Little Orphan Annie

"Little Orphan Annie" worked because of Mitzi Green. By 1932 she was already a veteran actor at the ripe old age of twelve. She'd already been in thirteen projects by the time she played Little Orphan Annie. Personally, I'd seen only two and she was good in both.

By the time I was a kid I only knew Little Orphan Annie as Annie. Little did I know she'd been around at least fifty years before I saw her.

"Little Orphan Annie" (1932) was a cute movie. Annie was left by her guardian (perhaps her real father) Daddy Warbucks (Edgar Kennedy) so that he could go make it big and then come back and get her. When he left Annie was left to get by on her own which she was more than capable of. She had to slow her roll when she met another orphan named Michael aka Mickey (Buster Phelps). He was an adorable little kid who grew on her. Still, she couldn't take care of herself and little Mickey, so she helped to get him adopted by Mrs. Stewart (May Robson).

I don't think they could've chosen two better child actors than Mitzi Green and Buster Phelps. They were perfect, and Mitzi was ahead of her time. At twelve-years-old she was better at acting and impressions than many adults. She did an impeccable Groucho Marx from the movie "Horse Feathers." May Robson was swell as the grouchy Mrs. Stewart (a characteristic that she'd have in "You Can't Buy Everything" (1934)), but her best role by far was that as Apple Annie in "Lady for a Day."

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