Jackie Coogan before Chaplin made him cry — a 50-minute orphan revenge comedy from 1922.
Danny, a ragamuffin orphan, is adopted by a brutal plumber and his frail wife. His fear of hunger, resulting from his foster father's indifference, at one point leads him to substitute for the plumber in repairing a leak, but he causes a flood. Later, Danny is instrumental in saving a policeman's life and in sending the plumber to jail. He finds new happiness with his foster mother on her parents' farm.
Acting
Jackie Coogan's pre-Oliver Twist mugging for the camera.
Direction
Albert Austin wringing actual pathos from plumbing gags.
Director
Albert Austin
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