The Washington times., 1921-12-25
JACKIE C0O6AN IN
my Boy AT
METRO

Seen to Advantage IN Story
Of Orphan Lad Arriving IN q
Strange Country.
Jackie COOGAN will return to
II the screen at Crandalls Metro
politan Theater this afternoon
as star Of an exceptional program
of photoplay and musical features
arranged for premiere presentation
in the Capital. Christmas week.
The foremost comedy offering wiz
be supplied by Larry Semon, whose
new Vitagraph production. The
Sawmill." Is said to be the funniest
he has released in months.
In addition to these major attrac-
lions, the bill will include an instru-
mental interlude contributed by
Maestrito Schwartz, violin prodisy
ten years of age. whose marvellous
musicianship has created a furore
throughout the East. Master
Schwartz will render his solo num-
bers in the character Of my Boy"
portrayed by Jackie Coogan on the
screen, and will utilize the prosce-
mum side-stage. as has been the Gus
tom at the Metropolitan in present.
ing similar special offerings.
The bill, too, will embrace the
usual orchestral numbers. mate
rally augmented under the conduc-
torship Of N. Mirskey. and the news.
topical and scenic subsidiaries which
complete all Of the Metropolitan pro-
grams.
my Boy" will take rank as the
most engaging picture in which
Jackie Coogan ever has been
screened. The story concerns the
experiences in New York of young.
ster who il landed an orphan at
Ellis Island. his father having died
years before and his mother in mid
ocean on the trip from Europe. and
in whose case the officials can find
no solution but deportation.
A kindly old sea captain. long
since superannuated, makes the I'm
migration office his lettering place
by sufferance, and Jackie Blair nj
once attaches himself to the poverty.
stricken household of this ancient
mariner.
When Captain Bill is taken i'll,
Jackie contrives in various ways to
supply necessary medicines and food,
but in SO doing manages also to in
cur the annoying interest Of the city
police and the immigration secret
service. Complications. both humor-
GUS and pathetic, add great zest 20
the principal movement of the lively
narrative and a delightful denoue-
ment is achieved when Jackie is res
cue6 from his predicament by his
grandmother who relents when sp-
prised Of her sons death and cher
ishes his little youngster in atone
merit for her objection to the sons
forbidden marriage.
The role of Jackie was, Of course.
devised to disclose the full develop
ment Of the six-year-old stars re-
markable gift Of pantomime. and
serves that purpose admirably. The
production is a splendid one and the
production much more impressive
in artistry and proportions than
either of the two earlier releases in
which Jackie Coogan has appeared.
THE Sawmill' is a swift moving
burlesque of life in the open logging
country and affords Larry Semon
and his supporting company fine
opportunity to risk their lives for
laughter. Kathleen O'Connor and
Rose Cado are Larry Semon's new
leading women in this subject, Of
which a few of the highlights are a
slide for life, rowboats that travel on
land, giant trees crashing through
shacks in which Semon is hiding, a
q safe blown sky-high with a humsn
cargo and perilous leaps from high
buildings.
Maestrito Qittle MASTERY Schwarts
will prove a revelation to local mn.
steal circles. In technic, tone pro.
dutcion and interpretative sense he
has attained in ten short years the
musical stature Of a mature, expert.
enced genious Of the violin.
The Metropolitan announces q spe-
citl midnight performance for Satur-
day, New Year Eve. Despite tbs
elaborate variety of the bill and the
importance Of the principal features.
there will be no advance in the rexu-
lar scale of prices.
Spraying Fountain