Tap Dance Costume Worn by Shirley Temple in the 1933 Film "Glad Rags to Riches"

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Comprising a pink satin bodice with illusion net overlay and black sequin and lace trim, along with dressing robe of rose crepe silk and tiers of lace, with black velvet trim, the costume was worn by very young Shirley Temple during her dance performance and then in her dressing room of the Lullaby Lobster Palace in the 1933 film "Glad Rags to Riches". A vintage photograph of Shirley Temple wearing the costume is included. This was the third in the series of 11-minute one-reelers produced by Jack Hays and features Shirley Temple's first on-screen tap dance. Temple related in various memoirs and interviews that the costumes from these early firms had been hand-sewn by her mother, Gertrude Temple.