# Bad Little Angel

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{{short description|1939 film by Wilhelm Thiele}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Bad Little Angel
| image          = File:Bad Little Angel poster.JPG
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [Wilhelm Thiele](/source/Wilhelm_Thiele)
| producer       = Albert E. Levoy
| writer         = [Dorothy Yost](/source/Dorothy_Yost)
| based_on       = {{basedon|"Looking After Sandy"|[Margaret Turnbull](/source/Margaret_Turnbull_(screenwriter))}}
| starring       = [Virginia Weidler](/source/Virginia_Weidler)<br>[Gene Reynolds](/source/Gene_Reynolds)
| music          = [Edward Ward](/source/Edward_Ward_(composer))
| cinematography = [John F. Seitz](/source/John_F._Seitz)
| editing        = [Frank Sullivan](/source/Frank_Sullivan_(film_editor))
| studio         = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| distributor    = [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/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](/source/Virginia_Weidler) and [Terry](/source/Terry_(dog)), who also played "Toto" in ''[The Wizard of Oz](/source/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film))'' that year (1939) ]]
'''''Bad Little Angel''''' is a 1939 inspirational [drama film](/source/drama_film) starring [Virginia Weidler](/source/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](/source/Margaret_Turnbull_(screenwriter)).

==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](/source/Virginia_Weidler) as Patricia Victoria 'Patsy' Sanderson
*[Gene Reynolds](/source/Gene_Reynolds) as Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
*[Guy Kibbee](/source/Guy_Kibbee) as Luther Marvin
*[Ian Hunter](/source/Ian_Hunter_(actor)) as Jim Creighton 
*[Elizabeth Patterson](/source/Elizabeth_Patterson_(actress)) as Mrs. Perkins
*[Reginald Owen](/source/Reginald_Owen) as Edwards, Marvin's Valet
*[Henry Hull](/source/Henry_Hull) as Red Wilks
*[Lois Wilson](/source/Lois_Wilson_(actress)) as Mrs. Ellen Creighton
*[Byron Foulger](/source/Byron_Foulger) as New Sentinel Editor (uncredited)
*[Russell Hicks](/source/Russell_Hicks_(actor)) as Maj. Ellwood (uncredited)
*[George Irving](/source/George_Irving_(American_actor)) as Dr. Bell (uncredited)
*[Mitchell Lewis](/source/Mitchell_Lewis_(actor)) as Fireman (uncredited)
*[Terry](/source/Terry_(dog)) as Rex the Dog (uncredited)

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

{{Wilhelm Thiele}}

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

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