Being a fan of both Jackie Coogan and Joan Crawford, I'd love to see them at work together in "OLD CLOTHES" (1925). I liked "RAGMAN" and "THE KID", so this one sounds like it is along the line of those two films. Has anybody seen "OLD CLOTHES"? In what condition does it exist?
Danny
Old Clothes (1925)
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Richard M Roberts
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Re: Old Clothes (1925)
OLD CLOTHES survives in the Warner/Turner collection in very decent material as I recall. It was shown at Cinecon in 1998, actually the year before THE RAG MAN was shown. It's a sequel to THE RAG MAN, picking up where the other film left off with Jackie and Max Davidson once again in more dire straits having lost their fortune investing in a coppper mine and returning to the rag and bone business. They take Joan Crawford in as a boarder, and she becomes a partner in the junk business. Then there's more Cohen and Kelly-type mayhem as Joan falls in love with the Son of a rich family and they think her beneath him, et cetera, et cetera. It's an early engenue part for Crawford, but the real treat here as in THE RAG MAN is the byplay between Coogan and Max Davidson, and Director Eddie Cline's sure-hand in the comedy. The success of THE RAG MAN pretty much guaranteed a sequel, and it was these two films, both released in 1925, that made Max Davidson a star.Danny wrote:Being a fan of both Jackie Coogan and Joan Crawford, I'd love to see them at work together in "OLD CLOTHES" (1925). I liked "RAGMAN" and "THE KID", so this one sounds like it is along the line of those two films. Has anybody seen "OLD CLOTHES"? In what condition does it exist?
Danny
It's a pity that TCM hasn't seen fit to broadcast OLD CLOTHES, especially since the print material is actually in better shape than what they have on THE RAG MAN and the films together are a delight.
RICHARD M ROBERTS