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Back in 1935, Hollywood studio execs were uncomfortable showing Shirley Temple holding hands with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson while dancing! But Shirley Temple reportedly reached for his hand anyway! 💃🕺

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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Shirley Temple in the 1938 film “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” In the history of tap dance there are some names of mythical proportions. A tale of legend. Dancers, then are the dancer’s dancer. Robinson was such a one. A gold standard in dance. Dancers - whom most of you in reverence genuflect both knees for - such as Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr, Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, The Nicholas Brothers, Ann Miller, Gregory Hines, to Vera-Ellen, have all openly hallowed the name of the great Bill Robinson as their influence. An inductee of the Tap Dance Hall of Fame. Temple, today recognised by cultural critics - as the most popular child star in all of time. This prodigious star who could sing, act, and dance all at age five. A box office title holder from the years of 1935-38. The years when no star could beat her film appearances. Robinson and Temple together would make four films in total. The 1935 film The Little Colonel - which saw them perform their iconic staircase dance was one of the symbols on screen of breaking of racial barriers. As with the performance in view here, Robinson was the one who choreographed all their dances in films. The dance above is not an easy one. We have taps in crotchet beats - but there are many flurries of taps in the values of semiquavers and demisemiquavers. These are note values heard when listening to many fast notes being played in some of the most difficult classical music. To think Temple is only ten years old here is astonishing. The reason I used musical terms is because Robinson’s choreography is a blending of movement with a separate rhythmic composition for the taps. He treated Temple as a working equal. She relayed, “He didn’t talk down to me like to a little girl” which is evident. Saying Robinson would fondly call her “darling.” It’s interesting to see the visual cues at play which he uses to ensure she remains in time and step. The reason why there is repeated eye contact. How did Robinson communicate this to a small child? He taught her to, “feel the beat, rather than count it out.” Together they made an unforgettable team on screen.

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🍹 The Story Behind Child Actress Shirley Temple: Ever wonder how the world’s most famous alcohol-free cocktail came to be? In the 1930s, child star Shirley Temple was attending glamorous Hollywood events with older celebrities. Bartenders at Chasen's or the Brown Derby wanted to give her a special drink that looked just as fancy as the adult cocktails, minus the alcohol. They mixed ginger ale, a heavy splash of grenadine, and topped it with a maraschino cherry. Shirley Temple documented several instances of inappropriate behavior by adult men in the film industry, primarily in her 1988 autobiography “Child Star.” These range from the sexualized content of her earliest roles to direct advances and exposures. Before her major stardom, she appeared in a series of short films produced by Educational Pictures. These featured toddlers (including Temple) in adult, often sexualized roles and costumes, such as escorts/prostitutes trading kisses for lollipops, vamps, or showgirls in suggestive scenarios with heavy innuendo, and simulated adult situations. Temple later described them as “a cynical exploitation of [the performers’] childish innocence.” Many of her 1930s Fox films involved adult male co-stars holding, carrying, dancing with, or interacting closely with her in ways that later critics (and some contemporaries) viewed as having pedophilic undertones. British author Graham Greene’s 1937 review of Wee Willie Winkie explicitly commented on her “adult appeal,” “well-developed rump,” and the response of middle-aged male fans; 20th Century Fox successfully sued him for libel. Temple herself later acknowledged that studios imposed adult overtones on her costumes, movements, and gestures. Arthur Freed (MGM producer, age 11–12, 1940): During a private meeting about a potential contract (around the time of interest in her for The Wizard of Oz), Freed unzipped his trousers and exposed himself. Temple (who said she had never seen male anatomy) reacted with nervous laughter; he ordered her out of the office. Concurrently, Louis B. Mayer made an advance on her mother in another room. Temple left MGM after one film. David O. Selznick in a meeting, he locked the door (via a remote switch) and made physical advances; she pulled free and left. She had been warned about him. Other unnamed producers/directors propositioned her or framed advances as “workplace formalities”; she rejected them, sometimes physically. These accounts come from Temple’s own memoir and contemporary interviews (promoting the book). No criminal charges resulted at the time, consistent with the era’s lack of protections and power imbalances in Hollywood.
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🍹 The Story Behind Child Actress Shirley Temple: Ever wonder how the world’s most famous alcohol-free cocktail came to be? In the 1930s, child star Shirley Temple was attending glamorous Hollywood events with older celebrities. Bartenders at Chasen's or the Brown Derby wanted to give her a special drink that looked just as fancy as the adult cocktails, minus the alcohol. They mixed ginger ale, a heavy splash of grenadine, and topped it with a maraschino cherry. Shirley Temple documented several instances of inappropriate behavior by adult men in the film industry, primarily in her 1988 autobiography “Child Star.” These range from the sexualized content of her earliest roles to direct advances and exposures. Before her major stardom, she appeared in a series of short films produced by Educational Pictures. These featured toddlers (including Temple) in adult, often sexualized roles and costumes, such as escorts/prostitutes trading kisses for lollipops, vamps, or showgirls in suggestive scenarios with heavy innuendo, and simulated adult situations. Temple later described them as “a cynical exploitation of [the performers’] childish innocence.” Many of her 1930s Fox films involved adult male co-stars holding, carrying, dancing with, or interacting closely with her in ways that later critics (and some contemporaries) viewed as having pedophilic undertones. British author Graham Greene’s 1937 review of Wee Willie Winkie explicitly commented on her “adult appeal,” “well-developed rump,” and the response of middle-aged male fans; 20th Century Fox successfully sued him for libel. Temple herself later acknowledged that studios imposed adult overtones on her costumes, movements, and gestures. Arthur Freed (MGM producer, age 11–12, 1940): During a private meeting about a potential contract (around the time of interest in her for The Wizard of Oz), Freed unzipped his trousers and exposed himself. Temple (who said she had never seen male anatomy) reacted with nervous laughter; he ordered her out of the office. Concurrently, Louis B. Mayer made an advance on her mother in another room. Temple left MGM after one film. David O. Selznick in a meeting, he locked the door (via a remote switch) and made physical advances; she pulled free and left. She had been warned about him. Other unnamed producers/directors propositioned her or framed advances as “workplace formalities”; she rejected them, sometimes physically. These accounts come from Temple’s own memoir and contemporary interviews (promoting the book). No criminal charges resulted at the time, consistent with the era’s lack of protections and power imbalances in Hollywood.

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#HazaraRama temple is one of the most beautiful temples of #hampi. As the name suggests, the temple is dedicated to #ShriRam. It was once the private temple of the royal family of Vijayanagara. Located right inside the royal residential quarter, the temple is famous for its bas relief panels depicting the story of #Ramayana. Hazara Rama Temple was built in the early part of the 15th century by the then king of Vijayanagara, Devaraya II. The interior of the Sabhamandapa has ornately sculpted columns in black stone reminiscent of the Chalukya architecture, while the temple itself is built from local granite. The garbhgriha is now empty, but the pedestal inside has three holes that prove that the temple once had Vigraha of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita inside the garbhgriha. Like most Hindu temples in Hampi, this too was looted, vandalized and desecrated in 1565 after the defeat of the Vijayanagara empire by the combined forces of the Deccan Muslim Sultanates. However, what remains is still impressive. The front side of the temple has bas reliefs of dancers, elephant and horse processions, musicians and the royals participating in the Dushhera festival. The sides have exquisite bas relief panels of the Ramayana, starting from King Dashratha shooting an arrow and mistakenly killing Shravana. There are panels of the Putrakameshi Yagya, Dasaratha giving the payas to his 3 wives, his four sons being born, Vishwamitra taking Rama and Lakshmana with him, Rama breaking the bow during swayamvara, Sita Kalyanam, all the way to Shriram killing Ravana! For a small temple, the Hazara Rama temple is very impressive in its sculptural wealth. I really wish that someday, the temple will be living again, with new Vigrahas installed on the garbhgriha. We need our temples back, not soulless stone museums! Archaeological Survey of India G Kishan Reddy Ministry of Culture #IncredibleIndia #DekhoApnaDesh #HinduTemple #Hampi #BeingHindu #Vijayanagara #Hindu #Dharma

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