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Stop the Presses...Farewell Jackie Cooper (1922-2011)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Bad Guy Zero, May 4, 2011.

  1. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Nicely done, too.

    And while Superman IV is pretty forgettable, there's a great scene where Cooper starts climbing the stairs of the Planet and talking about how (paraphrasing here) he wasn't a corporate shill, just an old reporter, who believed in putting out a good paper every day and how he convinced other people to buy the paper from the Murdoch-like tycoon.

    Pretty apt for today's papers. RIP
     
  2. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Just remember it would be terribly inappropriate to call him "Chief."
     
  3. Bad Guy Zero

    Bad Guy Zero Active Member

    Jean Darling, who was part of the silent-era "Our Gang" cast - is still alive.

    Dickie Moore and Jerry Tucker are the only surviving key actors from the Hal Roach talkie-era.

    Robert Blake's stint as a "rascal" came during the shorts produced by MGM after they purchased the rights to the series from Hal Roach.
     
  4. beardpuller

    beardpuller Active Member

    When my now-grown son was a little boy, we somehow got a Ted Turner-colorized VHS version of "Treasure Island" and watched it several times. Jackie Cooper was excellent as young Jim Hawkins. Wallace Beery, who to me was just a name from the distant days long before I was around to watch movies, was mesmerizing as Long John Silver.
     
  5. Joe Williams

    Joe Williams Well-Known Member

    Cooper, I believe, rather famously was "made a man" by temptress Joan Crawford, who was what now would be known as a MILF relative to Cooper's age at the time.

    This was before her no-wire-hangers period, I do believe. She could bring it in her day.
     
  6. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    By any measure, one hell of a life. BTW, when I was a very young child, I loved reruns of "The People's Choice," the sitcom in which Cooper was second banana to a talking basset hound.
     
  7. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Loved "The Little Rascals" as a kid, watched them constantly, and I especially loved the oldest of the talkies when Jackie was the most prominent character.

    RIP, Jackie. Thanks for the memories.
     
  8. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Indeed ...

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