"BOBBY DRISCOLL: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH"

EPISODE 64 - “BOBBY DRISCOLL - STAR OF THE MONTH” - 12/02/2024 

BOBBY DRISCOLL's name may not be too familiar anymore, but in his heyday, he was the male equivalent of NATALIE WOOD. He was one of the most talented and prolific child stars of the 1940s and 1950s. His descent into darkness should serve as a cautionary tale to all of the stage mothers out there who think their kids will be the next big thing. Sometimes, there is a price to pay for fame, and it ain't always pretty. Join us as we discuss the tragic life of child star Bobby Driscoll.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Great Child Stars (1976), by James Robert Parish;

“Bobby Driscoll, Dope Suspect," July 11, 1956, Los Angeles Examiner;

“Bobby Driscoll Arrested in Bean Shooting Row,” August 23, 1956, Los Angeles Times;

“Actor Bob Driscoll Arrested As Addict,” October 29, 1959, Mirror News;

“Actor Freed of Charges on Narcotics,” December 12, 1959, Los Angeles Times;

“Bobby Driscoll Napped After Rift with Gun,” June 18, 1960, The Citizen News;

“New Charge Confronts Former Star,” June 23, 1960, Mirror News;

“Actor Fined For Striking Heckler,” October 14, 1960, Los Angeles Examiner;

“Driscoll Theft Charge Issued,” April 11, 1961, The Citizen News;

“Bobby Driscoll is Arrested Again,” May 2, 1961, Los Angeles Examiner;

“Bobby Driscoll, a Film Star at 6, an Addict at 17, Sent to Chino,” October 19, 1961, by Charles Hillinger, Los Angeles Times;

“Truly, A Lost Boy,” March 4, 2007, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times;

“Oscars Flashback: The Tragic Life and Death of Former Disney Star Bobby Driscoll,” January 22, 2019, by Lynette Rice, Entertainment Weekly;

BobbyDriscoll.com;

Wikipedia.com;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Lost Angel (1943), starring James Craig, Marsha Hunt, & Margaret O’Brien;

The Fighting Sullivans (1944) starring Thomas Mitchell & Anne Baxter;

Sunday Dinner With A Soldier (1944), starring Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Charles Winner, & Anne Revere;

The Big Bonanza (1944), starring Richard Arlen;

So Goes My Love (1946), starring Myrna Loy & Don Ameche;

Identity Unknown (1945), starring Richard Arlen;

Miss Susie Slagle's (1946), starring Veronica Lake;

From This Day Forward (1946), starring Joan Fontaine & Mark Stevens;

O.S.S. (1946), starring Alan Ladd & Geraldine Fitzgerald;

Three Wise Fools (1946), starring Margaret o’Brine & Lionel Barrymore;

Song Of The South (1946), starring James Baskett;

If You Knew Susie (1948), starring Eddie Cantor;

So Dear to My Heart (1948), starring Burl Ives & Beulah Bondi;

The Window (1949), starring Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Ruth Roman, & Paul Stewart;

Treasure Island (1950), starring Robert Newton;

When I Grow Up (1951), starring Robert Preston & Martha Scott;

The Happy Time (1952), starring Charles Boyer, Louis Jordan, & Marsha Hunt;

Peter Pan (1953)

The Scarlett Coat (1955), starring Cornel Wilde & George Sanders;

The Party Crashers (1958), starring Connie Stevens & Frances Farmer;

Dirt (1965), starring Sally Kirkland;

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