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| My Little Orphan Annie rag doll rides nicely inside the side pocket of her very own purse by Knickerbocker. |
Little Orphan Annie is 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 Orphan Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News.
- Little orphan Annie radio broadcast from 1936
- Orphan Annie remembered from 1959 comics
- James Whitcomb Riley "Little Orphant Annie" Poem Animation
The plot follows the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) organized labor, the New Deal and communism.
Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. Little Orphan Annie inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by RKO in 1932 and Paramount in 1938 and a Broadway musical Annie in 1977 (which was adapted into a film of the same name three times, one in 1982, one in 1999 and another in 2014). Read more...
More Orphan Annie Dolls and Toys:
- Little Orphan Annie Limousine
- Little orphan Annie and Sandy
- 1927 Harold Gray Little Orphan Annie Oil Cloth Doll
- Doll Repair: Re-stringing Annie and Ann dolls arms by BENEDOLLS
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