A precocious, pretty teenager dates her next-door neighbor. She finds that his “fragrant infidelity” in having root beer with a “frizzed blonde” rival truly stinks. Will flirting with uniformed men and keeping secrets go too far in “Kiss and Tell”?
A momentous event occurred in Shirley's personal life one month prior to the Oct. 18, 1945 release of "Kiss and Tell." On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1945, Shirley had married fellow actor John Agar Jr. (Jan. 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002), an older brother of Shirley's friend, Joyce (Jan. 10, 1927 - May 29, 2001), in an elaborate, Episcopalian ceremony, orchestrated by film producer David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965), at Wilshire Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Four years later, on August 6, 1949, Shirley served as matron of honor at Joyce's wedding to brokerage trader John Rockwell Wheeler (Sept. 27, 1925 - Jan. 14, 2004).
Standing in his predeceased father's stead, John Agar gave away his sister at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, the Romanesque church in Westwood where Shirley had wanted to hold her own wedding.
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Nostalgic but ever-laudatory appreciation of the Mills, O'Brien, Taylor and Temple quartet headed me toward other child actors and actresses.
That quartet most accurately is a child-star quintet with Natalie Wood.
Who would forget Natalie as the child star of Miracle on 34th Street, the teen star of Rebel without a cause and the grown-up star of West side story?
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The first sentence in the comment box immediately below designates three female child stars as particularly dazzling film audiences. But Hayley Mills, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple expand the exact count to four exceptional female child stars!
Hayley Mills got into that list last, after the three-star count, because she got into child-star films last.
But she is not last in my incredible-talent indications!
Who is impressed with Hayley Mills in Tiger Bay? Everyone!
Hayley Mills -- in my list ;-D -- locates in first place concurrently, simultaneously with Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple.
Three female child stars particularly applauded for their acting skills and their presence are Hayley Mills, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple. Hayley Mills and Elizabeth Taylor continued into teen and "grown-up" roles even as Margaret O'Brien crossed from film to television roles.
Where might a "grown-up" Shirley Temple have fit?
Sheri_Oz, Shirley's later films are enjoyable to watch. It would have been interesting to see how her screen persona might have unfolded over the decades. Nevertheless, retiring from films at the young age of 21, she left a nice repertoire as her legacy.
I didn't realize she made movies as a teen also. Now I have to catch up on my classic films.
Mira, Shirley Temple made entertaining films, as a child, as a teen-ager, and as a young adult. It's fun to see her grow up on the screen. I'm happy that you're appreciating my tributes to Shirley.
This sounds like a fun movie. I'd love to see teenagers romping about in 1945 :-) Pretty soon, I'll have time to watch all these Shirley Temple films. Thanks for bringing them to our attention. It's really a grand idea :)