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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen poster

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen(1989)

December 2, 19891h 33m

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Overview

A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with Shirley Temple, Margaret O'Brien, and numerous others along with interviews.

Director: Dick Carter
Writers: James Arntz, Mary Cleere Haran, Katherine MacMillin

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Baby Peggy
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Jackie Cooper
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Roddy McDowall
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Hayley Mills
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George McFarland

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Status: Released
Original title: When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Production: WTTW/Chicago

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