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...There is mischief afoot onboard the S.S. Some Like It Yacht, and detective Cliff Hanger (David W. Ingber ’07) goes undercover to find out who is at the bottom of all the trouble. Unfortunately, all the passengers are suspiciously odd: conniving child-star, little Miss Dee Meanor (John P. Blickstead ’06), has grown outgrown her years of stardom and will do anything to regain the limelight; her bowlegged, swastika-loving director, Jurgen Aregretzat (Phillips), has one passion in life—to reestablish Hitler’s regime; a mute silent-film actress (Sean...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Yacht Hits the Spot' | 2/27/2006 | See Source »

...never been to rehab. I've never been to jail. Never been arrested. All the child-star cliches." MACAULAY CULKIN, Home Alone star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 7, 2004 | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

DIED. JOHN MEGNA, 42, stage and screen actor best remembered for his child-star turn as the precocious youngster Dill in the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird; of aids; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 18, 1995 | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...Griffith surrounded by a field of flowers in Outcast (1928) prove that the silents offered impressionistic masterpieces that have remained unequaled. A candid shot of Jackie Coogan, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks clowning on the set of The Kid helps flesh out Coogan's joyous memories of his child-star days. The many photos of old Hollywood sets -including a sun-flooded reconstruction of Ford's Theater for The Birth of a Nation -attest to the resourcefulness of movie craftsmen in the pre-sound-stage period. The eccentricities of Hollywood's first showmen are hilariously evoked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: While the Parade Went By | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

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