Tag Archives: The Rag Man

How Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan Made The Kid at the Plaza de Los Angeles

Posted on August 12, 2023 by John Bengtson

Time travel back over a century ago, as Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan lead a personal tour around the Plaza de Los Angeles while making The Kid (1921) and other early films. Charlie and Jackie famously reunite on Olvera Street, … Continue reading →

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Jackie Coogan’s Charlie Chaplin’s Lost LA Alley – The Rag Man

Posted on September 17, 2022 by John Bengtson

Jackie Coogan returned twice more to an LA alley where he made The Kid with Charlie Chaplin. Early LA streets, now lost, appear in Jackie’s The Rag Man (1925). Jackie plays an orphan who becomes a successful junk dealer working … Continue reading →

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