The Poor Little Rich Girl

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The Poor Little Rich Girl
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Frances Marion
Starring Mary Pickford
Madlaine Traverse
Charles Wellesley
Gladys Fairbanks
Cinematography Lucien Andriot
John van den Broek
Distributed by Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Release date(s) March 5, 1917 (1917-03-05)
Running time 65 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles

The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. Adapted by Frances Marion from the 1913 play by Eleanor Gates.[1] The Broadway play actually starred future screen actress Viola Dana.[2] The film stars Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks (returning from the play) and Frank McGlynn, Sr..

The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[3][4][5] In 1991, The Poor Little Rich Girl was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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The film tells the story of a rich girl whose parents ignore her and whose servants push her around, until tragedy brings them to realize the error of their ways.

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