Shirley Temple's Acting


Shirley Temple couldn't be beat as a child star. As an young adult actress, her thespian abilities are severely lacking. Her performance in "I'll Be Seeing You" is pedestrian, hallow and wooden. She was wise to retire from the screen.

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She did seem a tad "perky."

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I really thought she was great on screen. Her performance was wonderful. She was able to switch the tac and tone of scenes she was in, especially her tear jerking confession. I was moved.

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I agree. I thought Shirley's performance was fine and the confession was quite moving.

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I thought she did a fine job.

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I thought she was wonderful.

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Agreed. Shirley Temple struck all the right cords in her portrayal of a 17 yr old girl in 1944, who doesn't know what to make of her cousin visiting from prison. Her parents hadn't told her any details, so she was naturally suspicious.
She was great in the scene where Ginger Rogers explains why she's in prison and rightfully states she doesn't belong there.
She feels terribly guilty when lets the cat out of bag and I think the audience really feels for her. So in that respect alone, she's done her job as an actress.
I much prefer Shirley Temple in this than her "monkeys and rabbits, loop the loop" routines. But that is strictly my own opinion. I know she was beloved in those characters as a child star. It's just not my cup of tea.

"We in it shall be remembered;
We few, We happy few,
We Band of Brothers." ~ W.S.

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Shirley Temple's acting in this film is typical of the style in films of the 1930s & 40s, especially in the way teenagers & children were portrayed. A much more natural style of acting was adopted by the mid 1950s which resulted in more realistic portrayals of young people in movies. An exception is Shirley Temple's performance a year later in "Since You Went Away", which is much more subtle and natural, most likely because many of her scenes were with co-star Jennifer Jones, arguably the most natural and one of the finest actresses ever to appear in films.

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she was not a thesbian. she married a man. as for her acting, it was fine for this particular time. and she was super hot in this movie.

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