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Show s 'The Kid," Chaplin's Best Film, Scores Big Hit at the Orpheum Charlie I'hnplin and Jackie I'nognn, a youngster about five years I1, entertained en-tertained overflowing booses at the Orpheum theatre last night fn pne ut (the snappiest, cleanest comedies thnl ha been shown In 'gden for some 'time. 'The Kid" Is Chaplin' fourth million mil-lion dollai picture .-1 1 1 J Js moru onter-talning onter-talning than ;my of the preceding productions. pro-ductions. ' Pathpi is intermingled with comedy (throughout the film. Churlle, a (ramp, discovers a foundling foun-dling baby. Alter an effort to rid I himself ot the responsibility of thw youngster, he finds n note asking the itndf-r tn care tor and love an orphan child. Charlie carcu for the youngster 'and. though htl dwelling Is a squalid attic, be trains the baby to the best I of bis ability. When the youngster becomes ill, j Charlie has to cull In u county physician". physi-cian". The doctor discovers that bar-lb- is not competent to care for the child In the proper manner, and ar- I I a ngi-s for the child to b pl:n -d In an I orphan asylum Obarlle, however, has , no Intention of being separated from Ins foster child. Ills efforts ut retaining re-taining the baby at successful, tern-poralUly, tern-poralUly, and u is during this time that the chlldS mother, who, since obun- donlng her child, has risen In fame In the tnintflcal world, dlseoveri the whereabouts of het offspring. "The Kid" H taken from Charlie whll. Iia is sleeping In a "ten cent flop" by the landlord who sees a chance for financial remuneration In the return of the child. The picture terminates rather nb-LrtlpMy, nb-LrtlpMy, with Charlie, Jackie and the I "kid's" mother, entering the doorway ;of a sumptuous dwelling Many pres-jent pres-jent wondered aloud how the trio got Slonl Mer the kid had been restored , to his mother. Jackie Coogan, the Kid in the production, pro-duction, rates umong the best of Juvenile Juve-nile movie stars. He played the part of a mischievous ioungster to perfection and showed to best advantage in the scene where he jand Charlie went out to do a day's I work Charlie, a glazier, would fol-llnw fol-llnw the Kid, who, by going a couple Of blocks ahead and throwing rocks ; through windows, would act as a dl-'recl dl-'recl stimulus to the window glass industry. in-dustry. "The Kid" will be shown at the Orpheum theatre today and tomor- : row |