"Curly Top" (1935): This film contained one of Temple's biggest hits, "Animal Crackers in My Soup," in which she serenades her orphanage at mealtime, "I walk around like Noah's Ark/ I stuff my tummy like a goop." The New York Times said of "Curly Top": "So shameless is (the film) in its optimism, so grimly determined to be cheerful, that it ought to cause an epidemic of axe murders and grandmother beatings." But Temple, the review noted, was irresistible, playing dramatic scenes "with the precision of a veteran actress." Though a child, Temple was often the best actor in her films.
《卷毛頭》(1935)這部電影里鄧波兒演唱了她最熱門的歌曲《我湯里動物餅干》。吃飯時她用歌聲唱出自己的孤單:“我像諾亞方舟一樣四處游蕩/像粗人一樣用食物填滿肚子”。《紐約時報》評價《卷毛頭》道:“這影片中的樂觀是多么讓人心慚,這樣冷酷的內容用以鼓舞人心,這應會讓‘斧子謀殺’和‘毆打祖母’成為流行。”而鄧波兒,評論人極為認可,因她用“專業演員的水準”表現出引人入勝的場景。我們可以看出,雖然仍是一個孩子,鄧波兒就已經是她電影中的最佳演員。
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