Little Orphant Annie
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"Little Orphant Annie" is an 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. First titled "The Elf Child", the name was changed by Riley to "Little Orphant Allie"
Mary Alice "Allie" Smith, Riley's inspiration for the poem
James Whitcomb Riley, c. 1913
Illustration by Ethel Franklin Betts in the Orphan Annie book While the Heart Beats Young by James Whitcomb Riley
Little Orphan Annie
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Little Orphan Annie, also simply known as Annie, was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Littl
Little Orphant Annie
…children in Indiana and is often associated with Halloween celebrations. During the 1910s and 1920s, the title became the inspiration for the names of Little Orphan Annie, created by Harold Gray, and the Raggedy Ann doll, created by fellow Indiana native Johnny Gruelle. Little Orphant Annie was made into a silent film…
First Little Orphan Annie Sunday page (November 2, 1924)
The first strip of Annie's test run, published on August 5, 1924.
Leonard Starr's Little Orphan Annie
Members of the original Broadway cast for Annie: Andrea McArdle as Annie, Reid Shelton as Daddy Warbucks, and Sandy