"Emily", The Doll of Sara Crewe (Shirley Temple) in "The Little Princess"

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19" (48 cm.) Wax shoulderhead doll with large blue glass inset eyes, inset lashes, closed mouth with coral lips, light brown hair, kid body with gusset jointing, waxed composition lower legs. Condition: very good condition, some body repair. Comments: the doll, named Emily, appears in many scenes of the 1939 Shirley Temple film "The Little Princess" beginning with her arrival at the seminary and including holding a prominent position in both her luxury rooms and her garret room. In despair, in one scene in the garret, Shirley cries to her doll, "I can't be a good soldier much longer. I'm cold, and I'm hungry, too. Do you hear? No, you don't hear, you don't hear and you don't care. You're nothing but a doll. Just a doll. A doll." Ex-collection Shirley Temple, the doll was presented in the Love, Shirley Temple catalog and has certificate of authenticity.