The Poor Little Rich Girl

Mar 5, 1917

1h 5m

★ 5.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Artcraft Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Gwen

Mary Pickford

Gwendolyn's Mother

Madlaine Traverse

Gwendolyn's Father

Charles Wellesley

Jane

Gladys Fairbanks

The Plumber

Frank McGlynn Sr.

The Organ Grinder

Emile La Croix

Miss Royale

Marcia Harris

Thomas

Marcia Harris

Potter

Frank Andrews

The Doctor

Herbert Prior

Johnny Blake

George Gernon

Susie May Squoggs (as Maxine Hicks)

Maxine Elliott Hicks

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