Child Star

Author: Shirley Temple
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Shirley Temple-Black, the popular child star of the 1930s and 1940s, tells of the ups and downs of life as a Hollywood prodigy. She writes of her relationship with her parents, how her finances were controlled, two attempts on her life, her first marriage at 17 and her second, happier marriage to Charlie Black.

Star Child

Author: Claire A. Nivola
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466869968
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
The Star Child, a tiny flame of vapor, invisible and timeless, watches the Earth from far, far away. He marvels at the blue swirls of the ocean and the green land, a bright spot turning through the darkness of space. He wants to go to this wondrous place, but he ponders: What will that life be like? "You will be plunged into Earth's river of time," his elders tell the Star Child. "There will be so much for you to learn and so much for you to feel—pleasure and fear, joy and disappointment, sadness and wonder." Through spare, artful text and intricate illustrations, Claire A. Nivola celebrates the cycle of life. A Frances Foster Book

The Cultural Significance of the Child Star

Author: Jane Catherine O'Connor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135898251
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 349

Book Description
The child star is an iconic figure in Western society representing a growing cultural trend which idolises, castigates and fetishises the image of the perfect, innocent and beautiful child. In this book, Jane O’Connor explores the paradoxical status of the child star who is both adored and reviled in contemporary society. Drawing on current debates about the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood and fears about children ‘growing up too soon’, she identifies hostile media attention around child stars as indicative of broader social concerns about the ‘correct’ role and place of children in relation to normative ideals of childhood. Through reference to extensive empirical examples of the way child stars such as Shirley Temple, Macaulay Culkin, Charlotte Church and Jackie Coogan have been constructed in the media, this book illustrates both the powerlessness and the power held by this tiny band of children, and demonstrates their significance as representatives of the public face of childhood throughout the twentieth century and beyond.

Raising a Child Star

Author: Diana Ivelis Cherubin-Wolfe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736688014
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Raising a Child Star aims to empower you and your rising star as you navigate the road to stardom and support your child's creative passions. It will educate you about how the business works, pitfalls to avoid, and important steps you may miss.Written by Diana Ivelis, mom to three children who are in the entertainment industry and L.A. based youth talent agent, this book outlines the steps you can take to help you and your child as you begin the journey into the entertainment industry.

Former Child Stars

Author: Joal Ryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
This in-depth look at the psychological effects of being a former child star includes an examination of the life of Dana Plato, and includes interviews with former child actors who appeared on various television shows. Color and bandw photos.

X Child Stars

Author: Kathy Garver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1630761141
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
This enlightening book is the go-to guide for fans for biographical information, rare photos, and interesting trivia about their favorite child stars, shows, series, networks, and the times that defined the shows. Spanning forty years of television history, this book details both the success stories and misfortunes of many child stars. Included in this book are the stories of Anissa Jones, Buffy on Family Affair, who tragically died from a drug overdose at the age of eighteen, as well as Ron Howard, who starred in both The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, and who later became an Academy Award–winning director. A child star herself, Kathy Garver profiles these and other legends of classic television in a book that will answer the question: Where are they now?

Children with a Star

Author: Deborah Dwork
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300054477
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Drawing on oral histories, diaries, letters, photographs, and archival records, the author presents a look at the lives of the children who lived and died during the Holocaust

Shirley Temple

Author: Rita Dubas
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557836724
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
(Applause Books). Shirley Temple was a phenomenon, a child star whose talent and personality earned her a permanent place in Hollywood history. The extraordinary six-year-old entertainer struck a chord with audiences all over the globe. Her career sparked a marketing sensation, spurring the production of anything and everything bearing her image-from dolls to tin whistles-in all corners of the globe, both authorized and unauthorized. Despite the decades-long interest in everything Temple, never before has there been a lavishly illustrated art book examining the phenomenon that was Shirley Temple as a child star in the 1930s. Many of the rare and unusual Shirley Temple collectibles have never been featured in print. Along with an informal, concise history of the childhood career of Ms. Temple (featuring film stills, many never-before-seen photographs, and personal snapshots of Shirley as well as several taken by her), this book is a visual treat befitting the magic of the most famous child star of all time, as well as the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The Cultural Significance of the Child Star

Author:
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113589826X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description

Raised by the Stars

Author: Nick Thomas
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488077
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
This collection of interviews, all conducted by the author, focuses on the children of Hollywood legends. Each child (and, in one case, grandchild) talks about the joys and difficulties of growing up in the shadow of the Hollywood spotlight. While some were significantly influenced by their famous parents and chose a career in entertainment, others felt no attraction toward the glamour of Tinseltown fame. Among the interviewees are the offspring of such major stars as Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell, as well as such prominent supporting players as Jack Elam, Gene Lockhart, Billy Barty and Jesse White. The collection also includes a list of books and/or websites published by the children of the actors featured.