"The Kid" launched Jackie Coogan's film career, becoming Hollywood's first child star. His debut lead role in a feature film was April 1921's "Peck's Bad Boy," based on a series of stories by George W. Peck. This time Jackie plays a rambunctious lad who devises several schemes, all getting him into trouble. His perplexed, strict father is on the receiving end of many of his son's capers, including loading up his dad's lumbago pad with ants right before church service. Jackie, however, gets his comeuppance when the large amount of prunes he steals and eats at the local grocery store causes an immense attack of stomach cramps.
"Peck's Bad Boy" was directed by Sam Woods, who was a head director for only his second year, working for Paramount Pictures. Woods long Hollywood career, lasting until the late 1940's, included such famous films as two Marx Brothers' movies, 1935 'A night of the Opera' and 1937 'A Day At The Races,' 1939 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips,' and 1942 "The Pride of The Yankees.'
"Peck's Bad Boy" was directed by Sam Woods, who was a head director for only his second year, working for Paramount Pictures. Woods long Hollywood career, lasting until the late 1940's, included such famous films as two Marx Brothers' movies, 1935 'A night of the Opera' and 1937 'A Day At The Races,' 1939 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips,' and 1942 "The Pride of The Yankees.'