Dimples, dancing lessons and J Edgar Hoover's very comfortable lap. Broadcast 29th December 1988 Shirley Temple Black remembers when she was just plain Shirley Temple and the most highly-paid child star in Hollywood. However, she was to discover that her father and agent had seriously mismanaged her finances, leaving her with only $44,000 out of an expected $3.5m. She also recalls the famous visitors who beat a path to her trailer, including the head of the FBI, and the methods used by the studio to punish little stars who misbehaved. After retiring from the movie business in 1950, following her marriage to Charles Alden Black, a career in politics and diplomacy beckoned. Shirley Temple Black was appointed US Ambassador to Ghana under the Ford administration in 1974 and US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia under George Bush (Senior) in 1989. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bfwt-8MX8w

Universal Newsreel from 1933 showing Cecil H. Dill, a farmer from Traverse City, Michigan, demonstrating his ability to render popular melodies by pressing his hands together. After the performance, which seems to be of Yankee Doodle, Dill modestly tells how he discovered his unusual talent while staring rather intensely into the camera. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTrESoMMGOc