Miss Annie Rooney

Miss Annie Rooney (1942)

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A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.

Date of release
1942-05-29
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama
Director
Edwin L. Marin

Casting

Interesting facts

Miss Annie Rooney is a 1942 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Shirley Temple and Dickie Moore. The screenplay by George Bruce has some similarities to the silent film Little Annie Rooney, starring Mary Pickford, but otherwise, the films are unrelated. Notable as the film in which Shirley Temple received her first on-screen kiss, and Moore said it was his first kiss ever. The film was panned.

Production

Temple signed to make one film for United Artists, and it was to be either Little Annie Rooney or Lucky Sixpence. It was eventually decided to film the former. The title was changed to Miss Annie Rooney to reflect Temple's maturity; she was paid $50,000 for her performance.

Temple was 14 when the film was made and received a much-ballyhooed on-screen kiss (from Moore, on the left cheek).

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