Hollywood, Calif., May 21.
Jackie Cooper, a young actor whose name is on everybody's tongue in Hollywood these days, will work in the future for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
His contract has been bought from Hal Roach, and he now will be a fellow star with Marion Davies, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Jack Gilbert, William Haines and many of filmdom's magic names.
It is a great honor for a boy not yet 7 years old, but few will deny Jackie the right after his heart-warming performance in "Skippy." He reached the heights in this film.
Orders already have gone out for the writing staff at M-G-M to prepare an original story for Jackie's first starring picture. In the meanwhile he still has to do "Sooky" for Paramount.
The most gifted child actor of them all was born September 16, 1924. He entered pictures three years ago in a Lloyd Hamilton comedy. Later he played in the "Fox Movietone Follies" and in "Sunnyside Up." Then he joined "Our Gang" at Roach's studio.
Jackie's father is dead. His mother used to do a vaudeville act with the wife of Norman Taurog who directed "Skippy."