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Baby Peggy's Playmates - Page 2


© Jenny Lynn Higgins
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Jun 29, 2001


Although saddened by the dog's death, Century announced that "the show must go on" and considered a replacement terrier for Brownie. However, it was decided that Peggy could hold her own on the big screen: stacks of fan mail addressed to "Baby Peggy" were accumulating in the home Peggy shared with her parents and sister. Sid Grauman had already featured her in a skit at his Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Baby Peggy's solo career had begun.

Masterminded by Alf Goulding, Peggy soon began performing slapstick comedies for the screen. Among these were scripts based on classic fairy tales, such as "Hansel and Gretel" and "Little Red Riding Hood". Peggy also performed parodies of social evils of the time: "yellow" journalists, unwed mothers, and bribe-taking politicians. Goulding also invented satires of screen stars in their most popular films - Rudolph Valentino in "The Sheik", vampy Mae Murray in "Merry Widow", and Pola Negri in "Kiss Me, You Fool". Due to these ingenious two-reel films, Baby Peggy soon became a successful movie star, paving the way for all child stars to come.

To learn more about Baby Peggy, check out her autobiography WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY PEGGY? by Diana Serra Cary

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2.   Jul 2, 2001 1:42 PM
In response to message posted by kcruver:

Thanks - I'm glad you liked the article. I've never actually seen a Baby Peggy m ...

-- posted by PrincessLeia1978
1.   Jun 29, 2001 8:17 AM
Have you ever seen a Baby Peggy movie? I really want to, but I've never seen any around. I'd especially like to see "Helen's Babies" because it's on my Clara Bow "to see" list. I'm just curious to kno ...

-- posted by kcruver



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