There were three remakes of various kinds:Sidewalk Stories (1989), African-American director/actor Charles Lane""s Chaplinesque black and white, low-budget, nearly silent version ofThe Kid, updated to 1980s New York (with a black father figure - a poor street artist, and orphaned female toddler - Lane""s 2-year-old daughter Nicole Alysia)Big Daddy (1999), a severely-criticized Adam Sandler film (Sandler received the Worst Actor ""Golden Raspberry"" Award), although some reviewers found it amusing (at the Kids"" Choice Awards in 2000, it won Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie Actor)The Kid (2015),a faithful modernized remake of the film released by actor/writer/director David Scott Heck - a version that was carefully constructed and filmed to eliminate inconsistencies, errors, and plot holesJackie Coogan""s father Jack Coogan, Sr.Nice plump haunches he""s gettin"".Beautiful.Silly to wait, I suppose."Ominous footsteps were heard as the Farmer approached he barn, and there were a few loud quacks before one heard a tremendous "THWACK!" - the beheading of a duck.Phyllis: Accident insurance?Neff: Accident insurance? Sure, Mrs.Dietrichson.He notices the kinky anklet again, and then in a classic sequence filled with sexual innuendo, they playfully and flirtatiously engage in a double-entendre conversation about "speeding" and "traffic ickets" - a continuation of the driving/fast car metaphor:Neff: I wish you""d tell me what""s engraved on that anklet.What did the Duke do?- Pardon?- The Duke.What did the Duke do?- Uh, the Duke do?- Yes.And what about the Doge?- Oh, the Doge!- Uh.Well, what did the Doge do?- The Doge do?- Yes, the Doge do.- Well, uh, the Doge did what the Doge does.Uh, when the Doge does his duty to the Duke, that is.- What? What""s that?- Oh, it""s very simple, sire.When the Doge did his duty and the Duke didn""t, that""s when the Duchess did the dirt to the Duke with he Doge.