About the Author

Leighton West is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer with experience in computer and network support. Has a grown up son. Interested in cars, computers, cycling, sailing, early films, and strongly supports the ideals of Shirley Temple.
Member PC User Group, Melbourne, Australia (One of the worlds largest computer user groups).

These pages have been developed for personal use from original research, and do not include material copied without the authors knowledge. Sources are generally original material, not Internet sites and their references are listed somewhere here. Generally application has been made for permission to use only a small sample of source material. All images have been scanned, edited, titled with a copyright, and can be clearly identified as from this site. All sounds are identified with their publishers copyright and reproduced by arrangement. Although copycat publishing is strictly not permitted, reciprocal links with other home pages are welcomed.

While effort has been made to trace the ownership of all copyright material and gain approval for its use, in the event of any question arising the author will be happy to make the necessary correction.

Special credit is extended to the following supporters for their generous help:

Geocities, Santa Monica USA - Web Server at birth place of Shirley Temple
Twentieth Century-Fox Corp - Original source of most still images of Shirley
Legend Films - Publisher of DVD's & CD "Shirley Temple Storybook Collection"
Iris Musique Production - Publisher of CD's "The Songs of Shirley Temple's Films"
Tempo Communications - Publisher of CD "Shirley Temple - Lollipops"
Pavilion Records Ltd - Publisher of CD's "America's Sweetheart"
Screen Archives Entertainment - Publisher of CD "The Blue Bird"
Rita Dubas - Publisher of "Shirley Temple Collectors News"
Robert Windeler - Author of Book "The Films of Shirley Temple"
Loraine Burdick - Author of Book "The Shirley Temple Scrapbook"
 

Melissa Dubois - Collector
Sarah Horne - Collector
Pauline Weissman - Collector
Melissa Tan - Collector
Candice Corbridge - Collector/Photographer
David Jenkins - Harry Warren Collector
Mary Tipton - Music Collector
Cathy Scott - Collector
Jana Pratt - Shirley Impersonator
Mike Gardiner - Collector

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