My Boy

My Boy (1921)

An orphan escapes immigration officials at Ellis Island and goes to live with an old ship's master who can't find work and can't pay the rent.

Date of release
1921-12-01
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (10)
Runtime
55m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Victor Heerman, Albert Austin

Casting

Interesting facts

My Boy is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Victor Heerman and Albert Austin, and starring child actor Jackie Coogan.

Production

In the previous year, Coogan had made a meteoric rise to fame as the star of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. The film was conceived and written expressly for him, and his father, Jackie Coogan Sr., was given some credit in the press for helping to adapt the script. The film title was reportedly suggested to the production team by Hollywood impresario Sid Grauman.

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