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Description
27" (69 cm.) All composition with hazel sleep and flirting eyes, human hair lashes, open mouth with smiling expression, impressed cheek dimples, row of teeth, blonde mohair wig in original ringlet curls, jointing at throat, shoulders and hips. The doll is wearing a custom-made costume of coral and white shadowpane print with matching short bolero jacket, and has her original Ideal one-piece undergarment, shoes and socks. American, Ideal, circa 1935, in excellent condition with light craquelure to original complexion. The doll is wearing a costume re-creating her role in the final "September Saturday" scene from the 1935 film "Our Little Girl". Included is a vintage photograph depicting Edward Butcher, producer of the film, gifting Shirley with this doll (wearing original dress in the photograph) with a notation on the reverse "Butcher presented Shirley with a complete set of dolls and replicas of the clothes she wore in her latest starring picture at Fox Film Studio". In an April 1935 issue of Hollywood Filmograph, a photograph of Butcher presenting this doll to Shirley notes that the doll was used in the "Our Little Girl" film. Shirley named the doll "Molly" after her own character in the film.