Shining Eyes

...At her mother's urging, she started taking dance lessons at the age of three, which caught the eye of a talent scout, who then starred in the one-reel short film series "Baby Burlesque," which featured a cast of toddlers parodying hit movies. After a few minor roles in a few films, she garnered attention by singing and dancing to "Baby Take a Bow" in the revue film "The Great Passage" (1934), and her popularity soared with her next film, "Little Mark" (1934). At the end of the year, her name was placed before the title of "Sparkling Eyes" (1934), and she was treated as a major star. At the Academy Awards the following year, at the age of six, she was awarded a special award for "outstanding contribution to motion picture entertainment" (still the youngest person to win an Academy Award). ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Shining Eyes" are listed below.

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…母のすすめで3歳からダンスのレッスンに通ううちタレント･スカウトの目にとまり，幼児ばかりのキャストでヒット映画をパロディ化する1巻ものの短編《ベビー･バーレスク》シリーズに出演。数本の映画の端役をへて，レビュー映画《歓呼の嵐》(1934)で《ベビー･テイク･ア･バウ》を歌い踊って注目を浴び，つづく《可愛いマーカちゃん》(1934)で人気が沸騰，年末に封切られた《輝く瞳》(1934)ではタイトルの前に名まえが出され大スターの扱いとなった。翌年のアカデミー賞では6歳にして〈映画娯楽への顕著な貢献〉に対する特別賞を与えられる(これは現在もアカデミー賞の最年少受賞記録である)。…

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