Little Annie Rooney (1925)

Director:

William Beaudine

Writers:

Katherine Hennessey (story)
Louis D. Lighton (adaptation)

Release Date:

18 October 1925 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

OUR MARY - As you like her best---a broth of a brat ready to fight at the drop of a hat---and drop the hat!

Plot:

Tough slum girl (Mary Pickford) faces a crisis of the heart when the boy she loves (William Haines) is accused of shooting her cop father...

Plot Keywords:

Blood Transfusion | Children Theater Show | Dance | Falsely Accused | Family Relationship

Cast

Mary Pickford	...	Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
William Haines	...	Joe Kelly
Walter James	...	Officer Timothy Rooney
Gordon Griffith	...	Tim Rooney
Carlo Schipa	...	Tony
Spec O'Donnell	...	Abie Levy
Hugh Fay	...	Spider
Vola Vale	...	Mamie
Joe Butterworth	...	Mickey Kelly
Oscar Rudolph	...	Athos
Eugene Jackson	...	Humidor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Albert Schaefer	...	Chubby kid

Runtime:

95 min | Spain:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Spain:T | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Mary Pickford Company

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)

Still little at 33.

Annie Rooney lives with her officer father and brother Tim in the slums of New York, where she is constantly getting involved in many fights with the other neighborhood kids. Annie secretly has a crush on Joe Kelly (whose little brother Mickey is head of the gang that Annie constantly battles), who is in a gang that is headed for trouble, says Officer Rooney. Kelly sponsors a dance, where Tony plans to shoot Kelly in order to get even with him for making him look like a fool in front of his girl, but Officer Kelly gets fatally wounded instead. Tim (part of Kelly's gang) is told by Tony, and friend Spider, that Kelly shot his father, so he goes after him in vengeance. Annie learns of this and goes to stop her brother, if she is in time. Very good mix of humor and heart in this film, even though the plot doesn't start until the 40 minute mark of the film. Pickford is enjoyable (even though she was 33 playing a girl no more than 12-13) and really gets into her character. Haines doesn't play Kelly as tough as he should, but is able make the audience feel for him on an emotional level. The scenes where the officer tells Annie of her father's death and the ending really put a lump in your throat. The mix of all sorts of kids throughout the film are fun to watch. Rating, 8.