Pollyanna (1920)

Description

Pollyanna is a 1920 American silent melodrama/comedy film starring Mary Pickford, directed by Paul Powell, and based on Eleanor H. Porter’s 1913 novel. It was Pickford’s first motion picture for United Artists. It became a major success and was regarded as one of Pickford’s most defining pictures. The film grossed $1.1 million (approximately $16,730,000 today).

Cast

• Mary Pickford as Pollyanna Whittier
• Wharton James as Reverend John Whittier
• Katherine Griffith as Aunt Polly
• Helen Jerome Eddy as Nancy Thing
• George Berrell as Old Tom
• Howard Ralston as Jimmy Bean
• William Courtleigh as John Pendleton
• Herbert Prior as Dr. Tom Chilton