‘Stand Up and Cheer!’ (1934)
Temple made her feature debut in Hamilton McFadden's musical Stand Up and Cheer! She only had a small part in that movie — the plot sees the U.S. government creating a "Department of Amusement" to shake the nation from its Depression doldrums — but the picture quickly made Fox realize what a valuable asset it had on its hands and went on to save the studio from bankruptcy.