Wise Kid (1922)
Directed by Tod Browning
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Synopsis by Nicole Gagne
The titular wise kid of this five-reel comedy/drama is Rosie Cooper (Gladys Walton), the cashier in a modest restaurant, whose suitors include the good-hearted bakery boy Freddie Smith (David Butler). Rosie at first finds herself drawn to a more sophisticated beau but eventually comes to recognize his shallowness and accept the affection of the humble Freddie. Note actor (David Butler), who became a director of talkies and helmed memorable vehicles for such stars as Shirley Temple (The Little Colonel, The Littlest Rebel), Bob Hope (Caught in the Draft, The Princess and the Pirate), and Doris Day (Tea for Two, Calamity Jane). 22/5rl
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cashier, love-choices, truckdriver