Anyone seen "The Kid"??

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delaneyy !_!

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What a beautiful movie. Just saw it last week, and loved it. One of Chaplins earlier movies, from 1921. Silent, of course, with Jackie Coogan as "The Kid".

Excellent acting, a very, very nice story indeed, and the music is amazing.

I loved it :)

Anyone else seen it??
 
Yes.

Ironically Jackie Coogan is now almost as remembered for his off-screen troubles with his money rather than his acting...

'Coogan Bill
Main article: California Child Actor's Bill
As a child star, Coogan earned as much as $4 million, but the money was taken by his mother Lilian and stepfather Arthur Bernstein for cocaine and heroin. He sued them in 1935, but only received $126,000. When Coogan fell on hard times, Chaplin gave him some financial support.

The legal battle did, however, bring attention to child actors and resulted in the state of California enacting the California Child Actor's Bill, sometimes known as the Coogan Bill or the Coogan Act. This requires that the child's employer set aside 15% of the child's earnings in a trust, and codifies such issues as schooling, work hours and time-off. Jackie's mother and stepfather attempted to soften the situation by pointing out that the child was having fun and thought he was playing. Virtually every child star, however, from Baby Peggy on has stated that they were keenly aware that what they were doing was work.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Coogan
 
Ah, interesting. I didn't actually know that.

I haven't seen a lot of child stars, but he must have been one of the best. It just seems so perfectly natural to him...
 
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