I spent hours here! (Internet Archive)
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dobielvr
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oldpop
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Great Site. It is one of my favorite website for information. They have tons of downloadable books and magazines covering many subjects. I have been going there since 2008 and have barely put a dent in all the information available on things I enjoy.
Tish
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You`re welcome Tish, thanks for your reply.
Paco Dennis
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I checked it out. AMAZING site! Thousands of archived jewels. 
Thanks. This what I found there...
Shirley Temple Movie
Publication date 1932 Usage Public Domain
Topics musical, comedy Publisher Educational FIlm Exchanges
Also known as "What Price Gloria?"
Part of the "Baby Bulesks" series
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.
Reviewer: DKelsey - favoritefavorite - June 18, 2005
Subject: The defence Greene never used
This is not a good film, but it is an important one.
In 1938 Grahame Greene and his publisher were sued for libel by Shirley Temple and 20th Century Fox because in a review of "Wee Willie Winkie" in the "Night and Day" magazine Greene had suggested that Temple's act was deliberately designed to exploit the sexual fantasies of elderly clergymen. The defendants admitted guilt and the case was settled out of court, the imputation being described as "an outrage" by the prosecuting counsel and the judge. Perhaps Greene should have added lawyers to the professions with an unhealthy view of the dimpled darling.
Why Greene and his publisher caved in is a mystery. One has only to read a list of Temple's roles in the "Baby Burlesks" to see the justification for Greene's comment. In 1932 she was cast as "Charmaine" in "War Babies", "Morelegs Sweettrick" in "Kid in Hollywood," "Madame Cradlebait"in "Kid in Africa," and "La Belle Diaperina"in "Glad Rags to Riches." Few people today would deny that these films are exploitative, demeaning, and prurient.
It is important to remember that such films were made and widely accepted. It is not recorded that any cinemas refused to show them, but news vendors did refuse to sell the magazine in which Greene voiced his disquiet.
As ever, the archive performs a valuable service in making this film available, and I hope other "Baby Burlesks" are to follow. You have to see them to believe them.
https://archive.org/details/war_babies
Thanks. This what I found there...Shirley Temple Movie
War Babies
by Charles LamontPublication date 1932 Usage Public Domain
Topics musical, comedy Publisher Educational FIlm Exchanges Also known as "What Price Gloria?"
Part of the "Baby Bulesks" series
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.
Reviewer: DKelsey - favoritefavorite - June 18, 2005
Subject: The defence Greene never used
This is not a good film, but it is an important one.
In 1938 Grahame Greene and his publisher were sued for libel by Shirley Temple and 20th Century Fox because in a review of "Wee Willie Winkie" in the "Night and Day" magazine Greene had suggested that Temple's act was deliberately designed to exploit the sexual fantasies of elderly clergymen. The defendants admitted guilt and the case was settled out of court, the imputation being described as "an outrage" by the prosecuting counsel and the judge. Perhaps Greene should have added lawyers to the professions with an unhealthy view of the dimpled darling.
Why Greene and his publisher caved in is a mystery. One has only to read a list of Temple's roles in the "Baby Burlesks" to see the justification for Greene's comment. In 1932 she was cast as "Charmaine" in "War Babies", "Morelegs Sweettrick" in "Kid in Hollywood," "Madame Cradlebait"in "Kid in Africa," and "La Belle Diaperina"in "Glad Rags to Riches." Few people today would deny that these films are exploitative, demeaning, and prurient.
It is important to remember that such films were made and widely accepted. It is not recorded that any cinemas refused to show them, but news vendors did refuse to sell the magazine in which Greene voiced his disquiet.
As ever, the archive performs a valuable service in making this film available, and I hope other "Baby Burlesks" are to follow. You have to see them to believe them.
https://archive.org/details/war_babies
Mr. Ed
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good movies
Nice reply, thankyou.Well, would you look at that! Amazing site, kburra, thank you for the tip.
