Golden Age Child Stars — 20 Classic Movie DVD Collection

Celebrate the remarkable young performers who captured the hearts of movie audiences with Golden Age Child Stars, a nostalgic 20-movie DVD collection featuring Shirley Temple, Jackie Cooper, Jane Withers, Jackie Coogan, Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond and Mickey Rooney.

From mischievous comedies and touching family dramas to musicals, westerns, literary classics and childhood adventures, this collection showcases some of Hollywood’s most memorable young stars.

20-Movie Collection

Shirley Temple

1. The Little Princess — 1939
Shirley Temple stars as Sara Crewe, a courageous young girl sent to a strict boarding school while her father serves overseas. When tragedy strikes, Sara must rely on her imagination, kindness and determination.

2. Captain January — 1936
A lighthouse keeper raises an orphaned girl whose happy seaside life is threatened when authorities attempt to remove her from the only home she has ever known.

3. To the Last Man — 1933
A pre-Code western starring Randolph Scott, with a young Shirley Temple appearing as a child caught between two feuding frontier families.

4. The Red-Haired Alibi — 1932
Shirley Temple appears in her first credited feature-film role in this early crime drama about a young woman drawn into a dangerous relationship with a gangster.

Jackie Cooper

5. Streets of New York — 1939
Also released as The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue, this drama stars Jackie Cooper as an idealistic, hardworking young newsstand operator determined to resist the criminal temptations surrounding him.

6. Peck’s Bad Boy — 1934
Jackie Cooper plays mischievous Bill Peck in this classic comedy-drama based on George W. Peck’s popular stories.

7. Boy of the Streets — 1937
Cooper stars as a young boy struggling to escape the crime, hardship and dangerous influences surrounding his tough urban neighborhood.

Jane Withers

8. The North Star — 1943
Jane Withers appears in this wartime drama about Ukrainian villagers who unite to resist Nazi occupation.

9. Little Miss Nobody — 1936
Withers plays a spirited orphan whose mischievous behavior becomes part of an emotional adoption mix-up.

10. Faces in the Fog — 1944
A serious home-front drama featuring Withers as a troubled teenager confronting juvenile delinquency, family neglect and difficult personal circumstances.

11. This Is the Life — 1935
Jane Withers stars as a talented young performer who runs away from her overly protective guardians in search of freedom, independence and adventure.

Jackie Coogan

12. The Kid — 1921
Jackie Coogan joins Charlie Chaplin in one of the silent era’s most beloved combinations of comedy, childhood adventure and heartfelt drama.

13. Oliver Twist — 1922
Coogan stars as Charles Dickens’ famous orphan opposite Lon Chaney as the sinister Fagin.

14. The Rag Man — 1925
A young orphan forms an unlikely friendship with an elderly junk dealer in this touching silent comedy-drama.

15. Tom Sawyer — 1930
Jackie Coogan brings Mark Twain’s mischievous young hero to life in this early sound adaptation of the classic American story.

The Five Little Peppers

16. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew — 1939
The Pepper children’s lives begin to change when their hardworking family becomes acquainted with a wealthy businessman and his lonely grandson.

17. Five Little Peppers at Home — 1940
The beloved Pepper children return for another family adventure filled with hardship, courage, loyalty and togetherness.

18. Out West with the Peppers — 1940
Mrs. Pepper and her five children travel west to visit relatives at an Oregon logging camp, where unexpected trouble and adventure await them.

19. Five Little Peppers in Trouble — 1940
The Pepper children face new challenges after entering a private school filled with wealthy and unfriendly students.

Mickey Rooney

20. Hoosier Schoolboy — 1937
Mickey Rooney stars as Shockey Carter, a determined young boy dealing with schoolyard cruelty, family hardship and the problems caused by his father’s alcoholism. A compassionate new teacher tries to help Shockey overcome prejudice and build a better future.

Hollywood’s Youngest Stars

Shirley Temple

America’s most famous child star brought music, optimism, charm and heartfelt emotion to audiences during the Great Depression.

Jackie Cooper

One of Hollywood’s most talented young dramatic performers, Cooper became known for his natural acting ability, mischievous humor and emotionally powerful performances.

Jane Withers

Withers built her career playing energetic, outspoken and mischievous girls who stood apart from the sweeter child characters commonly seen in 1930s Hollywood.

Jackie Coogan

Beginning with his unforgettable role in The Kid, Coogan became one of the silent era’s earliest internationally recognized child stars.

Edith Fellows and the Five Little Peppers

Edith Fellows leads the Pepper family as Polly, the eldest child who helps her widowed mother care for her younger brothers and sister through hardship, adventure and changing circumstances.

Mickey Rooney

Rooney became one of Hollywood’s most enduring performers, beginning his screen career as a child and developing into one of the most recognizable young stars of the 1930s and 1940s.

Collector Edition Features

• 20 classic public-domain movies

• Premium manufactured multi-disc DVD collection

• Custom-designed collector artwork

• Printed disc artwork

• Bonus collector insert

• Black-and-white and color presentations

• Silent films presented with musical accompaniment

• Original English intertitles where applicable

• Convenient movie selection

• Physical DVD collection shipped to the buyer

A Nostalgic Journey Through Early Hollywood

This collection includes:

• Beloved family entertainment

• Silent and early sound classics

• Musical comedy and childhood adventure

• Heartwarming family drama

• Mischievous young heroes and heroines

• Rare early performances

• Literary adaptations

• Western and wartime stories

• The four Five Little Peppers adventures

• Six unforgettable Hollywood child stars

Important Quality Information

These films have been preserved from vintage theatrical prints and archival public-domain sources. Picture and sound quality may vary because of the age and rarity of the surviving material.

Some films may contain scratches, film grain, missing frames, picture movement, repaired sections, source markings or variations in musical accompaniment. These characteristics are part of the historical nature of early motion pictures and do not indicate defective discs.

Perfect for Collectors Of

• Shirley Temple

• Jackie Cooper

• Jane Withers

• Jackie Coogan

• Mickey Rooney

• Edith Fellows

• Tommy Bond

• The Five Little Peppers

• Classic family movies

• Silent-film history

• Early Hollywood cinema

• Golden Age child stars

• Nostalgic entertainment

Rediscover the talented young performers who made generations of movie audiences laugh, cry and cheer.

Public Domain Statement

Public Domain Statement: All films included in this collection have been thoroughly researched and verified as public domain under applicable United States copyright law.

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