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3 days ago · Diana Serra Cary, better known by her screen name, Baby Peggy, was only 19 months old when director Fred Fishback cast her in a series of comedy shorts in 1921 alongside Brownie the Wonder Dog. By the following year, she was one of the biggest child stars in the world.
Mar 28, 2024 · The story (found in Diana Serra Cary’s book “The Hollywood Posse”) goes that one day, Jerome B. “Blackjack” Ward started stirring up trouble with his nemesis, John Ainsworth Tyacke ...
- Paula Mejía
- Contributing LA Culture Editor
3 days ago · In long-lost silent comedy “Our Pet” (1924), which Kataoka discovered at an auction (cost: about $500), Diana Serra Cary stars as the popular silent series character Baby Peggy in a proto-“Home Alone” lark about a foiled burglary and one rather unsettling pre-teen girl’s juggling of various “boyfriends,” also preteens.
Mar 29, 2024 · Also featured in Fragments are interviews with film preservationists, and a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, known as Baby Peggy during the silent era. In the film, Serra Cary discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
- Andre Soares
2 days ago · One that pops into my mind is Diana Serra Cary. Baby Peggy, I was there that day! ... Cary Grant, obviously, and I was a huge fan of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis ...
Mar 21, 2024 · Diana Serra Cary was born in 1918 and became a star of immense popularity during the 1920s. By the age of two she was earning fortunes for each of her performances, but when her father pushed too hard for a percentage of the profits, she was kicked out of stardom.
6 days ago · In long-lost silent comedy “Our Pet” (1924), which Kataoka discovered at an auction (cost: about $500), Diana Serra Cary stars as the popular silent series character Baby Peggy in a proto ...