Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Comedy-drama | 18 October 1925
Director:
William BeaudineWriters:
Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton, Katherine HennesseyCinematographers:
Hal Mohr, Charles RosherProduction Designers:
John D. Schulze, Harry Oliver, Paul YoungbloodProduction Company:
Mary Pickford Co.The comic strip character "Little Annie Rooney" was drawn by several artists, beginning in 1927 with Ed Verdier, who signed his name "Verd." A series of comic books and "little big books" based on the character began in 1935. Max Fleischer produced a cartoon short entitled "Little Annie Rooney" in 1931 that also was inspired by the comic.
According to news items, M-G-M purchased the rights to the comic strip in 1935, intending to produce a feature starring Jane Withers. That film was never made, though the 1935 Fox film Ginger, directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Withers and Jackie Searl, had an early working title of Little Annie Rooney and at one time may have been intended as an adaptation of the comic strip. The plot of the 1942 United Artists release Miss Annie Rooney, directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Shirley Temple and George Murphy, bears some resemblance to Little Annie Rooney, but they are otherwise unrelated (see entry). ...
The comic strip character "Little Annie Rooney" was drawn by several artists, beginning in 1927 with Ed Verdier, who signed his name "Verd." A series of comic books and "little big books" based on the character began in 1935. Max Fleischer produced a cartoon short entitled "Little Annie Rooney" in 1931 that also was inspired by the comic.
According to news items, M-G-M purchased the rights to the comic strip in 1935, intending to produce a feature starring Jane Withers. That film was never made, though the 1935 Fox film Ginger, directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Withers and Jackie Searl, had an early working title of Little Annie Rooney and at one time may have been intended as an adaptation of the comic strip. The plot of the 1942 United Artists release Miss Annie Rooney, directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Shirley Temple and George Murphy, bears some resemblance to Little Annie Rooney, but they are otherwise unrelated (see entry).
Little Annie Rooney, the daughter of a policeman, divides her time between getting into mischief and caring for her father and her brother, Tim. Annie's father is killed in a gang brawl, and Annie and Tim become intent on revenge. When they learn that Joe Kelly, the apple of Annie's eye, has been blamed for the murder, Tim takes his father's gun and shoots him. Meanwhile, in the company of a band of neighborhood ruffians, Annie captures the real killer. Annie goes to the hospital where Joe lies fighting for his life and consents to a blood transfusion that saves him. Joe recovers and goes into the trucking business; Tim becomes a traffic ...
Little Annie Rooney, the daughter of a policeman, divides her time between getting into mischief and caring for her father and her brother, Tim. Annie's father is killed in a gang brawl, and Annie and Tim become intent on revenge. When they learn that Joe Kelly, the apple of Annie's eye, has been blamed for the murder, Tim takes his father's gun and shoots him. Meanwhile, in the company of a band of neighborhood ruffians, Annie captures the real killer. Annie goes to the hospital where Joe lies fighting for his life and consents to a blood transfusion that saves him. Joe recovers and goes into the trucking business; Tim becomes a traffic cop.
Viewed by AFI
Partially Viewed
Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement AwardTOP SEARCHES
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
According to HR news items, "The Gentleman from Montana" (an unpublished story by Lewis R. Foster, alternately called "The Gentleman from Wyoming" by both contemporary and modern ... >>
