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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Annie's ready to brawl.]] |
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4 | ''Little Annie Rooney'' is a 1925 film directed by William Beaudine, starring Creator/MaryPickford and William Haines. |
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6 | Annie Rooney (Pickford) is a spunky teen girl (Pickford was [[DawsonCasting 33 years old]]) living in the slums of New York. Annie is a tomboy and leader of a gang of teens, who frequently engage in alley-wide brawls with a rival teen gang, the Kid Kellys. Annie isn't always a tomboy, though; she has a crush on Joe Kelly (Haines). Jack is the leader of the Big Kellys, a grown-up gang of petty criminals. Annie's brother Tim is a member of the Big Kellys, as their father is a policeman. Many wacky hijinks ensue as Annie engages in her high-spirited adventures and admires Joe from afar--until tragedy suddenly ensues. |
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11 | * AsYouKnow: "G'wan, Tim Rooney, I don't shake hands with no cop's son," says Spider, establishing that 1) Tim is Annie's brother and 2) their father is a policeman. |
12 | * DancesAndBalls: The tragic shooting of Pops Rooney takes place at the neighborhood dance. |
13 | * DiedOnTheirBirthday: Annie's police officer father is shot dead on his birthday. Annie learns this after she made a birthday cake for him. |
14 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Annie is so distracted by handsome Joe that she spills the cream in her creamer all over the floor. |
15 | * EasilyForgiven: Not only does Tim shoot Joe on a public street, he actually turns himself in to the police. What happens to him? He becomes a cop. |
16 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very first shot has members of the Kid Kellys drawing an unflattering caricature of Annie on a wall. Annie sees them, and flings a brick. A massive brick-throwing brawl breaks out. |
17 | * FruitCart: A spin on the old trope. No one crashes into a fruit cart, but the brawling kids wind up spooking a horse attached to a fruit cart, which promptly bolts, spilling fruit everywhere. |
18 | * GrievousBottleyHarm: A lot of bricks connect with noggins, but no one seems the worse for wear. |
19 | * HaveAGayOldTime: The dance that the Big Kellys are strong arming people into buying tickets for is being hosted by the "Pansy Social Club." |
20 | * IAmSpartacus: When Annie finally confesses to flinging the brick that spooked the horse, all her friends each say that no, they did it. |
21 | * InstantDeathBullet: Officer Rooney just keels over dead after he's shot at the dance. |
22 | * LoveRedeems: Joe, a petty criminal, turns to good after falling in love with Annie. The last scene shows that he's started a trucking company. |
23 | * MissingMom: No hint of where Mom is, not even when a neighbor playfully suggests another neighbor might become the new Mrs. Rooney. |
24 | * MoodWhiplash: The film turns on a dime from wacky Film/OurGang-style hijinks to tragedy when Officer Rooney gets shot. |
25 | * OfficerOHara: Pops Rooney is straight out of central casting, saying things like "'Tis proud I am." He has no idea his son is a petty hoodlum. |
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