When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989, English. Directed by Dick Carter.
A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with Shirley Temple, Margaret O'Brien, and numerous others along with interviews.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 2 December 1989
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- James Arntz, Mary Cleere Haran, Katherine MacMillin
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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 December 1989. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen?
If you liked When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen, try Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me, Come See Me in the Good Light, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty.
Who directed When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen?
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989) was directed by Dick Carter and stars Baby Peggy, Jackie Cooper, Roddy McDowall.