Name: Annie-for-Spite
Released: 1917
Cast: Mary Miles Minter, George Fisher, Eugenie Forde, Gertrude Le Brandt, George Periolat

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Sally Shows the Way

Release Date

May 14, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

American Film Co.

Distribution Company

Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the short story "Annie For Spite" by Fred Jackson in All-Story Magazine (23 Dec 1916).

Synopsis

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 the girl soon wins the affection of the old woman. Because of her new happiness, Annie begins to change 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 proposal of marriage.