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

December. 02,1989

5.5

| Documentary

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.

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Cast

Baby Peggy as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)

[2020] Showbiz Kids [2012] Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room [2011] Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films [2007] Girl 27 [1999] Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl [1989] When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Jackie Cooper as Self

[2021] The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 [2006] Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut [2004] Judy Garland: By Myself [2001] Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir [1997] Sports on the Silver Screen [1995] The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Roddy McDowall as Self

[2024] Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes [2024] Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction [2001] Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood [2000] Mary Pickford: A Life on Film [2000] Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies [1999] Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Reviews

Acensbart

1989/12/02

Excellent but underrated film

Nicole

1989/12/03

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Ortiz

1989/12/04

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Roxie

1989/12/05

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;