The ever-optimistic, spunky and guileless Judy grows up in the abusive orphanage and when the 12-year-old is the oldest child there, we see her caring for the younger ones with compassion, acting out as a prankster and leading a food strike against the daily serving of prunes. Lippett names her Judy Abbott (Mary Pickford, was 26 at the time of the film). When a policeman finds a baby in a trash can, he places her in the home and Mrs.

Lippett (Milla Davenport) is the despotic matron at the John Grier Home in Massachusetts, an orphanage where children are made to work as the founder made his fortune through exploiting convict labor and uses that as a model.

The silent film is of value only for historic purposes, as it doesn’t carry well over to modern times. The film was remade in 1931 with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter and in 1955 with Leslie Caron and Fred Astaire. Griffith their own production company called United Artists-allowing them to get all the profits. The film was a big box office success and Pickford never returned to Paramount, instead forming with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. It was Pickford’s first independently made film, where First National gave her final editing cut and half the profits. Neilan (“Bits of Life”/”Stranger’s Banquet”/”Wild Oats Lane”) who also has a supporting role as a suitor, and it’s produced and stars the popular silent star Mary Pickford. This heart-tugging melodrama is the first film version of the play by Jean Webster. “The silent film is of value only for historic purposes, as it doesn’t carry well over to modern times.” Semple) Runtime: 85 MPAA Rating: NR producer: Mary Pickford Milestone 1919-silent) Neilan (Jimmie McBride), Carrie Clark Ward (Mrs. Pendleton), Betty Bouton (Julia Pendleton), Audrey Chapman (Sallie McBride), Marshall A.

McDermott cast: Mary Pickford (Judy Abbott), Milla Davenport (Miss Lippett), Percy Haswell (Miss Pritchard), Fay Lemport (Angelina Wyckoff), Mahlon Hamilton (Jarvis Pendleton), Lillian Langdon (Mrs.

Neilan screenwriters: Agnes Johnson/from a book by Jean Webster cinematographer: Charles Rosher editor: Edward M.

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