Bad Little Angel

{{short description|1939 film by Wilhelm Thiele}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Bad Little Angel | image = File:Bad Little Angel poster.JPG | caption = Film poster | director = Wilhelm Thiele | producer = Albert E. Levoy | writer = Dorothy Yost | based_on = {{basedon|"Looking After Sandy"|Margaret Turnbull}} | starring = Virginia Weidler<br>Gene Reynolds | music = Edward Ward | cinematography = John F. Seitz | editing = Frank Sullivan | studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1939|10|27}} | runtime = 72 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} [[File:Virginia Weidler and Toto.jpg|thumb|275px|Virginia Weidler and Terry, who also played "Toto" in ''The Wizard of Oz'' that year (1939) ]] '''''Bad Little Angel''''' is a 1939 inspirational drama film starring Virginia Weidler as an orphan named Patsy Sanderson, living in America around 1900. The film was based on the story "Looking After Sandy" by Margaret Turnbull.

==Plot== Treated with contempt in her small New England town, the lonely Patsy takes the advice of a dying woman and decides to live according to verses in the Bible. After reading a verse about Egypt, she flees her orphanage and spends almost all the money she has on a train ticket to a town called Egypt, New Jersey. There she finds friends and a new family, helps the downtrodden, and awakens the consciences of wrongdoers.

==Cast== *Virginia Weidler as Patricia Victoria 'Patsy' Sanderson *Gene Reynolds as Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks *Guy Kibbee as Luther Marvin *Ian Hunter as Jim Creighton *Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Perkins *Reginald Owen as Edwards, Marvin's Valet *Henry Hull as Red Wilks *Lois Wilson as Mrs. Ellen Creighton *Byron Foulger as New Sentinel Editor (uncredited) *Russell Hicks as Maj. Ellwood (uncredited) *George Irving as Dr. Bell (uncredited) *Mitchell Lewis as Fireman (uncredited) *Terry as Rex the Dog (uncredited)

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Bad Little Angel}} * {{IMDb title|0031072}}

Category:1939 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Category:Films about orphans Category:1939 drama films Category:American drama films Category:Films with screenplays by Dorothy Yost Category:Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) Category:1939 English-language films Category:Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele Category:1939 American films Category:English-language drama films