The Rag Man

The Rag Man
The Rag Man
	File:The Rag Man (1925 film).jpg
Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Willard Mack
Starring	Jackie Coogan
Cinematography	Frank B. Good; Robert Martin
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 16, 1925;
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles

The Rag Man is a 1925 film starring Jackie Coogan. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline, and written by Willard Mack. This was the first Jackie Coogan movie made entirely under the MGM banner.^[1]

Plot

Tim Kelly (Jackie Coogan) is a kid who runs away from an orphanage on the Lower East Side in New York after a fire breaks out. He ends up taking refuge with Max (Max Davidson), a lonely junk man who is down on his luck after being cheated out of a patent fortune by some unscrupulous lawyers. Little Kelly and Max form a partnership in the bottle and rag business, and eventually become close companions.^[2]

Cast

Jackie Coogan - Tim Kelly
Max Davidson - Max Ginsberg
Lydia Yeamans Titus - Mrs. Malloy
Robert Edeson - Mr. Bernard
Ethel Wales - Mrs. Bernard
William Conklin - Mr. Richard L. Scott

References

^ Eames, John Douglas (1981). "The MGM Story", p 12
^ "The Rag Man (1925) - Full Synopsis - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.

External links

The Rag Man at IMDb
The Rag Man at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Eames, John Douglas (1981). "The MGM Story", p 12

[2] "The Rag Man (1925) - Full Synopsis - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.

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