Little Orphan Annie (1938)
1h
Running Time
December 2, 1938Release Date
Plot.
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
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Cast & Crew.
Ann Gillis
Annie
Robert Kent
Johnny Adams
June Travis
Mary Ellen
J. Farrell MacDonald
'Pop' Corrigan
J.M. Kerrigan
Tom Jennings
Margaret Armstrong
Mrs. Jennings
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Nora Moriarty
James Burke
Mike Moriarty
Details.
This Movie Is About.
orphan
investment
Wiki.
Little Orphan Annie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes, and written by Budd Schulberg and Samuel Ornitz. It is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. The film stars Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald, and J.M. Kerrigan. The film was released on December 2, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.