in the scene where shirley gets butted by a goat after a few takes she was replaced by stunt double,the stunt double was the son of one the workers on the set,he was a similar height and build to shirley.he later went into politics and met shirley 30 years later and joked that he never thought he would end up dressing as her,and being her stunt double.
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During the scene where Temple's character gets butted by the goat, she initially did the scene herself while completely padded up. After a few takes, however, her mother stepped in and insisted that a double be used. One of the extras, a boy, was dressed up to look like her. The boy's father was so upset over his doubling for a girl that he prohibited him from ever acting again. The double, who was not named, would later share diplomatic duties with Temple in Africa.
In another scene, Temple also had trouble milking a goat. To remedy this, Dwan had a flexible piece of tubing installed in such a way as to make it look as if the goat were being milked.
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The scene where Heidi coasts down the stairway railing in Herr Sesemann's house also employed a double. Who was that??? Given the rather harsh landing on the floor at such a rapid speed, I suspect it might have been a midget who doubled for Shirley.
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