A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Barbara Bedford
- Mrs. Dodd
- (scenes deleted)
Cora Sue Collins
- Clarabella Dodd
- (scenes deleted)
Sally Martin
- Belinda
- (scenes deleted)
Arthur Aylesworth
- John Little - Orphanage Manager
- (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
- Lem Dodd - Man in Jim's Office
- (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Esther Dale
- Miss Brown - Orphanage Secretary
- (uncredited)
Jack Daley
- Mr. Miller - Exiting from Train
- (uncredited)
John Dilson
- Mr. Brown - Man in Jim's Office
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- Trivia"Rex", the dog in this movie, is the same dog (Terry) who played Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- ConnectionsReferenced in Sofia the First: Bad Little Dragon (2016)
- SoundtracksLong, Long Ago
(1883)
Music and Lyrics by Thomas Haynes Bayley
Played as background music over the opening credits
Reprised often as background music
Featured review
A strange semi-religious film from MGM
"Bad Little Angel" features young Virginia Weidler in the lead. She's an orphan being raised by an old lady, Mrs. Perkins. Mrs. Perkins is a very religious lady and convinces Patsy that any time you need an answer you should randomly open the Bible and pick a verse to read. They try it and find a verse that talks about fleeing to Egypt and Patsy believes it. So, when soon after the old lady dies, instead of going back to the orphanage, Patsy literally runs off to Egypt. This Egypt, however, is a small American town of that name. There, she finds new friends and a family to care for her.
If this all sounds preachy in a bizarre sort of way, that's pretty much the case. While the film is never terrible, it does convey some rather strange messages. It makes me wonder what little Patsy would have done had she randomly opened the Bible and it happened to be the book "Song of Solomon". Strange and even occasionally good...but not occasionally enough.
If this all sounds preachy in a bizarre sort of way, that's pretty much the case. While the film is never terrible, it does convey some rather strange messages. It makes me wonder what little Patsy would have done had she randomly opened the Bible and it happened to be the book "Song of Solomon". Strange and even occasionally good...but not occasionally enough.
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- planktonrules
- Sep 18, 2015
Details
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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