Desc: The Wise Kid: Directed by Tod Browning. With Gladys Walton, David Butler, Hallam Cooley, Hector V. Sarno. Rosie Cooper is cashier in a cheap restaurant and among those she favors is - Smith, the bakery boy. Rose is a 'wise kid' all right, but it takes her some time to see through a shiny young thin model gent - . The girl entertains his advances because he means romance to her. But he proves his shallow character and Rosie is glad to turn to Jimmy, the bakery youth.