Annie-for-Spite
Sign in to saveAnnie-for-Spite is a 1917 American silent film directed by James Kirkwood and starring Mary Miles Minter. The film is based upon the 1916 short story Annie for Spite by Frederick J. Jackson. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.
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0.0Wealthy Mrs. John Grant Nottingham instructs her attorney to find an ugly girl to whom she will bequeath her millions, in order to spite her scheming daughter-in-law Emily Nottingham. The lawyer discovers Annie Johnson, a homely orphan who lives in a tenement, caring for Mrs. Cadogan's six children at night and working in a department store during the day. Annie is accepted by Mrs. Nottingham as her sole heir, and she soon wins the old woman's affection. Because of her new happiness, Annie changes into a lovely girl, and Emily's son Willard Kaine Nottingham falls in love with her. When Mrs. Nottingham dies, Emily contests the will and wins the inheritance for herself, but Annie's future is secured when she accepts Willard's marriage proposal.
Released: 1917-05-1450 minDir: James KirkwoodDrama
Cast
- Mary Miles Minter as Annie Johnson
- George Fisher as Willard Kaine Nottingham
- Eugenie Forde as Mrs. Emily Nottingham
- Gertrude Le Brandt as Mrs. J.G. Nottingham
- George Periolat as Andrew Walters
- Robert Klein as Dr. James Macelroy
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- Published
- 1 January 1917
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- film
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- James Kirkwood
- Screenwriter
- Frederick J. Jackson
- Cast member
- Mary Miles Minter
- Image
- Annie for Spite.jpg
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Annie-for-Spite is a 1917 American silent film directed by James Kirkwood and starring Mary Miles Minter. The film is based upon the 1916 short story Annie for Spite by Frederick J. Jackson. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.
==Plot== thumb|Mary Miles Minter in "Annie-For-Spite" (1917) As described in film magazines, Annie Johnson is a homely orphan girl, who works in a department store and helps a widow take care of her six children in exchange for a place to stay. Despite her poverty, she dreams that she will one day be adopted by a rich old lady who will provide her with whatever she might want.
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1917 American films1917 drama films1917 English-language films1917 filmsAdaptations of works by Frederick J. JacksonAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican silent drama filmsAmerican silent feature filmsEnglish-language drama filmsFilms directed by James Kirkwood Sr.Template film date with 1 release date