Ellen Walker

Jackie Coogan signing a contract with MGM vice president Nicholas Schenck, with his parents looking on, 1925. Evertt Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo.

Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars

Hollywood adored child stars like Jackie Coogan and Diana Serra Cary, but failed to protect them

William McGonagall, 19th century.

Vile Verse and Desperate Doggerel

Was the worst poet in history a hidden visionary?