Odds Against Continued Success for Hollywood's Child Stars
Hollywood veteran Vernon Scott surveys former child stars including Judy Garland Shirley Temple Elizabeth Taylor Mickey Rooney Jackie Coogan Deanna Durbin Jackie Cooper Jane Withers Donald O Connor Margaret OBrien and others. He notes factors from stage mothers to financial mismanagement and personal turmoil, contrasting careers and lifecycles in a wary portrait of surviving fame.
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