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    秀兰·邓波儿:黑暗中的小天使

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    你知道好莱坞史上票房最高的影星是谁吗?不是克拉克·盖博,也不是玛丽莲·梦露或伊丽莎白·泰勒,更不是哈利·波特和他的小伙伴们。虽然他们都在各自的鼎盛时期创造了票房佳绩,但在入场人数和实际收入方面,他们都被一个有着一对小酒窝和一头金色卷发的6岁小女孩打败了。这个小女孩甚至还挽救了濒临破产的福克斯电影公司。她就是世界上最著名的童星——秀兰·邓波儿。

    她是大萧条时期的一缕阳光,为在现实中苦苦挣扎的人们带来了无尽的欢乐。对于英美观众来说,秀兰·邓波儿让他们得以在艰难的生活以外找到一丝慰藉。

    秀兰·邓波儿的一生堪称传奇:4岁初登银幕,6岁风靡影坛,7岁手捧奥斯卡小金人,10岁已经称霸好莱坞票房,成为最具号召力的电影明星。20世纪40年代末,她淡出影坛,结婚生子,20年后再次出现,身份已是美国外交官。

    这位有着超凡魅力的女性于今年2月10日在家中辞世,享年85岁。

    A bigger star never came in a package so small. She sang and danced her way to super-stardom[明星地位] by the impossible age of six years old. In the year 1934, she acted in nine films, one called Stand Up And Cheer.

    (soundbite[原声摘要] of song)

    (soundbite of archived[存档] recording) Shirley Temple Black: I loved learning to dance and sing and scripts[剧本] and acting. Children don’t have a lot of memories, and so you’re like a blotter[吸墨纸]. Everything you learn very quickly, and for me, since I didn’t have much in my head, I was able to learn everything relatively[相对地] easily.

    Shirley Temple Black talked to NPR in 1985 and says when she was a child, she didn’t know she was extraordinary. But it wasn’t just talent that made her a hit onscreen. She was born just as films with sound were invented. If she had been born a few years earlier, her singing and tapping talent would have gone unnoticed. Also Temple’s innocence[天真无邪], maturity[成熟] and merriment[欢乐] were qualities that brought hope to people during the Depression注, among them Chicagoan[芝加哥人] Giggi Cortizi. Giggi Cortizi: Do you know how I survived those days, was going to the show every Sunday to see Shirley Temple. I’m telling you, she was my inspiration to go on living. Honest to goodness[上天作证].

    Cortizi is one speaking for many. Professor John Kasson at the University of North Carolina is working on a book about Shirley Temple Black during the Depression. John Kasson: She seemed to embody[使具体化] a spirit of cheer, a spirit of confidence, a spirit of fearlessness, and also at the same time a spirit of trust.

    During a seven-year contract[合同] with Fox, she brought them back from the brink[边缘] of bankruptcy[破产]. She had become the top-grossing movie star in the world. But Temple’s films weren’t without controversy[争论]. She made a string of[一系列] films with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, a black actor and dancer. A middle-aged black man and a small white girl holding hands, tapping side by side, caused a stir[轰动] in the South.

    Here they are dancing on a staircase in their first movie together, The Little Colonel[上校].

    (soundbite of The Little Colonel)

    Black: I want to do that too.

    Bill “Bojangles” Robinson: All right. Are you ready? Black: Yep.

    Robinson: Come on.

    Temple says they stayed close friends till his death.(soundbite of archived recording) Black: Bill Robinson was probably my best dance teacher and best friend when I was a little girl, and I would learn dancing by looking in the mirror. He said never look at your feet, Shirley. Never do that, honey, because that’s just not…not right.

    By the time Temple hit 12, her career was essentially[本质上] over. At 21 she gave up acting entirely. She went on to become a diplomat[外交官]. In the 1960s, President Nixon appointed[任命] her a delegate[代表] to the United Nations, and later she became the US ambassador[大使] to the Republic of Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Temple told NPR’s Scott Simon that everywhere she went around the world, people couldn’t resist[忍得住] serving her a concoction[调和物] of 7-Up, grenadine[石榴糖浆] syrup[糖浆], orange juice with a maraschino cherry[酒浸樱桃].

    (soundbite of archived recording)

    Black: The Shirley Temple, those saccharine[极甜的], icky[黏糊糊的] drinks?

    Scott Simon: Those are the ones.

    Black: Yes. Well, those were created in the probably middle 1930s in Hollywood and I had nothing to do with it.

    In her later years, Temple Black said she never regretted leaving the movie business. She took on the roles of actress, wife, mother, diplomat with passion and dedication, the same qualities that made her a star in the first place.

    (soundbite of song)

    从来没有一个大牌明星以这么小的身躯出现过。年仅6岁的她唱着歌跳着舞,就这样踏上了超级明星的道路,真是不可思议。仅1934年这一年她就演了9部电影,其中一部叫《起立欢呼》。

    (歌曲片段)

    (资料录音片段)秀兰·邓波儿:我喜欢学跳舞、唱歌、(看)剧本和表演。孩子没有多少记忆,所以你就像一张吸墨纸,学什么都很快。对于我来说,因为我的大脑里的东西不多,所以很多东西学起来都相对简单。

    秀兰·邓波儿在1 9 8 5年接受美国国家公共电台(NPR)的访问中说到,当她还是小孩的时候,她不知道自己是如此的特别。但让她在大屏幕上大获成功的不仅是她的才华。她出生的年代刚好发明了有声电影,如果她早出生几年,她的唱歌和踢踏舞才华可能会被埋没了。另外,邓波儿的天真无邪、成熟老练和欢声笑语给美国大萧条时期的人们带来了希望,这些人当中就有芝加哥人吉吉·科尔蒂齐。

    吉吉·科尔蒂齐:你知道我是怎样熬过那段时期的吗?就是每个星期天去看秀兰·邓波儿的电影。我跟你说,她是激励我活下去的动力,老天爷作证。

    科特齐说出了很多人的心声。北卡罗来纳大学教授约翰·卡松正在写一本关于大萧条时期的秀兰·邓波儿的书。约翰·卡松:她就像是快乐、信心、无惧等精神的化身,同时也是“信任”的化身。

    和福克斯公司的七年合约期间,邓波儿把他们从破产边缘挽救了回来。她成为全球票房最高的电影明星。然而邓波儿的电影并非没有争议。她和黑人演员及舞蹈家比尔·“博杰格”·罗滨逊合演了一系列电影。一个黑皮肤的中年男人和一个白皮肤的小女孩手牵着手,肩并肩地跳着踢踏舞,这在(美国)南方引起了轩然大波。

    以下(片段),他们在楼梯上跳舞,片段出自两人首次合作的电影《小上校》。

    (《小上校》声音片段)邓波儿:我想跳那个。

    比尔·“博杰格”·罗滨逊:好啊,准备好了吗?邓波儿:好了。

    比尔·“博杰格”·罗滨逊:来吧。

    邓波儿说,在罗滨逊去世之前,他们一直都是很亲密的朋友。

    (资料录音片段)邓波儿:在我还是一个小姑娘的时候,比尔·罗滨逊也许是我最好的舞蹈老师和最好的朋友。我会看着镜子学跳舞。他说永远不要看自己的双脚,秀兰。不要那样做,宝贝,因为那不对。

    到了12岁,邓波儿的职业生涯基本上结束了。21岁的时候,她完全放弃了演艺事业。她后来成为了一名外交官。在上世纪60年代,尼克松总统任命她为联合国代表;随后,她先后担任美国驻加纳共和国和捷克斯洛伐克大使。邓波儿告诉美国国家公共电台的斯科特·西蒙,无论走到世界的什么地方,人们总是情不自禁地为她送上一杯用七喜、红石榴糖浆和橙汁调配而成的混合饮品,外加一颗酒浸樱桃。

    (资料录音片段)

    邓波儿:“秀兰·邓波儿”,那种很甜很浓的饮品?

    斯科特·西蒙:就是那些。

    邓波儿:是的。那些饮品可能是在上世纪30年代的好莱坞发明的,我跟它可没有关系。

    在邓波儿的晚年,她说自己从未后悔离开电影行业。她以自己的热情和无私承担起演员、妻子、母亲和外交官的角色。当初让她成为巨星的也正是这些特质。

    (歌曲片段)

    秀兰·邓波儿:不平凡的人生

    两岁时,秀兰·邓波儿就对音乐产生了浓厚的兴趣。1931年,三岁的邓波儿在母亲的安排下进入一所幼儿舞蹈学校接受训练。

    1934年4月,著名词作者贾伊·戈尼在编写爱国歌舞片《起立欢呼》时相中了秀兰·邓波儿,并邀请她参演该片。1934年12月28日,《亮眼睛》发行。这是第一部专门为邓波儿量身定制的电影,她的名字第一次出现在电影标题旁。

    从1934年至1935年,秀兰·邓波儿在福克斯公司出演了《新群芳大会》、《小安琪》、《小情人》等8部影片,由于在这几部影片的出色表演,她跻身十大明星之列。

    1937年她出演了电影《小公主》。

    1939年,邓波儿的片酬已超过12万美元,另外还有20万元的红利,而当时的票价只有15美分。

    进入上世纪40年代,邓波儿以少女的姿态又主演了十几部电影,但难以取代留在观众心目中的童星形象,她在银幕上渐渐失去了往昔的魅力。主演完第43部影片后,她退出了影坛。

    1972年,邓波儿在被诊断患有乳腺癌后接受乳房切除手术,并在电视节目中向公众袒露了病史。她成为第一个勇于公开病情并倡议防治乳腺癌的名人。

    1999年,邓波儿以其童星时期的成就,被美国电影学会选为百年来最伟大的女演员第18名。

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