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Including textured soft leather book with gold-tooled lettering "Autographs" and "Shirley Temple" on the cover, and containing 20 autographs with messages, many from the crew of her films, including "To the biggest little worry in my life and the worst wiggler" from Gwen Wakeling (costume designer); "to a grand little girl, and a fine policeman" from Griffith (her bodyguard); "may I say I admire your sweet obedience, Love Ande" (her wardrobe mistress); "and here is hoping you do not worry me to much about your clothes, Love Uncle Arthur M. Levy" (costuming Fox); "Happy Birthday Captain Temple Please refrain from throwing rocks at the Police Station, Lieutenant Griffith"; "just one more - Dear - you moved in the last one! Anthony Ugrin" (official photographer, from the late 1930s). Another album, 6" x 3" with 35 autographs, mostly with inscribed personal messages, including Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, Jennifer Jones, Hattie McDaniel, Ingrid Bergman, Claudette Colbert, Spring Byington, and Danny Kaye, the early/mid 1940s. A third book, 4" x 4", from the early 1930s, with 10 autographs, mostly from the cast and crew of the 1933 film "To the Last Man", including Buster Crabb ("To Shirley, The sweetest little girl I've ever met..."); Gail Patrick ("Shirley dear, I'm afraid you're going to be a homewrecker and heart-breaker in about twelve more years...your screen mother"); Barton MacLane ("To my little daughter of The Last Man and my little sweetheart what likes me the best - better'n Tom Boy even"); Randolph Scott ("Here's to Shirley who fought an admirable fight in To the Last Man"); Muriel Kirkland, Fuzzy Knight, Jack LaRue, and Henry Hathaway, the director who promised "Shirley, your in every picture from now on". Also included are several loose autographs including Frank Harris, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri; a note from Paul Gallico, the author ("with love to the little leader of the Public Nuisance Club"); and a letter from Dale Carnegie "To the charming Shirley Temple who has won more friends than any other little girl in all history. You don't need to read my book, Shirley. You live it."