"Congratulations, Mr. Mayer!" piped Jackie, offering his good right hand to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive when negotiations were completed.
The first thing the hero of "Skippy" did when the business meeting was over was to make a personal survey of the film domain and open dealings with Wallace Beery and Buster Keaton for a football team.
He picked out Marion Davies' bungalow as a likely spot for his dressing room but was persuaded to wait until her return from Europe before moving her belongings out.
"What do you think of the depression?" he was asked by an interviewer.
"I think it's fine!" was his cheery response.
"How about stratosphere?" was the next query.
Jackie rumpled his wiry hair.
"Aw, I don't like them poet guys," he reponded. "I like football players!"
Jackie is a former member of "Our Gang" comedies and was born in Los Angeles. He admits he's good at geography but says his mathematics are pretty awful.