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Peggy Ann Garner. “ Butch ” on a sun diet. After many experiments it was discovered that three hours a day in the sun would keep his freckles constant. Anthony Sydes is that delightful little boy who played the part of Bobby, son of Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young in Claudia and David ; and in Johnny Comes Flying Home was Butch, son of Faye Marlowe and Charles Russell. It is almost impossible to become a star at “ the awkward age,” and yet that is just what Peggy Ann Garner did. At the age of twelve she won what was considered one of the biggest child roles in film history, that of Francie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Bom on February 3rd, 1932, in Canton, Ohio, Peggy began her professional career as a child model. Her mother sent her to a dancing school and later to a dramatic school in New York for a year, after which she made her stage debut. Her films include Junior Miss, Nob Hill, Home Sweet Homicide, Bob Son of Battle. It was through appearing in a stage play at the real Boys’ Town that little Sharon McManus came to the screen. Father Flanagan was so impressed with her acting ability that he got into touch with Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. Some of the pictures in which she has played are Anchors Aweigh, Boys’ Ranch, Little Mister Jim and This Time for Keeps. Anthony Wager made his screen debut as young Pip in Great Expecta- tions. Son of a London plumber, he was at a school in Finchley when he was chosen from over seven hundred boys for this role. Tony has the makings of a good cricketer—he played in his school team. He is a very keen Sea-Scout. Skippy Homeier’s mother wants people to understand that her son on the screen and her son in real life are two very different people. “ Good gracious, wouldn’t it be horrible to have a son like Skippy’s screen types,” she says with a shudder. Skippy started being a screen brat when he played a despicable little fellow fresh from Nazi Germany in Tomorrow the World. Fair-haired and blue-eyed, his real name is George Vincent Homeier. He was bom on October 5th in Chicago, Illinois. Tad and Denny Devine made their first screen appearance with their father, Andy Devine, in Canyon Passage. The picture of them on this page was taken when their dad was making Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. The boys visited him at the studio to see the elephants, camels Anthony Wager spent his spare time fishing when on location for “ Great Expectations." Sharon McManus Tad and Denny Devine with their father, Andy Devine. Skippy Homeier. Nona Griffith with Jf David Niven vt ,* - “ The Perfect Marriage." •_>- —