Shirley saved her studio from bankruptcy and Zanuck was grateful.
Awards and also in that same year received Kennedy Center Honors. Temple would stay with Fox until 1940, becoming the studio's most lucrative player. Children of George Phillip Maurice and Alta Mae Hartnell? Maurice 1Rita Helen Maurice b. Temple's mother's demands that Temple receive special star billing. Both shows featured adaptations of fairy tales and other family oriented stories. While working for Educational Pictures, Temple also performed many walk-on and bit player roles in various other movies.