EPISODE 13 - Scram Kid…You Bother Me - 12/11/2023

As W.C. FIELDS famously said, "Never work with children or animals." Of course, he was probably referring to their ability to steal a scene or their unpredictability. But what would cinema be without child performers? From SHIRLEY TEMPLE to MICKEY ROONEY to NATALIE WOOD to MARY BADHAM, so many incredibly talented tots danced across the silver screen and into our hearts during Hollywood's golden era. This week we’ll be taking a look at the lives and careers of a few of our favorites. 

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Sources:

Growing Up On Set: Interviews With 39 Former Child Actors of Classic FIlm and Television (2002), by Tom and Jim Goldrup

Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers (1988), by David Dye

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“Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Tracked by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88,” July 2, 2011, by Margalit Fox, The New York Times

“Marcia Mae Jones, 83, TV Film Actress” (Obituary), September 7, 2007, The Los Angeles Times

“Former Child Actor Bobs Watson Dies,” June 28, 1999, The Los Angeles Times

“Yes, Virginia, There Is a Fan Club,” January 20 2017, by Jacob deNobel, The Baltimore Sun

“Butch Jenkins - A Child Star at 9, Retired at 10,” April 23, 1978, The Washington Post

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