Shirley, you don’t want to miss this: Ms. Temple at Morris Museum, through May 24

Shirley Temple with Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Shirley Temple with Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
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Shirley Temple's iconic red polka dot dress. Photo by David Codey
Shirley Temple’s iconic red polka dot dress. Photo by David Codey

By David Codey

A rare treat awaits you for just a few days at the Morris Museum. The Love, Shirley Temple exhibit will be in town through Sunday, May 24, 2015, displaying the iconic movie costumes Shirley wore, along with her dolls and other memorabilia from her childhood.

The 'Love, Shirley Temple' exhibit at the Morris Museum. Photo by David Codey
The ‘Love, Shirley Temple’ exhibit at the Morris Museum. Photo by David Codey

See everything from the famous red polka dot dress she wore for Stand Up and Cheer, her breakout role, to the little car Bill “Bojangles” Robinson gave her for cruising around the studio lot.

It will quickly remind you how much comfort and hope a 5-year-old girl brought the country during the Depression. It’s in great part due to Shirley’s mother, Gertrude Temple, that we get to see such a collection. She added to Shirley’s contracts that she got to keep her costumes, at a time when they usually were property of the studios.

Morris Township is the third stop for the collection. It will continue to a few more cities around the country before it is all auctioned off in July, never again to be all together in one place.

If you’re a big Shirley fan, think about visiting on Saturday, when you’ll also have the opportunity to see three of Shirley’s big films — Bright Eyes, Curly Top, and Wee Willie Winkle — at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm, respectively.

The Morris Museum is at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township. Hours are Thursday, 11 am-8 pm and Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission is $10/adults, $7/children, seniors, and students, and free for children under 3 and museum members. Movies on Saturday are $5/members per film; $7/non-members per film.

Shirley Temple with Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Shirley Temple with Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple

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