See ewe vee ee tyr vere 3) MOVIE COLUMS COLUMN A 2 NS erties eee r oy Shirley Temple Returns, As Glamorous Brunette ‘By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (7 —-Shirley Temple, who started her career as a cuddly blonde. two-year-old, is returning to show business as o glamorous prunette of 29. * Starting January 12, she’ll ap- pear on NBC television as hos- tess of the Shirley Temple story~ book, hour-long presentations of fairly tales. She’ll also act in three of the tales, marking her - return to acting for the first time since 1949. ‘In agdition, fours of her child- hood movies were released to TV "this fall, displaying her ingenu-- ous artistry to a whole new generation. Mothers who once cherished their own , Shirley Temple dolls can’ now buy them - for their daughters, PLEASED TO BE BACK Shirley herself is delighted by the resurgence of her career. “A Jot of women wrote. me that they got out their ‘old Shirley Temple dolls to give to their daughters and found the dolls cracked and ruined,” ‘she said. “So I put in a phone call to |: the president of the company that used to make them. It. turned out the man I talked to. was the son of the former presi- dent? He said’ he’d think the proposal over. In 20 minutes, he called back and said they’d had a directors’ meeting and decided to put out the doll again.” Until recently, she’ had been content to’ remain Mrs. Charles Black. of Atherton, Calif., wife of. an executive of the Ampex electronics firm: She had a growing family — Linda Susan, 10, Charles Jr., 544; and Lori, 3h REJECTED MANY OFFERS She was constantly besieged with offers to return to acting, but turned them down because she didn’t want to disrupt her ‘family life. Then the fairy tale ' idea arose, and she went down}. “to® Hollywood to discuss it. The plan seemed feasible; she would “Hurt Hip _ Hinders Hippo "MILAN, Italy (®) — Poppea, a hippopotamus. mingled with the hurrying crows Tuesday in Mi- lan’s biggest square. She ap- peared not to mind city, life one bit. Fhe two-ton, 10-year- -old lady hippo had hurt her leg in her cage at a circus. She was being taken to an institute for treat- ment when the truck on which she was riding braked suddenly in a narrow street. Poppea suf- “fered sore more bruises as she . tumbled. out of the truck. a 9 are 23 COE EST TS SSeS