tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post9078967311975253772..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Libel Case Involving Shirley Temple and Graham GreeneBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-7174971263844155762014-02-17T14:29:51.312-06:002014-02-17T14:29:51.312-06:00Prashant: Thanks for the comment. Thankfully Templ...Prashant: Thanks for the comment. Thankfully Temple did not read the review when she was nine years old. It had no impact on her at that time.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-63336019325906566462014-02-16T22:54:53.920-06:002014-02-16T22:54:53.920-06:00Bill, I didn't know about this either. Thanks ...Bill, I didn't know about this either. Thanks for writing about it so well. I wonder how Temple faced the situation at the age of nine?Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-58728140284078415642014-02-16T19:32:52.406-06:002014-02-16T19:32:52.406-06:00Martin: Thanks for the comment. After reading abou...Martin: Thanks for the comment. After reading about the case I am surprised it has not generated a book.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-23843333649547497952014-02-16T17:51:35.220-06:002014-02-16T17:51:35.220-06:00Very interesting. I'd never heard about this c...Very interesting. I'd never heard about this case, either.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-41769202660164644262014-02-15T23:50:58.952-06:002014-02-15T23:50:58.952-06:00Judith: Thanks for the kind comment. I appreciated...Judith: Thanks for the kind comment. I appreciated hearing from you.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-14051553057018241402014-02-15T16:27:49.148-06:002014-02-15T16:27:49.148-06:00Bill,
What a fascinating post! I was riveted, havi...Bill,<br />What a fascinating post! I was riveted, having never heard anything of the sort. Thank you for posting about it.<br /><br />Judith (Reader in the Wilderness)Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-73060249371921218902014-02-14T21:44:20.039-06:002014-02-14T21:44:20.039-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I also had not hea...TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I also had not heard of Greene being sued over a review of a Temple movie until I read Moira's post.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-51528898725803530072014-02-14T21:43:06.437-06:002014-02-14T21:43:06.437-06:00John: Thanks for the comment. "Vile" sum...John: Thanks for the comment. "Vile" sums up the review.<br /><br />Night and Day ceased publication after the article was written. I speculate that they were seeking some controversy in a desperate effort to save the magazine.<br /><br />I believe Greene wrote The Power and the Glory while in Mexico as he waited for life to settle down in England.<br /><br />If Greene was acting as a true Catholic he would have confessed his sin in defaming Temple rather than leaving the country.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-74275036765455975362014-02-14T21:38:36.025-06:002014-02-14T21:38:36.025-06:00Margot: Thanks for your kind words. The comments o...Margot: Thanks for your kind words. The comments of yourself and Moira left me smiling for the day. That review never is published in 2014.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-7756240546770702472014-02-14T21:36:43.295-06:002014-02-14T21:36:43.295-06:00Moira: Thanks for the kind words. It was interesti...Moira: Thanks for the kind words. It was interesting research. I cringed when I read the review.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-19698996691324017232014-02-14T18:32:21.373-06:002014-02-14T18:32:21.373-06:00Very interesting, Bill. A little piece of history ...Very interesting, Bill. A little piece of history that I had never heard of until Moira's blog post. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-56801106121869096082014-02-14T15:29:32.428-06:002014-02-14T15:29:32.428-06:00Pretty vile of Greene. Reminds me of a supposedly ...Pretty vile of Greene. Reminds me of a supposedly satirical underground newspaper at my college that routinely published libelous and disgusting things about people on campus. It was a combination of cheap vulgarity and juvenile bathroom humor but they used real people's names in their attempts at comedy. Big mistake!<br /><br />Even today reading something like this of Greene's makes my flesh crawl. That any adult would bother to read into images of Shirley Temple on film and sexualize them reveals a lot about the writer more than the movie studio. Interesting that right after this incident Greene wrote <i>The Power and the Glory</i> about a timorous and tortured Catholic priest who, among other things in his haunted past, fathered a little girl while serving in a Mexican parish. A little of Greene's Catholic guilt rising to the surface perhaps?J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-49778790062379368722014-02-14T06:18:01.266-06:002014-02-14T06:18:01.266-06:00Bill - This is really fascinating! Thank you for l...Bill - This is really fascinating! Thank you for laying all this out. I would have thought the review actionable too, but it's good to have an expert opinion. And don't get me started on the review itself...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-19529868251020582632014-02-14T02:50:22.236-06:002014-02-14T02:50:22.236-06:00Fantastic, thank you very much Bill for binging us...Fantastic, thank you very much Bill for binging us all the details. I'm going to add a link from my original entry so people can get the full legal lowdown. I knew I could rely on you. You have answered exactly my questions - was it libellous, and would it be considered so today? It was a very harsh review, and even to modern eyes (we think we are used to everything) it gives you a bit of a shock. Thanks again.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com