Cinema of the United States century, when the medium was new, many Jewish immigrants found employment in the US film industry. They were able to make their mark in a brand-new business: the exhibition of short films in storefront theaters called nickelodeons, after their admission price of a nickel (five cents). Within a few years, ambitious men like Samuel Goldwyn, William Fox, Carl Laemmle, Adolph Zukor, Louis B. Mayer, and the Warner Brothers (Harry, Albert, Samuel, and Jack) had switched to the production side of the business. Soon they were the heads of a new kind of enterprise: the movie studio. (The US had at
Daddy (1923 film) in our memory forever". "The Galveston Daily News" of Galveston, Texas, concurred, calling it a "charming story", and remarked that it is "probably the first photodrama to be written by the parents of a famous star, and for that star". "The Evening Standard" of Uniontown, Pennsylvania noted the "deep pathos and real humor" displayed in the picture. Daddy (1923 film) Daddy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper for Associated First National Pictures. It stars Jackie Coogan, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Josie Sedgwick, and Cesare Gravina. The script was written by Jackie Coogan's parents, Jack and