Fate of Hollywood Child Stars
CHILD stars of Hollywood are safe for another year. Legislation to forbid the employment. of children under 16 years of age in any industry has been postponed and one of the biggest panics in Hollywood is allayed for the time being. ° The film capital is immensely relieved, and hopes the legislation is pigeonholed for good. An amendment was introduced excluding child actors and actresses but demanding that studios get specific permission to employ children every time a film needing a child under 16 was begun. Hollywood saw the careers of stars potentially worth literally millions being cut short. Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin, Jane Withers, Sybil Jason, Freddie Bartholomew, Ronald Sinclair, the children of Our Gang, and many others: were threatened.
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Radio Record, 25 March 1938, Page 30
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125Fate of Hollywood Child Stars Radio Record, 25 March 1938, Page 30
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