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25" (64 cm.) All-composition doll with socket head, hazel sleep and "flirting" eyes, human hair lashes, open mouth, row of teeth, impressed cheek dimples, blonde mohair ringlet curls, jointing at shoulders and hips. The doll is wearing a pink silk pleated dress over factory-original undergarment, socks and shoes, and has white fur coat with extended cape collar and foxtail trim, muff, and velvet hat with more foxtail trim. Generally excellent condition. The doll is marked Shirley Temple Cop Ideal N & T and the coat is labeled "Willard H. George Los Angeles". The costume was a unique creation, a symbol of her costume in the final scene of the 1934 film "Bright Eyes". Created for a charity raffle, the 1935 Children's Hospital Doll Fair; at the raffle Shirley actually pulled her own name from the hat, a story she wrote about in her autobiography Child Star. Included is a vintage photograph of Shirley holding this doll (with variant dress under the coat).