Little Annie Rooney (1925 film)
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Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) is a 1925 silent comedy-drama starring Mary Pickford as a spirited young girl navigating life and hardship in a rough New York neighborhood.
All labels observed (1)
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| Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5267778 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) Context triple: [First National Pictures, producedFilm, Little Annie Rooney (1925 film)]
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A.
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
"Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man" is a television production best known as the Emmy-winning vehicle for acclaimed actress Anne Bancroft.
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Pollyanna (1920 film)
Pollyanna (1920 film) is a silent drama starring Mary Pickford, adapted from Eleanor H. Porter's novel about an optimistic orphan who transforms the lives of those around her.
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C.
Annie
Annie is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a diminutive of names like Ann or Anne.
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D.
Annie
Annie is a popular Broadway musical, later adapted into a film, about an optimistic orphan girl in 1930s New York.
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E.
Annie
Annie is the given name of Annie Lee Cooper, a prominent civil rights activist known for her role in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) Target entity description: Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) is a 1925 silent comedy-drama starring Mary Pickford as a spirited young girl navigating life and hardship in a rough New York neighborhood.
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A.
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
"Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man" is a television production best known as the Emmy-winning vehicle for acclaimed actress Anne Bancroft.
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B.
Pollyanna (1920 film)
Pollyanna (1920 film) is a silent drama starring Mary Pickford, adapted from Eleanor H. Porter's novel about an optimistic orphan who transforms the lives of those around her.
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C.
Annie
Annie is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a diminutive of names like Ann or Anne.
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D.
Annie
Annie is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror-comedy film "Critters 3," who leads the fight for survival against the alien creatures attacking her apartment building.
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E.
Annie
Annie is a popular Broadway musical, later adapted into a film, about an optimistic orphan girl in 1930s New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Little Annie Rooney (comic strip) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Annie Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles Rosher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William Beaudine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
ⓘ
theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | silent era of Hollywood ⓘ |
| filmEra | 1920s American cinema ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
silent film ⓘ |
| hasFilmStar | Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMusic | accompanied by musical score for silent screenings ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | restored and released on home video in the 21st century ⓘ |
| includesTheme |
coming-of-age
ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ poverty ⓘ urban gang conflict ⓘ |
| notableFor | Mary Pickford playing a childlike role in her thirties ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Annie Rooney, a tough but warm-hearted girl in a rough New York neighborhood, faces family tragedy and gang rivalries while trying to protect those she loves. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | a spirited young Irish-American girl ⓘ |
| premiereDate | October 1925 ⓘ |
| producer | Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mary Pickford Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 94 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Agnes Christine Johnston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
ⓘ
working-class neighborhood ⓘ |
| starring |
Gordon Griffith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosella Towne NERFINISHED ⓘ Spec O'Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter James NERFINISHED ⓘ William Haines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century urban America ⓘ |
| title | Little Annie Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) Description of subject: Little Annie Rooney (1925 film) is a 1925 silent comedy-drama starring Mary Pickford as a spirited young girl navigating life and hardship in a rough New York neighborhood.
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