Miss Annie Rooney™

Miss Annie Rooney
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Produced by Edward Small
Written by George Bruce
Starring
Shirley Temple
Dickie Moore
William Gargan
Guy Kibbee
Music by Darrell Calker
Cinematography Lester White
Edited by Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Production
company
Edward Small
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
May 29, 1942
Running time
82 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Miss Annie Rooney is a 1942 American comedy-drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The screenplay by George Bruce has some similarities to the silent film, Little Annie Rooney starring Mary Pickford, but otherwise the films are unrelated. Miss Annie Rooney is about a teenager (Temple) from a humble background who falls in love with a rich high school boy (Moore). She is snubbed by his social set, but, when her father (Gargan) invents a better rubber synthetic substitute, her prestige rises. The film was panned.

Plot Edit

Annie Rooney, the 14-year-old daughter of a struggling salesman, falls in love with rich, 16-year-old Marty White. While at first Marty's snobbish friends give Annie the cold shoulder, her jitterbug dancing skills impress, and soon she is a welcome addition to their circle. Marty's wealthy mother and father, who own a rubber-making business, are not as easily persuaded of Annie's worth. But when her father manages to invent a new form of synthetic rubber, her triumph is complete.

Cast Edit

Shirley Temple as Annie Rooney, a teenager
William Gargan as Tim Rooney, her inventor father
Guy Kibbee as Grandpop, her grandfather
Dickie Moore as Marty White, a rich teenager
Gloria Holden as Mrs. White, Marty's mother
Jonathan Hale as Mr. White, Marty's father
Peggy Ryan as Myrtle
Charles Coleman as Sidney, the White's butler

Shirley Temple Black was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number one box-office star from 1935 through 1938. A number of Meetings of Shirley is on File with J.Edgar Hoover of Federal Bureau of Investigation of Child Abuse in The Film Industry changed her name to "Black Paper" later she slang the name to Temple.

Born: April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, CA

Died: February 10, 2014, Woodside, CA