Little Orphan Annie (1938)
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.
Director:
Ben Holmes
Writers:
Budd Schulberg, Samuel Ornitz.
Ann Gillis Annie |
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Robert Kent Johnny Adams |
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June Travis Mary Ellen |
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J. Farrell MacDonald 'Pop' Corrigan |
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J.M. Kerrigan Tom Jennings |
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Margaret Armstrong Mrs. Jennings |
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Sarah Padden Mrs. Nora Moriarty |
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James Burke Mike Moriarty |
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Ian Maclaren Soo Long |
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Dorothy Vaughan Mrs. Milligan |
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Ben Welden Spot McGee |
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Charles Coleman The Butler |
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Eddie Gribbon Monk |
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Vince Lombardi Ska-Booch |
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Harry Tyler O.O. Pike |
Writing | Budd Schulberg | Screenplay |
Writing | Endre Bohem | Story |
Writing | Samuel Ornitz | Screenplay |
Writing | Samuel Ornitz | Story |
Directing | Ben Holmes | Director |
Writing | Harold Gray | Characters |