''A Little Girl in a Big City'' is a 1925 silent film drama directed by

Burton L. King Burton L. King (August 25, 1877 – May 4, 1944) was an American film actor and director. One of his best-known productions was '' The Lost Battalion'' (1919). Selected filmography * '' The Battle of Gettysburg'' (1913) * ''Under the Crescent'' ...

and starring Gladys Walton. It is based on an off-Broadway play, ''A Little Girl in a Big City'', by

James Kyrle MacCurdy James Kyrle MacCurdy, born James Kyrle McCurdy (May 20, 1875 – December 5, 1923) was a theater actor and playwright. He married actress Kate Woods Fiske (who also wrote under the pen name Katharine Wald) and lived in Brentwood, New York. In 1907 ...

. It was Gladys Walton's final film. Several copies are preserved in positive and negative formats in the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ...

archive.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p..104 c.1978 by The American Film Institute A DVD of the film was released by Grapevine Video in 2012.

Cast

* Gladys Walton – Mary Barry *

Niles Welch Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s. Early life A native of Hartfor ...

– Jack McGuire *

Mary Thurman Mary Thurman (née Christiansen; April 27, 1895 – December 22, 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early life Mary Christiansen was born in Richfield, Utah on April 27, 1895, one of seven children raised in the Church of ...

– Mrs. Howard Young * J. Barney Sherry – Howard Young *

Coit Albertson Edward Coit Albertson (October 14, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Albertson was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Stock) Albertson, and began his acting career on ...

– D. V. Cortelyou *

Helen Shipman Helen Phyllis Shipman (February 5, 1899 – April 13, 1984) was an American singer, dancer and actress who starred in various Broadway musicals, in musical comedies in vaudeville, and in films. Early life and career Shipman was the daughter ...

– Rose McGuire *

Sally Crute Sally Crute (born Sally C. Kirby, June 27, 1886 – August 12, 1971) was an American actress of the silent film era. Biography Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before entering motion pictures Crute performed on stage. Crute was generally ca ...

– Mrs. Barry * Nellie Savage – Dolly Griffith

References

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dvd of the film
1925 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Films directed by Burton L. King 1925 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films Gotham Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub