Films of the Golden Age
Issue Number 120
Spring 2025
“It’s so fun having something to do all day.”
Second only to Shirley Temple, compact, cherubic, curly-haired FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW (1924-2012) became one of the most popular and acclaimed cinemoppets of the late 1930s. Dubbed “the George Arliss of child stars,” the boy had minor stage and film experience when he was selected over thousands to play the title role of DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935). Hitting overnight stardom, he went on to appear in such MGM classics as ANNA KARENINA (1936), LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (1936) and CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (1937). The combination of family scandal, WWII duty and growing out of his cuteness severely hurt his chances of moving into adult work and he quickly moved behind the scenes.
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All Film Articles
- WILLIAM WELLMAN: A Daughter’s Prospective
- FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW: Boy Wonder
- RICHARD CROMWELL: Pre-Code Heartthrob
- MARTHA RAYE : Send in the Clown
- TAB HUNTER: Sigh Guy
- STEVE COCHRAN: Life on the Edge
- WILLIAM HOPPER: Out of the Shadows
- MICHAEL CALLAN: Dancing Teen Idol
- KITTY CARLISLE: Straight from the Hart
- LEE PATRICK: I Never Wanted to Be a Star
- WILLIAM FRAWLEY: Diamond in the Gruff
- GERALDINE PAGE: Eccentricities of a ‘Method’ Actress
- GIA SCALA: More Than a Beautiful Face
- ANN ROBINSON: Just a Girl from Hollywood
- JAMES DUNN: Irish Charmer
- NEVA PATTERSON: Liberated Lady
- CHRISTOPHER RIORDAN: An Unorthodox Career
- PIER ANGELI: Little Garbo
- KATHLEEN HUGHES: Bad, Blonde and Beautiful
- GIG YOUNG: Master Farceur
- RICHARD TYLER: Problem Child, Successful Adult
- ARON KINCAID: Tall, Blond and Beachworthy
- MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE: No Mercy
- JOHN HARRON: Fame and Misfortune
- ROBERT HARRON: Fame and Misfortune
- GIGI PERREAU: The Major Little Minor
- BETTY FIELD: Bicoastal Actress
- PEGGY WEBBER: Marvelous Maven of Radio Theatre
- BUDDY EBSEN: To Dad with Love
- BILLY GRAY: Little Rascal
- BARBARA BATES: All About Barbara
- CARLETON CARPENTER: ALL-AMERICAN INNOCENCE
- PAUL DOUGLAS: Brute Appeal
- JOANNA BARNES: Belying the Big Chill
- CYNTHIA PEPPER: The “Camelot” Blonde
- WILLIAM TALMAN: Film Menace
- PETER LAWFORD: Swinging on a Star
- FRANCHOT TONE: The “Millionaire” Star
- ANITA LOUISE: Depression Era Dreamgirl
- SCOTT BRADY: The Fighting Irishman
- KAYE BALLARD: The Songs and the Laughs Are On Me
- RUTH ROMAN: All Woman
- HOPE HOLIDAY: Wild and Wilder
- TOMMY COOK: Radio’s ‘Golden Boy’
- JACKIE JOSEPH: Puttin’ on the Ditz
- INGER STEVENS: Wounded Butterfly
- ALICE PEARCE: Beauty Inside