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Pollyanna (1920)

58 min · Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, silent film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Paul Powell

Cast

Mary Pickford, Wharton James, Katherine Griffith, Helen Jerome Eddy

The story

thumb|Scene from the film The film opens in the Ozarks where a distraught Pollyanna (Mary Pickford) is comforting her father the Reverend John Whittier (Wharton James) as he dies. After his death, Pollyanna is sent to live on a New England plantation with her rich Aunt Polly (Katherine Griffith). Aunt Polly is extremely harsh with Pollyanna by not allowing her to speak of her father in her house and choosing the attic for her bedroom.

Catalogue themes and tags

Silent film, Indie, Black-and-white, Drama, Comedy, Family Film

Genres

Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, silent film

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