The Poor Little Rich Girl
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This article is about the 1917 film. For other uses, see Poor Little Rich Girl.
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| 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 |
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| 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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Plot [edit]
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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.
Differences from play [edit]
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Cast [edit]
- Mary Pickford as Gwendolyn
- Madlaine Traverse as Gwendolyn's Mother
- Charles Wellesley as Gwendolyn's Father
- Gladys Fairbanks as Jane
- Frank McGlynn, Sr. as The Plumber
- Emile La Croix as The Organ Grinder
- Marcia Harris as Miss Royale
- Charles Craig as Thomas
- Frank Andrews as Potter
- Herbert Prior as The Doctor
- George Gernon as Johnny Blake
- Maxine Elliott Hicks as Susie May Squoggs
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References [edit]
- ^ The Poor Little Rich Girl as presented on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre January 21, 1913 to June 1913; IBDb.com
- ^ Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860–1970, pp. 139–140 3rd Edit. enlarged and revised by John Willis, c. 1970
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
- ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
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- The Poor Little Rich Girl at the Internet Movie Database
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