Jackie coogan charlie chaplin

Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on the set of The Kid. Yet it seems to have been born out of a state of acute emotional turmoil in his private life. In October Chaplin had compromised himself into a hasty marriage with a year-old actress, Mildred Harris.

John Leslie Coogan October 26, — March 1, was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. He later sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, the California Child Actor's Bill , widely known as the "Coogan Act". Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the s television series The Addams Family. Charlie Chaplin discovered him in the Orpheum Theatre , a vaudeville house in Los Angeles, on the stage doing the shimmy , a then-popular dance. Coogan's father was also an actor, as was his younger brother, Robert.

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Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on the set of The Kid. Yet it seems to have been born out of a state of acute emotional turmoil in his private life. In October Chaplin had compromised himself into a hasty marriage with a year-old actress, Mildred Harris. Mildred became pregnant and gave birth to a malformed boy, who died after only three days. Chaplin evidently suffered acute trauma from this loss. But the responses of the creative mind are unpredictable. Only ten days after his own child was buried, Chaplin was auditioning babies at his studio. Suddenly the creative block seemed overcome. He was absorbed and excited by a new plan for a story in which the Little Tramp would become surrogate father to an abandoned child.

Jackie coogan charlie chaplin

The Kid is a American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin , and features Jackie Coogan [4] as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director. It was a huge success and was the second-highest-grossing film in With much anguish, an unwed Mother abandons her child, placing him in an expensive automobile with a handwritten note: "Please love and care for this orphan child". Two thieves steal the car and leave the baby in an alley, where he is found by The Tramp. After some attempts to hand off the child on to various passers-by, he finds the note and his heart melts. He takes the boy home, names him John and adjusts his household furniture for him. Meanwhile, the Mother has a change of heart and returns for her baby; when she learns that the car has been stolen, she faints.

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Retrieved February 24, Download as PDF Printable version. November 21, Coogan's mother and stepfather claimed Jackie enjoyed himself and simply thought he was playing before the camera. Chaplin and Coogan on the set. Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the s television series The Addams Family. New Hampshire. He had been undergoing kidney dialysis when his blood pressure dropped. With his father at the wheel, the car was forced off the mountain highway near Pine Valley by an oncoming vehicle and rolled down an embankment. Turner Classic Movies. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy. Sign In Sign In.

United Press. In May , year-old Coogan was the sole survivor of a car crash in eastern San Diego County that killed his father, his best friend year-old actor Junior Durkin , [6] their ranch foreman Charles Jones, and actor and writer Robert J. Dorothea Lamphere. July 3, August 23, The legal battle focused attention on child actors and resulted in the enactment of the California Child Actor's Bill, often referred to as the "Coogan Law" or the "Coogan Act". Jackie was a born mimic, and could perfectly imitate any action or expression Chaplin showed him. Chicago Daily Tribune. Chaplin evidently suffered acute trauma from this loss. Mildred became pregnant and gave birth to a malformed boy, who died after only three days. This made him the perfect collaborator. But the responses of the creative mind are unpredictable. Wikimedia Commons.