''Little Miss Fortune'' is a 1917 American silent

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Joseph Levering Joseph Levering (1874–1943) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director.Pitts p.82 He was married to the actress Marian Swayne. Selected filmography Director * ''The Little American'' (1917) * ''Little Miss Fortune'' (1917) * ''The ...

and starring

Marian Swayne Marian Swayne (July 9, 1891 - August 21, 1973) was an American stage and film actress. Biography Swayne began her career with the Solax Studios in 1911 under the tutelage of Alice Guy-Blaché. In 1917, J. Arthur Nelson, president of Dominion F ...

, Lucile Dorrington and Hugh Thompson.Connelly p.377

Cast

as Sis * Lucile Dorrington as Flossie * Hugh Thompson as Jim *

Bradley Barker Bradley Barker (January 18, 1883 – September 29, 1951) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He also created sound effects for film and radio. Born in Long Island, New York, Barker was a vaudeville performer and an a ...

as Ned * Anna Day-Perry

References

Bibliography

* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Joseph Levering 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{silent-film-stub