley hit on all counts in my book and I have been a fan of Shirleys since I was a child (i am 49 now) the movie itself I thought was very well done and the acting by most of the rest of the cast was also excellent (the girl who played the older Shirley in the last few minutes of the movie was beautiful but her acting was not the best, however she was not all that bad, overall this was an enjoyable movie that I believe any fan of Shirley Temple will enjoy.
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