She saved an icoic studio from bancruptcy. At the age of five, Shirley's big break arrived when she was invited to audition at Fox Film Corporation in 1933, where she was signed up and soon became a shash hit. Temple made eight films in 1934, and went from stardom to superstardom. By 1935 she had risen to the top of the list, and for four consecutive years remained the world's number one box-office star, pushing Clark Gable into second place. Fox, which had owed $42million and teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, came out of the red entirely thanks to a six-year-old child.