Althouse: "When DeMille saw Junior’s publicity stills, he stated, 'Junior Coghlan is the perfect example of a homeless waif."

October 3, 2009

"When DeMille saw Junior’s publicity stills, he stated, 'Junior Coghlan is the perfect example of a homeless waif."

"Frank Coghlan Jr., a freckle-faced child actor of silent movies who in the sound era thrilled Saturday matinee audiences by shouting 'Shazam!' and mutating into the superhero Captain Marvel, died on Sept. 7 at his home in Saugus, Calif. He was 93."

3 comments:

William said...: How obscure and tangential do you have to be to inspire not a single comment on Althouse.; 10/3/09, 6:56 PM
dick said...: And no comment about Hopalong Cassidy who played the captain.; 10/3/09, 8:14 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I guess, as the last star of the silent pictures dies, no one cares anymore.; 10/3/09, 9:59 PM

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