Little Orphant Annie (2016)

Little Orphant Annie is a reedit of a silent film of the same title from 1918 directed by Colin Campbell Two reels from an original nitrate print were scanned and reedited to make the new film which follows the structure of the poem written by James Whitcomb Riley in 1885 Riley is heard reciting his poem in a recording made in 1912 The poem is also heard read by Kelli Shay Hix in 2016 who additionally wrote and performs the song The Swimmer