Word: child-star
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...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...
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