Shirley Temple and Mr. Bojangles.  Aside from being diverting to audiences during the great depression, many Shirley Temple movies have been linked to the classic yet deeply problematic American novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.  View some clips from her movie "Dimples" (scroll down); read this scholarly article that links "Dimples" to The Bluest Eye.  For Temple and Bojangles, scroll down to "The Little Colonel."  Here's another site with various film clips from the era of the novel, including Shirley Temple.

12: "Love, thick and dark as Alaga syrup..."