When Producer Darryl Zanuck mala-prophesied that the national institution of the '30s known as Shirley Temple "would be good every year of her life as long as she lived," few believed him. Hollywood realists knew that most peewee paragons grew up to be monsters or misfits, kept little of their young luster. But the opening chapter of NBC's Shirley Temple's Storybook last week sent viewers on a wildly nostalgic binge and helped make good the ancient Zanuck prophecy. Shirley Temple, now a full-bodiced 29, had bridged a whole generation without losing so much...
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