Shirley Temple's Rehearsal Sheet Music From the 1938 Film "Little Miss Broadway"

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11" (28 cm.) x 9". A collection of 15 accordion-folded rehearsal sheets includes three versions of "Sing Me an Old Fashioned Song", one pencil noted "Shirley", another labeled "Shirley Temple Key-Eb" and the third labeled "Lead line for Shirley Temple"; four versions of "Be Optimistic", one labeled "Shirley Temple Key - B2", the second labeled "Shirley Temple and 2 girls" (referencing the Brian Sisters who sang that song with Shirley), a third labeled "Shirley Temple's Key Bb", the fourth not specified; two sheets of "How Can I Thank You", one labeled "Shirley Temple Key - Bb"; one sheet of "We Belong Together" with a pencil note "Mrs. Temple Stage 14", one sheet of "Little Miss Broadway" with a pencil note "Murphy sings"; one sheet titled "Introduction to Court Room Finale", another sheet titled "Hop, Skip and Jump, New Version, Court Room Finale"; and two sheets of "If All the World Were Paper", one labeled "Shirley Temple's Key Bb". Plus a typewritten sheet labeled "Additional Lyric If All the World Were Paper". Circa 1938. Certain of the song titles were varied in the final film and "Hop, Skip, and Jump" was actually deleted.