The idea of actress Shirley Temple being MGM's first choice to play Dorothy Gale in 1939's The Wizard of Oz over Judy Garland stands as one of the latter. In fact, so deeply entrenched was this ...

With the recent death of Shirley Temple Black at age 85 ... for happiness and Fox's Technicolor answer to The Wizard of Oz. Temple's mother wanted her to be more "impish, spoiled and naughty ...

If it seems like you’ve known Shirley Temple all your life ... outbid Fox for the rights to “The Wizard of Oz” and Judy Garland, not Temple, ended up as Dorothy. Fact No. 2: Her youngest ...

For a four-year stretch in the mid-1930s, Shirley Temple ... in The Wizard of Oz propelled Judy Garland to stardom, but it could have gone to a more established star in Temple.

Completely edgeless, ABC's "Child Star: The Shirley ... for Temple, but Harlow’s death nullified the deal, which would have led to Temple’s starring in “The Wizard of Oz.” ...

America's little sweetheart, Shirley Temple ... In "Dimples," Frank Morgan ("The Wizard of Oz") co-stars as Temple's Dickensian grandfather, who pushes the little girl into a life of crime.

Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple has died at the age of 85 ... She was supposed to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, but 20th Century Fox refused to lend her to MGM, so Judy Garland ...