Little Annie Rooney

thumb thumb Little Annie Rooney is a 1925 silent film about a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, who lives in the tenements among an international community, but their neighborhood may be threatened by a dangerous street gang. A romping rollicking story with more laughs than you ever had in one setting!(taglines) Title card Up town a gang calls itself "Society" -- down town a gang calls itself a "Gang" and lets it go at that - Let's go down town! Abie Levy was not allowed to fight because it was a holiday. The "Big Kellys" - whose hardest work was selling tickets to a dance for the benefit of their bail fund. To end a fight some one must quit - - but in this case both leaders happened to be Irish. Little Annie Rooney You pug-nosed Mick -- I'll knock your block off for that. Why, Daddy, dear, you don't think I would do anything like that - do you, Daddy dear? Mickey It ain't no fun fightin' a girl! C'mon, le'ts go home! Others Spider: G'wan, Tim Rooney, I don't shake hands with no cop's son! Chubby Kid: Now we're gonna have the real show with a genuwine horse - anybody what don't like it will get a bust on the beezer! Dialogue Joe Kelley: Shame on you - fightin' a girl! Mickey: She ain't no girl - she's a wildcat! Little Annie Rooney: Doctor, is he going to die? Young Hospital Intern: It's an emergency case. Immediate blood transfusion might save him. Little Annie Rooney: What does that mean, Mister? Reporter: It means that someone will have to give their blood to save his life - right away. Little Annie Rooney: Doctor, please let me do it, please! Young Hospital Intern: I'm afraid you're too small. Little Annie Rooney: But, if he dies, they'll put my brother in jail! My brother shot him. Reporter: Why not take her? It's either that or let him croak. Besides - it will make a peach of a story. Little Annie Rooney: Say, Doc, this transformation business don't make us brother and sister, does it? Surgeon: No. Why? Little Annie Rooney: Cause when I grow up I might wanna marry him. Taglines OUR MARY - As you like her best---a broth of a brat ready to fight at the drop of a hat---and drop the hat! A romping rollicking story with more laughs than you ever had in one setting! Cast Mary Pickford - Little Annie Rooney William Haines - Joe Kelly Walter James - Officer Rooney Gordon Griffith - Tim Rooney Carlo Schipa - Tony Spec O'Donnell - Abie Hugh Fay - Spider Vola Vale - Mamie Joe Butterworth - Mickey Oscar Rudolph - Athos Eugene Jackson - Humidor External links Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) 0016028 Little Annie Rooney Category:American comedy-drama films Category:Silent films Category:1925 American films Category:Films directed by William Beaudine