Annie-for-Spite (1917)
Wealthy 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.
- Date of release
- 1917-05-14
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James Kirkwood
Casting
- Mary Miles Minter — Annie Johnson
- George Fisher — Willard Kaine Nottingham
- Eugenie Forde — Mrs. Emily Nottingham
- Gertrude Le Brandt — Mrs. J.G. Nottingham
- George Periolat — Andrew Walters
- Robert Klein — Dr. James Macelroy
- Charles Newton — Launders
- Emma Kluge — Miss Turner
- Nellie Widen — Norah
- Lucille Ward — Mrs. Cadogan
Interesting facts
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.
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