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Sara Haden, Age 5, Grows Up to Make Misery for Shirley Temple

March 1, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

A 1904 photo of actress Sara Haden as a little girl sparks a look at Haden all grown up and causing trouble for Shirley Temple in Captain January.

Helen Twelvetrees is Millie (1931) – With Joan Blondell and Lilyan Tashman

January 9, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Helen Twelvetrees stars in pre-Code sizzler Millie (1931). Millie leaves her husband after she catches him cheating and she puts monogamy behind her once her boyfriend is caught with another woman too. Can Millie be an independent woman in 1931 and protect her daughter from an even more perilous relationship?

Sara Haden – Charlotte Walker’s Daughter and Andy Hardy’s Aunt Milly

December 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Character actress Sara Haden was stage and screen star Charlotte Walker’s daughter. Originally famed for playing cranks became Andy Hardy’s Aunt Milly in 14 of the Hardy Family movies.

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Sara Haden, Age 5, Grows Up to Make Misery for Shirley Temple

Helen Twelvetrees is Millie (1931) – With Joan Blondell and Lilyan Tashman

Sara Haden – Charlotte Walker’s Daughter and Andy Hardy’s Aunt Milly

Celeste Holm, 1917-2012

Ten Cents a Dance (1931) Starring Barbara Stanwyck

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