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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- Trivia"Rex", the dog in this movie, is the same dog (Terry) who played Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- 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
Another terrific movie from 1939
An orphaned girl believes she brings back luck to all those who take her in. Actually, it's the opposite: her plucky optimism and faith in the Lord mends fences and brings people together. Although not as well-known as a family picture like "The Wizard of Oz" (released the same year), "Bad Little Angel" has the same overlay of sentiment and uplift--also the same dog! Feisty, determined little Virginia Weidler is perfect in the lead, using the Bible as her guide and escaping a rotten orphanage for Egypt...Egypt, New Jersey, that is. It's fairly easy to knock a movie which goes to such corny lengths for its plot turns (a factory catching fire, a loving husband and father stopping the blaze but getting buried in the rubble, two children rescuing him, etc.), but when the results are delivered in such a heartfelt manner, cynicism no longer applies. MGM clearly wanted 1939 audiences to leave the theater feeling good, and that sincere attribute still resonates. *** from ****
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- moonspinner55
- May 20, 2016
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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