Little Orphan Annie (1938)

Overview : Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), 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.

Release Date : December 2, 1938

Runtime : 60m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Colonial Pictures Corporation

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : orphan, investment