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Long
before Shirley Temple's curls bounced their way into America's heart, Baby Peggy lit up marquees here and around the
world. Discovered in 1920 at 19 months of age, she was put under contract with her first film at $75 a week. Working constantly,
she was starred in dozens of Baby Peggy comedies and five feature films; she had earned more than $2 million by the time she
was five. This story of the shared infancy of a child and an industry reveals the incredible life, responsibilities and burdens
of a world famous child super-star.
This is
the reprint of her hardback, now containing additional goodies!
Just
$24.95 plus postage at the links below.
Praise for Diana Serra Cary
"Cary's honest and well-told account of her unusually rich
life, as well as of Hollywood during its formative years, should interest even those who have never heard of Baby Peggy."
- Publishers Weekly
"Two thumbs up for this engrossing, sometimes shocking memoir of life as a child actor during
the silent-movie era... Hollywood memoirs just don't get any better than this!" - Kirkus Reviews
HOLLYWOOD'S
CHILDREN
An
Inside Account of the Child Star Era
"An eye-opening wide-angled view. A riveting and discerning account of
performing children and their parents." - Anne Edwards, Washington Post, Book World
"For
those who were never there, here are tales of wealth and folly, poverty and fame, to dazzle Balzac." - Tom Nolan, New
West Magazine
"A fascinating account
which is neither memoir nor history but more than a little of both." - Los Angeles Times
JACKIE COOGAN: The World's Boy King
A Biography of Hollywood's
Legendary Chid Star
"A constant surprise and a compulsive read. Highly recommended." - KEVIN BROWNLOW, Author
of The Parade's Gone By and The War, The West and The Wilderness
"This is an extremely well-written, well thought out
and meticulously researched volume. . . The most insightful, understanding and honest book about a child star. Written by
a former child star (Baby Peggy) who's been there." - Classic Images
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