The Poor Little Rich Girl

This article is about the 1917 film. For other uses, see Poor Little Rich Girl.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
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Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byFrances Marion
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringMary Pickford
Madlaine Traverse
Charles Wellesley
Gladys Fairbanks
CinematographyLucien Andriot
John van den Broek
Distributed byArtcraft Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • March 5, 1917 (1917-03-05)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. Adapted by Frances Marion from the 1913 play by Eleanor Gates.[1] The Broadway play actually starred future screen actress Viola Dana.[2] The film stars Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks (returning from the play) and Frank McGlynn Sr.

The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[3][4][5] In 1991, The Poor Little Rich Girl was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[6]

  1. ^ The Poor Little Rich Girl as presented on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre January 21, 1913 to June 1913; IBDb.com
  2. ^ Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860–1970, pp. 139–140 3rd Edit. enlarged and revised by John Willis, c. 1970
  3. ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
  4. ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  5. ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
  6. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-07.