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1938 film by Ben Holmes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1][2][3]
| Little Orphan Annie | |
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| Directed by | Ben Holmes |
| Screenplay by | Budd Schulberg Samuel Ornitz |
| Story by | Samuel Ornitz Endre Bohem |
| Based on | Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray |
| Produced by | John Speaks |
| Starring | Ann Gillis Robert Kent June Travis J. Farrell MacDonald J.M. Kerrigan |
| Cinematography | Frank Redman |
| Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
| Music by | George Bassman Louis Forbes Joseph Nussbaum |
Production company | Colonial Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan (based on Harold Gray's comic strip), 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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