Jackie Coogan Movies

Lucy's son Jerry (Jimmy Garrett) has begun his first year at military school, where the parents of the students are not permitted to pay any visits during the first two weeks. Of course, it takes lonely Lucy (Lucille Ball) only three days to make an effort to sneak on to the campus--disguised, naturally, as one of the cadets. Featured in the cast are Lee Aaker, best known to baby boomers as "Rusty" on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, and Stephen Talbot, the erstwhile "Gilbert" on Leave It to Beaver. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

When Marilyn (Pat Priest) fails to catch the bridal bouquet at a wedding party, the Munsters are more convinced than ever that their "homely" niece will never get a beau. Hoping to remedy this situation, Grandpa (Al Lewis) attempts to turn a frog into a handsome prince. The effort fails, but Grandpa is unaware of this when a good-looking stranger appears outside the Munster Mansion. . .and we need not elaborate any further! Appearing in a supporting role is Jackie Coogan Jr., whose namesake father was concurrently starring on the "other" supernatural sitcom of the 1965-66 season, The Addams Family. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Jackie Coogan takes over from Ray Bolger in the role of Shirley Partridge's father Mr. Renfrew (now named "Walter" rather than "Fred"), while Rosemary DeCamp recreates her portrayal of Shirley's mom Amanda. The plot gets under way when Grandma Amanda goes to work as the Partridge's maid, if only to escape the rampant chauvinism of Grandpa Walter. Shirley (Shirley Jones) tries to patch up the argument between her dad and mom, succeeding only in sparking a gender-supremacy argument that divides the entire family. Finally, Reuben (Dave Madden) is enlisted to resolve the issue--but this requires him to impersonate a burglar! Songs: "Workin' on a Groovy Thing" and "Grandma". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

As in several other films with this same theme, six young men and women head out for a hike in the woods, unaware that a crazed killer is on the loose looking for victims. About 30 years earlier, a group of gypsies were burnt to death in a forest fire, except for one small boy. Now the boy, all grown up and physically disfigured by the fire, is out to vent his rage on anyone who enters the forest. With a weak script, no characterizations, and lots of padding featuring wildlife (the animal kind) in the forest, this film might only be noted for the fact that it was one of the last movies in which Jackie Coogan appears. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Although Jackie Coogan is dressed up (or rather, down) for this comedy in much the same way he was for Charles Chaplin's The Kid, there are two big differences -- he's four years older than when he made the Chaplin film and starting to lose his childish charm. A fire breaks out at an orphanage in New York's Lower East Side, and young Tim Kelly (Coogan) escapes in his nightshirt. He hides from the cops by ducking into a junk wagon belonging to Max Ginsberg (Max Davidson). Ginsberg takes him in, and when Tim proves himself to be an excellent "rag man," the two become partners. Years before, Ginsberg had invented a type of sewing machine, but Bernard (Robert Edeson), a crooked lawyer, cheated him out of the patent. Tim tracks down the devious Bernard and makes him square things with Ginsberg. The two rag men, now incredibly wealthy, become New York's most exclusive antiques dealers. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

Dave Brewster (Adam Williams) arrives to take his new job as an electronics technician at a top-secret Air Force base in California. With him are his wife Anne (Peggy Webber) and their two children, Bud (Mikel Ray) and Ken (Johnny Crawford), who are all apprehensive about this sudden transplant, as well as the spartan existence that all of the families live under. No sooner do they arrive, however, then Bud and Ken see a strange light in the sky pointing to the beach, and soon after that seem to be receiving increasingly powerful -- and detailed -- telepathic communications from an unseen source. The boys are drawn, along with the children from the other families, to a lonely cave near the beach, where an alien presence, in the form of a huge (and ever-growing) brain, has hidden itself. At first, it uses the children to try and persuade the more reasonable of the parents that their project -- a missile called The Thunderer, which will place a hydrogen bomb in orbit, capable of being used on any target in the event the United States is threatened -- is too dangerous to complete. But the parents aren't prepared to listen, either because they don't understand the danger, or because they genuinely believe in the conduct of the Cold War, as in the case of Hank Johnson (Jackie Coogan); or because they're too angry and belligerent, like Joe Gamble (Russell Johnson), who is at a dead-end in his job and has taken to alcoholism and abusing his wife (Jean Engstrom) and stepson (Johnny Washbrook). As the launch approaches and the children's entreaties are ignored, the alien takes more direct action with their help, and they soon find a potential ally in in Dr. Wahrman (Raymond Bailey), the inventor of The Thunderer, who is also the only man on the project smart enough to realize that he may not have all the answers. But the military head of the project (Richard Shannon) is stil prepared to launch The Thunderer, regardless of its inventor's doubts. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

In the ads for this comedy-drama, child-star Jackie Coogan looks almost exactly the same as he did in Charles Chaplin's The Kid. Here he's in an orphan asylum, desperately trying to keep his dog with him. Eventually he is adopted by a plumber (Wallace Beery) and his wife Gloria Hope). But this plumber isn't the lovable slob Beery later became in films like The Champ -- he's brutal and mean and neglects his work. Jackie, in fact, goes on a plumbing job in his adopted father's place and causes mayhem in the client's home. But instead of being angry, the woman gives the boy five dollars, which he takes home to his new mother. When the plumber takes the money from his wife and hits her, Jackie leaps into action and fights him. A policeman interferes and the plumber unleashes his wrath on him as well. The cop is saved only when Jackie drops a flower pot on the plumber's head. The plumber is arrested and sent to jail on Jackie's testimony, and the wife's parents come for her, taking the two of them off to a happier life on their farm.
~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

This vintage collection includes a cavalcade of vaudeville acts and is hosted by Jackie Coogan. ~ All Movie Guide

This spoof makes fun of a certain famous German shepherd movie star from the 1920s. The mayhem begins when the head honcho of a financially struggling studio turns a lost dog into a legend. The story features a number of old stars making cameo appearances. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide