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My Best Girl

1927·80 min·US
Director: Sam Taylor
DramaComedyRomance
Spotlight: Mary Pickford

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

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Cast

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Maggie Johnson

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Joe Grant

Sunshine Hart

Sunshine Hart

Ma Johnson

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Pa Johnson

Carmelita Geraghty

Carmelita Geraghty

Liz Johnson

Hobart Bosworth

Hobart Bosworth

Robert Merrill

Evelyn Hall

Evelyn Hall

Esther Merrill

Avonne Taylor

Avonne Taylor

Millicent Rogers

Mack Swain

Mack Swain

Judge

J

Junior Johnston

Nick Powell

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

Child (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited)

William Courtright

William Courtright

Stock Clerk (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Max Davidson

Night Court Spectator (uncredited)

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

Crippled Pencil Peddler (uncredited)

Crew

Kathleen Norris

writer

David Kesson

cinematographer

Allen McNeil

writer

Charles Rosher

cinematographer

Tim Whelan

writer

Hope Loring

writer

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