Little Orphan Annie
1924–2010 American comic strip

Little Orphan Annie was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The ... read more

Little Orphan 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 "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News.
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The Untold Truth Of Annie - Grunge
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The "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip debuted in newspapers on August 5, 1924, starring resilient and crafty street urchin Annie, who notably lacked pupils in her all-white eyeballs. The strip became so widely read so quickly that in 1930, it was adapted for radio by Chicago station WGN, the first time a national scripted show featured a child as the primary character.
Jeet Heer on the Complex Origins of Little Orphan Annie
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By Jeet Heer. August 3, 2020. When we first meet her, Annie is, appropriately enough, in a tight and uncomfortable spot, as she’ll be time and again for the duration of her event-filled existence. An orphan, without even the luxury of a family name (“just Annie” as she’s quick to say), constantly under the stern glare of the orphanage ...
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Little Orphan Annie - Wikipedia
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Little Orphan 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 "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Little Orphan Annie - Mental Floss
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9. THE BROADWAY MUSICAL GAVE IT NEW LIFE. After Gray died in 1968, Little Orphan Annie was passed to a series of successors, including former assistant Tex Blaisdell and cartoonist David Lettick ...
Little Orphant Annie - Wikipedia
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"Little Orphant Annie" is an 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by ... both parents died when she was about nine years old. Some stories say that Mary's mother died when she was very young and her father, Peter Smith, died when she was ten. ... featuring Colleen Moore as Annie. She had previously been in A Hoosier Romance ...
Little Orphan Annie and Politics: 5 Controversies From Its History - TIME
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1965: Annie issues a damning assessment of the nation’s mental health system after Daddy Warbucks is railroaded into an insane asylum she calls “worse’n a real prison.”. Another character ...
Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley - All Poetry
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An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue, An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo! An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray, An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away, —. You better mind yer parunts, an' yer teachurs fond an' dear, An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry the orphant's tear,
Little Orphant Annie - Academy of American Poets
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James Whitcomb Riley. 1849 –. 1916. Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay, An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away, An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep, An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep; An’ all us other childern, when the ...