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Pollyanna

Mary Pickford as the Glad Girl, sent to a sour aunt in a New England town and determined to play the glad game anyway.

Silent

192057mUnited StatesDirected by Paul Powell

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Paul Powell, United Artists, 1920, from Eleanor H. Porter and the stage play. Mary Pickford as the Glad Girl, sent to a sour aunt in a New England town and determined to play the glad game anyway. Silent, English titles, about sixty minutes in some cuts, longer in others. Released January. Pickford at twenty-seven playing eleven. Powell lets the town's meanness accumulate until the accident the novel needs. The smile is the work.

Year: 1920
Runtime: 57m
Country: United States
Sound: Silent
Genres: Comedy,Family,Drama
Feelings: Laugh

SourceWikimedia CommonsPublic domain, verified

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The silent twenties. 51 films from 1920 in the catalogue.

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Paul Powell
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Mary Pickford
Katherine Griffith
Howard Ralston
Helen Jerome Eddy
George Berrell
William Courtleigh
Herbert Prior
Wharton James
Doc Crane

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