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Jackie Coogan : the world's boy king : a biography of Hollywood's legendary child star / Diana Serra Cary.
LIBRA PN2287.C585 C37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cary, Diana Serra, 1918-2020.
- Series:
- Filmmakers series ; no. 100.
- Filmmakers series ; no. 100
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coogan, Jackie, 1914-1984.
- Coogan, Jackie.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 269 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- A revealing biography of the little-known private life of this famous child star whose family set the style for many other stage parents who found fame and fortune through their child's stardom. It is also the rare instance when one major child star (Baby Peggy) employs her own hard-won insight in exploring the career and family woes of the most famous child star of the them all. This is the first published study of Coogan's life.
- Contents:
- "Baby Lillian"
- On the road
- The man in the front row seat
- The genius
- Inside the cathedral
- "Owning the store"
- Fame, friends, and family
- The boy king
- The regency
- In the limelight
- "Introducing dad"
- Death and drama in the real world
- Fatal turn
- Aftershocks
- The great betrayal
- Picking up the pieces
- Behind enemy lines
- Second honeymoon
- Uncle Fester, Big Daddy, and King Lear
- The "Coogan legend" : an assessment.
- Notes:
- Filmography: pages 247-255.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810846500
- OCLC:
- 51059304
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