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6" (15 cm.) x 4". A leather-bound book with silver lettering "Autograph" on the cover contains 107 autographs of actors, directors, and other performers and film luminaries who came into Shirley Temple's sphere during her early film years at Fox (1934-March 1936). Each of the autographs has a personal message for her as well as the signature, and many include drawings or other whimsical images. Autographers include Adolphe Menjou, Jimmy Dunn, Sonja Henie, Dorothy Dell, Feg Murray, June Lang, John Ford, Harry Lauder, Irving Berlin, Rosa Ponselle, Carole Lombard, Stan Chapman, D.W. Griffith, Bill Robinson, Cesar Romero, John Boles, Clifford Odets, Buddy Ebsen, Jack Hayes, Alice Faye, and 87 more. Although the young star was begged relentlessly by admiring fans for her own autograph, it was equally true that she was unwavering in her pursuit of the autographs of those with whom she performed. The book, exceptional in its volume as well as personal statements, is a veritable capsule of her earliest years at Fox.