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Book Review of Child Star: An Autobiography

Child Star: An Autobiography
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Better than average Hollywood autobiography of the biggest movie star of the Thirties. Although she made more money at times from endorsements, for dolls and dresses, than she did from her movie studio salary, as with many child stars, her funds dwindled to very little by the time she was an adult. Invested by her father, in her parents' names - supposedly for tax reasons, the majority of her funds were spent on homes, living expenses, and security during her childhood. This was to be one of two volumes and covers her life until her second marriage and birth of her children. Her later career as a diplomat was to be in a next book, which evidently never materialized.