Yellow Linen Dress Worn by Shirley Temple in the 1936 Film "Stowaway"

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The yellow linen dress has a fitted bodice with two V-shaped pockets, wide box pleats below the waist, short puffed sleeves and is decorated with a wide grosgrain ribbon of brown, yellow and orange stripes. Included are two photographs of Shirley wearing the costume; one of the photographs was taken at a party with John Ford and Victor MacLaglen of "Wee Willie Winkie" indicating that the dress was a favorite of the young star, worn by her beyond its initial costume role in "Stowaway". The dress was worn by Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple) in the 1936 film "Stowaway", notably during her performance in the Chinese Theatre scene during the "You've got to S-M-I-L-E to be H-A-P-P-Y" song and dance. Included is a finely crafted sunshade umbrella that may have been used by Shirley when shopping in Hong Kong with Susan Parker (Alice Faye) and Uncle Tommy (Robert Young).