This is my absolute favorite of all of Shirley Temple's dance routines. Really fast and difficult. I read that this routine actually gave her trouble. Still, Shirley was a dancing prodigy.

Alice Faye said she really wasn't that familiar with Shirley Temple when she was cast in this movie. She wasn't thrilled with being in a movie with some kid and couldn't understand how they expected someone so young to learn such an intricate routine. Shirley not only was a delight to work with, but breezed through this number. Faye said Shirley was the greatest natural talent she ever knew. Her mother would sit to the side and say "Sparkle, Shirley!".

its so unbelievable for a little girl like her to memorize such a long dance performance, songs and lines in her movie but she did it like everything was all just a game for her... so brilliant! R.I.P

I love all three, but Jack Haley looks like he's having the best time and there's nothing he'd rather be doing. *Very* attractive quality! I wish he'd made more films, but he said he never thought being in the movies was the be-all to end-all. He was so talented--singing, dancing, comedy, acting--he could do it all.

I love the swell close-up of the trio at the very end. It was as though Fox knew what a show stopper this number was, and decided to give them the "star treatment sign-off" in that brief shot, a sort of "tip of the hat" that all three so richly deserved. What a wham!

The highlight routine from Poor Little Rich Girl. Military Man paired Shirley Temple with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. The results were fantastic. At age eight, Shirley showed the world that her dancing and singing were enough to pull in moviegoers to theatres during those Depression days. A time when they cursed the movie stars on cross-country train tours to promote their latest films for their wealth while millions struggled to get jobs. However, Shirley gained their love. Who could hate a child who was, at one time, the number one box office draw? Thank you for posting. FOOTNOTE: Not all of the adult film stars were hated. They had their share of fans, of course, but the public was frustrated with so many out of work, in spite of the WPA and other job creation programs during FDR's New Deal.

Oh my goodness! I can't take my eyes off that little darling! What a gift from God! There hasn't been one like her since! Of course the tin man is great and Alice Faye. Loved watching this! Thanks to whomever posted it!

I see why Shirley was popular during the Great Depression. Watching during the Pandemic.

Not only was she a little one doing all those dance steps, she was keeping up with Jack Haley and Alice Faye. She was such a talented little girl!

Just saw a documentary with Alice Faye. She commented on this dance and said she felt it was one of her more challenging dances and that Shirley kept up with her and Jack Haley. This was always my favourite growing up (B&W, of course). Whenever I look at the six on dice I think of this dance and call them my little soldiers. Don't know why but it's been that way for the past 45 years.

That guy that is singing the "Military Man" song...I love his voice, it's unique!!

Amazing how Shirley remembers every step! In all...her movies!

That was a very hard tap routine. I have taken tap for years and I could never have mastered this without someone dancing in front of me so that I could imitate them.

We'll miss you, Shirley Temple … but we will never forget you! With Jack Haley and Alice Faye.

This was a different time definitely. What a performance. Great ensemble casting with Shirley, Alice Fay (one of my favorites) and Jack Haley (good old Tin Man himself). It's hilarious how old man Peck can't control himself in the control booth.

Rest in Peace dear. You brought so much joy into my life.

Wonderful routine and of course Shirley Temple was phenomenal... but I'm also noticing that Jack Haley and Alice Fay had to do this all in "baby steps" to exactly match Shirley's little leg movements. It's a masterpiece!

How many so-called child stars of today can dance like that? You have to love Shirley!

How can any kid of that age be such an amazing dancer, it's fantastic! She said in an interview long after she'd grown up that this routine took ...oh, 'bout a week' to learn! Lord alive, HATS OFF, THAT'S what you call a star!

You know how I love this song. I think I could just cry at how perfect Shirley Temples dance is!

It was a beautiful world back then. Children were cherished and they grew up the way they should have been. People had manners and respect. Nowdays kids don't have very many role models. As parents we must teach them. Or they will fall apart.

I love a military man. I love a military man. I love a military....nurse LOL

I'm ten and I know all about Shirley Temple ,but my friends don't .oh this generation

she is sooo good...there hasnt been a kid this talented since her.

A million thumbs up for this, Shirley Temple was that girl!

Shirley said in her bio, of her Fox audition something like "What mother didn't even know, what nobody knew, is how much I loved to dance...." :) It shows!

Always thought it was strange that they put a tap dancing number on a radio show. Just read that Jack Haley and Shirley Temples mom got into a argument because Jack claims Shirley couldn't keep up on this routine. Mom of course said otherwise. They secretly had the 2 adult actors do the number without Shirley, dubbing Shirleys taps in later. That did look like a difficult number for s child to do.

This is a fantastic piece on so many levels. They're so synchronized, and little tiny Shirley holds her own completely with the adults. I love it!

My favorite Shirley Temple act ever! Thanks for uploading this.

What a great song and dance routine. Shirley truly was something special. Great video.

just one word describes Shirley ~ AMAZING!!

Exactly!!! lava1964. We do not have child stars like Shirley! She set the bar, and no one else has been able to surpass it!

Stand up and Cheer and Poor Little Rich Girl are two of my favorite musicals!!!

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Always makes me smile...she was star power. She grew into such a very lovely woman. RIP Shirley with your darling curls! :-D

This is just wonderful, all three are awesome!

Apparently during filming Hayley complained because he had trouble keeping up while Shirley was doing just fine. After the film was released rumours spread of Shirley faking it which made Gertrude Temple upset so she had Shirley do the dance in front of a live audience to prove her daughter mastered the number.

I love ALL Shirley Temple movies--but this is my absolute favorite. I think Jack Haley is so funny, and I wish he had made more movies. The whole cast is just great, and the musical numbers can't be beat.

PERFECTION !!!

Shirly where did you get such incomperable talent, She bolwes me over everytime she perfoms

I love this number...takes me back when I was a little girl!! The girl on Seinfeld who plays George Costanzas' fiance "Susan Ross" could totally play Gloria Stuart's part...they resemble each other!

it must have been hard for shirley to memorize those step..thats difficult one even for adults..salute to you little shirley..

My most fav tap dance of all the Shirley films Just a pity they didn't have then the sound quality we have now. Wouldn't it have been awsome??!

@1laughinggravy Yeah...I love this movie, too. I'm not a big Shirley fan, but I can't resist this movie. This dance number is incredible. I wish "Poor Little Rich Girl" was on DVD!

The first time I watched this I was watching Shirley. The other dozen or so times I've watched it I've been watching Jack Haley =)

This was my favorite. My Mom just loved Alice Fay, and that's Gloria Stuart from Titanic inside the sound studio. Love it.

Shirley was amazing!

Gosh, I'm crying as I watch this. I've seen this many times before but it never ceases to amaze me. Is there any wonder why she was tops at the box-office?

Bravo, this is so awesome!

the last movie she did as a child actress was when she was 12. she went to high school and they asked her if she wanted to keep acting when she was older. She said yes and retired from acting until she was like 23.

Jack Haley is one of my favorite actors of the time as well!

So talented!

You couldn't be more wrong....Jack Haley and Alice Faye were fantastic dancers and would hardly have trouble keeping up with a kid. "The film’s final musical number, “Military Man”, was too fast and intricate for Temple. Without telling Mrs. Temple, the studio called back Haley and Faye to repeat the number with Temple‘s taps dubbed in. At the preview, Mrs. Temple boasted of her daughter’s clear taps, and scorned those who said the girl couldn’t do it"

That Shirley is not the thinnest or trimmest! Not that she ever went into the FAT category, but maybe flirted with it. But, she is incredibly cute for all the "solidity". There's something about her, a very great star indeed, that combines so many ingredients that I don't think there will ever be anyone like her. Her "imperfections" are part of her enduring charm, which even as late as 2012, I can tell you from personal experience, can still steam-roll you quite nicely!

This is my fav Shirley tap dance number of all her movies :-)

This is such a great dance number by all three talented actors!

I love Jack so much, just look at those big blue eyes 💙

I'm I love you Shirley Temple 💋

my gooood, the little temple s just a prodigy child,,,,, respects for her !! fabz

This was my favorite of all her routines.

I love a military......."Nurse" !!......LOL!!

I love this video!

I love old movies and know a lot about them and I do believe that they had a routine because when they did some radio shows, they also had an audience at the same time.

¡Bueno quien observa a los dos grandes?...toodas las miradas son para la pequeña y maravillosa Shirley Temple!

I wonder if that is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson singing in the acapella section that starts around 40" -- I would love to know -- the lead and vocals are fabulous.

I loved here movies

You are right. It was a very difficult dance. In a documentary on Shirley, she once said it caused leg cramps and was one of the hardest routines for her.

I'm missu you Shirley Jane Temple 💋💖🇮🇳

After a while, I realized just how long they had been dancing. Jesus.

Clearly Jack and Alice were really talented, but wonder if they ever thought " am I being upstaged by a little kid?"

One of my childhood favorites!

I heard actually that Shirley breezed through this routine, while Alice and Jack struggled.

It is incredible what for an amazing body control she had in her young age. I suppose that she could every choreography they have shown her perfectly.

Yeah! He's so talented!

That's not what I read but if you say so I've had a crush on Jack Hayley since I was four so I'll go with it. I like your Rhoda pic, another great classic!

That was great, a wonderfull treat always!

Amazing.

She was so talented

I loooove this routine!

I'm I like you Shirley Jane Temple my Heart 💘 you Shirley my name sudhan 👍🇮🇳🇺🇸

You know it would have been quite strange if she had been cast in the WIZARD OF OZ as Dorothy, as she almost was, because with the exception of Ray Bolger she had already worked with everyone in the main cast including the dog who played Toto. She was in BRIGHT EYES with Terry the Terrier, POOR LITTTLE RICH GIRL with Jack Haley, JUST AROUND THE CORNER with Burt Larr (I know I miss spelled his last name) and in DIMPLES with Frank Morgan.

First of all, some radio programs were done in costume. Second, this is a MOVIE, so artistic license is necessary. Movies never have been true depictions of reality, even more so today.

Yes I agree ! AWESOME!

Shirley is missed! I saw Alice Faye interviewed in her latter years that woman was dressed to the 9!!!

Tap dancing....fully costumed...on the RADIO????

What's amazing is how much of that dance number was done only a couple of uninterrupted shots.

Children have a great capacity for learning especially if they have an innate talent.

She's dancing with Alice Faye and Jack Haley (Tin Man)

Alice: I love a military man! Shirley: I love a military man! Jack: I love a military (hesitates) nurse!

wasn't Gloria stuart Old Rose in Titanic?

Prodigio de niña, descanse en paz Shirley.

@Laceygal123 The song "Military Man" was written for the movie "Poor Little Rich Girl". Words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, c.1936. You can find copies on e-bay once in a while.

Just love this number. Love the whole movie! Once they begin dancing and the background singer takes over, is that Alice Faye's voice?

I never knew that Jack Haley (Tin Man from "Wizard of Oz") could tap dance!

I too heard they had some trouble with this, it was hard to stay in sinc the whole time.

Hey, how about Alice Faye? She was not primarily a dancer, but a singer. Must have been hard for her to master this dance, and look so natural doing it! Same with Jack Haley.

I slowed this clip down how did this kid do it.never faltered

ive been with two in my life not special just because they’re in the military but there probably are some good ones

The old white guy at 1:20......LMFAO!!! 1:49 to 3:04..........ONE FREAKING TAKE!! You can't edit this!! THEY KILLED IT!!!!! Somebody grab the craptacular talent of today and see it they can match or be better than this.........yeah I didn't think so!!! Amazing!!!!!

terrific routine. talented little girl.