The Poor Little Rich Girl

The Poor Little Rich Girl

1917•1h 5m•5.7/10

DramaComedyFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(37)

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.

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Production

Artcraft Pictures Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Gwen

Madlaine Traverse

Madlaine Traverse

Gwendolyn's Mother

Charles Wellesley

Gwendolyn's Father

Gladys Fairbanks

Jane

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

The Plumber

Emile La Croix

The Organ Grinder

Marcia Harris

Marcia Harris

Miss Royale

Marcia Harris

Marcia Harris

Thomas

Frank Andrews

Potter

Herbert Prior

Herbert Prior

The Doctor

George Gernon

Johnny Blake

Maxine Elliott Hicks

Maxine Elliott Hicks

Susie May Squoggs (as Maxine Hicks)

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)

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