05 March 1917 Fantasy, Drama, Comedy 75 mins
Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.
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Mary Pickford as Gwen
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
Marcia Harris as Thomas
Frank Andrews as Potter
Herbert Prior as The Doctor
George Gernon as Johnny Blake
Maxine Elliott Hicks as Susie May Squoggs (as Maxine Hicks)
Nora Cecil as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
Maurice Tourneur Director
Frances Marion Scenario Writer
Adolph Zukor Producer
Ben Carré Production Design
John van den Broek Director of Photography
Lucien N. Andriot Director of Photography
Frances Marion Writer
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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.
Gwendolyn is an 11-year-old girl who is left by her rich and busy parents to the care of unsympathetic domestic workers at the family's mansion. Her mother is ...
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