“LITTLE PRINCESS”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1939, Page 4

“LITTLE PRINCESS”

SHIRLEY TEMPLE’S LATEST. Each of Shirley's pictures during the past four years has grossed not less than £400,000. “The Little Colonel” brought £600,000 back to the studio, which meant that fans all over the world paid £2,000.000 into theatre box offices. “The Little Princess” is expected to make more. Of course, this makes Mr Zanuck exceedingly happy, but the moneymaking activity that brings most happiness to the little girl who makes it is the £6O-odd collected per picture that goes to what is called the Shirley Temple Milk Fund. The name originated because Shirley used to save the money in a milk bottle before sending it to local charities for under privileged children. The £6O represents Shirley's system of fining “naughty” members of the cast and crew for each disdemeanour (the latter can be anything from a “blowup” to being late for work). Any money earned by her dogs and horses also goes into the “milk” fund. Mrs Gertrude Temple hasn’t done too | badly financially through having had I a baby girl ten years ago—and this without touching a cent of Shirley’s | earnings, which go into trust funds and annuities. Mrs Temple received a sal-, ary of £ll,OOO in 1937. When the figures for 1939 are published, you will find this sum upped by 50 per cent.