The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America Read Online Free Page A

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    Mississippi River Flood (1927), 10
    Mitchell, Margaret, 104
    Mix, Tom, 152
    mob scenes, 202–4, 239
    ST endangered by, 215–17, 216
    Modern Screen , 5, 122, 148
    Modern Times , 204
    Moley, Raymond, 254 n
    Monroe, Marilyn, 154
    Montgomery, “Baby Peggy” (Diana Serra Cary), 46, 48, 53, 229–30, 255 n –56 n
    Morgan, Frank, 164–65
    Moscovitch, Maurice, 184
    Motion Picture Daily , 175
    Motion Picture Herald , 86, 103, 117, 169, 177, 179, 185, 191
    motion picture industry:
    alleged Communist infiltration in, 238, 243
    American democratic ideals promoted by, 69–71
    censorship in, 67–71, 122
    changing tastes in, 187–98
    color line in, 88–113
    and consumerism, 133–38
    crime plots in, 213
    in Depression era, 65–73, 105, 179, 180–81
    distribution control in, 66, 68
    in FDR’s Depression recovery strategy, 45, 61–62, 69
    global market for, 66–67, 69, 70, 151, 198
    golden age of, 72–73, 114
    movie attendance in, 71–73
    1939 as annus mirabilis for, 180–81
    political purpose of, 69–71
    publicists in, 202, 217
    public opinion in, 150–51
    slump in, 67–68
    ST’s popularity rating in, 117
    studio star system of, 4, 6, 114, 150–51, 180, 202, 204, 241
    use of color in, 26, 103, 181, 183, 189–91
    use of sound in, 53, 67, 68–69, 93, 104, 151
    women in, 118–19
    Motion Picture News , 83
    Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA), 66–67, 70
    moral code of, 68–70, 122
    Motion Picture Production Code, 70
    movie theaters:
    first-run, 65, 68, 190
    independent exhibitors in, 86, 105, 117, 123, 151, 166, 169–70, 177–78, 180, 185, 192, 197
    premieres at, 204
    proliferation of, 72–73
    promotions for, 123
    Moving Picture World , 69
    Muchman, Beatrice, 132
    Muir, Edla, 208
    Muni, Paul, 152
    Mussolini, Benito, 45, 116
    Nash, Mary, 209
    National Alliance for the Protection of Stage Children, 54
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 268 n
    National Bank of Kentucky, 12
    National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 268 n
    National Catholic Welfare Conference, 12
    National Recovery Administration, 58–59, 62, 148, 261 n
    Nazis, Nazi Germany, 1, 44–45, 66, 115, 116, 132–33, 155, 189
    Negro and His Music, The (Locke), 109
    Netherlands, 133
    Newark News , 129
    New Deal, 6, 20, 21, 27, 32, 41–42, 58, 62, 69, 79, 90, 112, 117, 197
    New Deal Rhythm , 261 n
    New Jersey state penitentiary, 86–87
    newsreels, FDR’s use of, 40–41
    Newsweek , 75, 239
    New York, N.Y.:
    Robinson’s funeral in, 112–13
    Valentino’s funeral in, 203–4
    New York American , 123
    New York Amsterdam News , 113
    New York Curb Exchange, 32
    New Yorker , The 29, 153, 155
    New York Herald Tribune , 169, 179
    New York Times , 21, 44, 96, 103, 109, 163, 165, 174, 179, 184, 197, 238, 239
    New York World , 151
    Nicholas Brothers, 95
    Night and Day , 82
    Nobel Prize, 186
    Norris, Kathleen, 213
    Northwestern Miller , 43
    Now and Forever , 75, 78, 82, 152, 161, 218
    Nugent, Frank, 165–66, 174–75, 179, 184–85, 192, 197
    Oakie, Jack, 195
    “Oh My Goodness,” 173
    Oh Yeah? (Angly), 13
    Oliver Twist , 53
    “On Account’a I Love You,” 81
    “On the Good Ship Lollipop,” 5, 85–86, 173, 215
    orphans, 82–83
    Oscars (Academy Awards), 88, 167
    Our Gang comedies, 53, 157
    Our Little Girl , 152, 153, 161, 213
    Our Movie Made Children (Forman), 126–27
    Oursler, Fulton, 42
    Out All Night , 209
    Pacific Gas and Electric, 240
    Pangborn, Franklin, 173
    Panic of 1893, 11
    parades, 61–62, 63 , 149
    Paramount, 65–67, 75, 95, 152, 173, 261 n
    Parents Magazine , 138
    Patterson, J. R., 103
    Payne Fund studies, 68, 126–27, 263 n
    pedophelia, 81–82
    Peple, Edward, 104
    Perkins, Frances, 21, 22–23, 40, 45, 261 n
    Perry, Lincoln, see Fetchit, Stepin
    personality rights, 201
    Peter Pan (Barrie), 53, 86
    Photoplay , 5
    Pickford, Mary, 133–34, 181, 196, 203, 204, 224, 237, 243
    Pierce, John and Lizzie, 118
    Pinocchio dolls, 148
    Pitts, ZaSu, 209
    Playthings , 143
    Pokrass, Samuel,