Boy of the Streets 1937  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Kathleen Burke, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Guy Usher, Matty Fain, George Cleveland, Bill Elliott, Don Latorre, Paul White, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Cheatham, Al Frazier, Don Latorre
Street-kid Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper), who leads a neighborhood gang and worships his political operative father, tries to get into business on the corrupt side of city government. It looks like he just may make it–until he is shot by a gangster. Chuck survives but not to fight another day. Instead, he turns his life around with Nora (Maureen O'Connor) by his side.
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 The Champ 1931  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Hale Hamilton, Jesse Scott, Marcia Mae Jones
Wallace Beery won the Academy Award for his role of Champ, the down-and-out boxer who loves his son, Dink (Jackie Cooper). Nominations for Best Picture and Director were also received. The story was later remade as "The Clown" in 1953 and again as "The Champ" in 1979.
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Gangster's Boy 1938  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Warwick, Lucy Gilman, Louise Lorimer, Tommy Wonder, Selmer Jackson, Betty Blythe, Bobby Stone, William Gould, Huntley Gordon, Hooper Atchley, Jack Kennedy
Hard-working teenager Larry Kelly (Jackie Cooper) tries to make amends for his father's–Tim 'Knuckles' Kelly (Robert Warwick)–past by taking the rap for a murder committed by a friend.
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Having Babies III 1978 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jackie Cooper
Cast: Susan Sullivan, Patty Duke, Kathleen Beller, Rue McClanahan, Richard Mulligan, Beverly Todd, Mitch Ryan, Phil Foster, Michael Lembeck, Jamie Smith-Jackson
It's the third time around for the soaper in the delivery room. This was a pilot for the "Julie Farr, M.D." TV series, with Susan Sullivan as the good doctor. Patty Duke received an Emmy nomination for her performance.
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Izzy and Moe 1985 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jackie Cooper
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Cynthia Harris, Zohra Lampert, Drew Snyder, Nicholas J. Giangiulio, Dick Laressa, William Hickey, Rick Washburn, Jesse Doran, Karen Ashley, Sully Boyar, Roy Brocksmith, Tracy Sallows, Peter Jason
Ex-vaudevillians Izzy (Jackie Gleason) and Moe (Art Carney) find work during the 1920s as prohibition enforcement agents. Using their acting talents, they become highly effective in their work–enough to get the attention of the Mob–and corrupt cops as well. This made-for-TV film is based on a true story.
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The Navy Comes Through 1942 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper, Carl Esmond, Max Baer, Desi Arnaz, Ray Collins, Frank Jenks, Frank Fenton, Joey Ray, Marten Lamont
Filmed shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and using newsreel film footage, this World War II story involves the heroics of the crew of an old freighter that blows up U-Boats and shoots down Nazi bombers. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects.
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Peck's Bad Boy 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Thomas Meighan, Dorothy Peterson, Jackie Searl, O.P. Heggie, Gertrude Howard, Charles E. Evans, Larry Wheat, Harvey Clark, Lloyd Ingraham
Young Bill Peck (Jackie Cooper) and his widower father, Henry (Thomas Meighan), live a good, quiet life–until Aunt Lily (Dorothy Peterson) and Bill's cousin Horace (Jackie Searl) move in and attempt to ruin the father/son relationship.
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The Return of Frank James 1940  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Meek, Eddie Collins, George Barbier, Ernest Whitman, Russell Hicks, Charles Tannen, Lloyd Corrigan, Edward McWade, Victor Kilian
In this sequel to "Jesse James," Jesse's brother Frank (Henry Fonda) learns that Jesse was killed by Bob And Charlie Ford (John Carradine and Charles Tannen). Frank–with young Clem (Jackie Cooper) tagging along–seeks revenge and heads off in pursuit of the Ford brothers. Along the trail, reporter Eleanor Stone (Gene Tierney) interviews Frank who is using an assumed name, and they are attracted to each other. When Eleanor discovers who Frank is, she wants the world to know the story of his loyalty to his brother.
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Shadow on the Land 1968  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Jackie Cooper, John Forsythe, Gene Hackman, Carol Lynley, Marc Strange, Janice Rule, Michael Margotta, Bill Walker, Scott Thomas, Myron Healey, Mickey Sholdar, Frederic Downs, Jonathan Goldsmith, Sandy Kevin, Ronnie Eckstine
In the near future the U.S. is ruled by a tyrant who has created the Internal Security Force, which requires internal passports to travel around the country. But fear not–freedom-loving rebels, known as the Society of Man, are out to restore democracy, and Major Shepherd McCloud (Marc Strange) just might hold the solution. 1 User Review
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| | Very Timely | BLKTEXAN 06/24/2009 | | This is one of my all time favorites. This movie is very timely and should be given much more "facetime". |
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Skippy 1931  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Jack Clifford, Guy Oliver, Donald Haines, Carl R. Botefuhr, Payne B. Johnson, Beaudine Anderson
This film received nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor, and Norman Taurog took home the Oscar for Best Director. Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is an all-American boy finding happiness and success in spite of not being born with a silver spoon in his mouth. A sequel, "Sooky," was made later the same year.
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Sooky 1931 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Oscar Apfel, Tom Wilson, Gertrude Sutton, Harry Beresford, Guy Oliver, Leigh Allen, Beaudine Anderson
This sequel to "Skippy" again features boyhood friends Skippy (Jackie Cooper) and Sooky (Robert Coogan) in funny, yet sentimental, escapades around their neighborhood.
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Streets of New York 1939 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, Sidney Miller, Buddy Pepper, Bobby Stone, David Durand, Dick Purcell, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Robert Emmett O'Connor, George Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, William Bucker, Jack Gordon, Jack Kennedy
Idealist Jimmy Keenan (Jackie Cooper) attends law school at night and works at a NYC newspaper stand by day. When the mob demands a piece of the action, Jimmy and his young friend, Gimpy (Martin Spellman), fight back.
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Superman II 1980 PG, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas
Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.
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Superman III 1983 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Nancy Roberts, Graham Stark, Gordon Rollings, Henry Woolf, Peter Wear
Computer genius Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is used by Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) who is planning to take over the world. The plans include toying with a weather satellite to ruin the coffee bean trade in Columbia and a synthetic form of Kryptonite to turn Clark Kent and Superman (Christopher Reeve) into two personalities.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
aka: Superman 4
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Marc McClure, Sam Wanamaker, Jim Broadbent, William Hootkins, Mark Pillow, Damian McLawhorn, Stanley Lebor, Don Fellows, Robert Beatty
Superman (Christopher Reeve) has a quest for world peace. To that end, he addresses the United Nations to announce that he will rid the world of all nuclear weapons. At the same time, the evil Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) has made a clone of Superman, and the clone is ruining Superman's reputation.
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 Superman: The Movie 1978 PG, 143 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
aka: Superman
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York
Off the pages of comic books and onto the large screen comes "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" This film has everything going for it with Christopher Reeve doing a good job as Superman and Margot Kidder playing girl reporter Lois Lane to a tee. The film won an Oscar for Best Special Achievement and received three other nominations.
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Surrender 1987 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Belson
Cast: Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Iman, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser, Jackie Cooper, Michael A. Andrews, Jerry Lazarus, Tony Borgia, Frank Dicopoulos, Dominic Messina, Charles Noland, Paddi Edwards
No one can blame Daisy Morgan (Sally Field) for having problems deciding between Sean Stein (Michael Caine) and Marty (Steve Guttenberg) for her romantic partner. Now, throw in a money problem and you have the plot for this comedy.
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Treasure Island 1934 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Nigel Bruce, Lewis Stone, William V. Mong, Douglass Dumbrille, Charles "Chic" Sale, Charles McNaughton, Dorothy Peterson, Edmund Breese, Olin Howland, Charles Irwin, Edward Pawley
In this good rendition of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic tale, South Seas adventures abound. Young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) has obtained a treasure map from former pirate Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) following his death. Jim tells Dr. Livesey (Otto Kruger) and Squire Trelawney (Nigel Bruce) about the map, and the three of them book passage on a ship to recover the treasure. But problems lie ahead because among the ship's crew are pirates, including Long John Silver (Wallace Beery), who are plotting to get their hands on Jim's treasure map.
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 Ziegfeld Girl 1941 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, Eve Arden, Charles Winninger, Philip Dorn, Ian Hunter, Paul Kelly, Dan Dailey, Al Shean, Fay Holden
The lives of three showgirls–Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland), Sandra Kolter (Hedy Lamarr), and Sheila Regan (Lana Turner)–take separate turns as they strive for fame and fortune in New York. When Flo Ziegfeld discovers them, their lives change. Susan falls for Sheila's brother Jerry (Jackie Cooper), while Sheila runs around with Geoffrey (Ian Hunter) and drops her boyfriend Gilbert (James Stewart) who then ends up in jail. Meanwhile, Sandra decides that performing on the stage is more important than her husband Franz (Philip Dorn). By story's end, some of the problems are solved–but not always for the better. Songs include "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Caribbean Love Song," and "Whispering."
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| 1. Boy of the Streets (1937)
2. The Champ (1931)
3. Gangster's Boy (1938)
4. Having Babies III (1978)
5. Izzy and Moe (1985)
6. Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1970)
7. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
8. Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
9. The Return of Frank James (1940)
10. Shadow on the Land (1968)
11. Skippy (1931)
12. Sooky (1931)
13. Streets of New York (1939)
aka: The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue
14. Superman II (1980)
aka: Superman 2
15. Superman III (1983)
16. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
aka: Superman 4
17. Superman: The Movie (1978)
aka: Superman
18. Surrender (1987)
19. Treasure Island (1934)
20. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
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