"""Chicago Tribune"" and stayed until 1919 when he left to freelance in commercial art. In 1923, while residing in Lombard, Illinois, he became a Freemason. From 1921 to 1924, he did the lettering for Sidney Smith's ""The Gumps"". After he came up with a strip idea in 1924 for ""Little Orphan Otto"", the title was altered by ""Chicago Tribune"" editor Joseph Medill Patterson to ""Little Orphan Annie"", launched August 5, 1924. Gray's first wife, Doris C. Platt, died in late 1925. He married Winifred Frost in 1929, and the couple moved to Greens Farms, Connecticut, spending winters in La Jolla,"
"Little Orphan Annie Little Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem ""Little Orphant Annie"" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York ""Daily News"". The plot follows the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver ""Daddy"" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) organized labor, the New Deal and communism. Following"
"Harold Gray Harold Lincoln Gray (January 20, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"". He is considered to be the first American cartoonist to use a comic strip to express a political philosophy. Harold Gray was born in Kankakee, Illinois on January 20, 1894, to Estella Mary () and Ira Lincoln Gray, a farmer. Both parents died before he finished high school in 1912 in West Lafayette, Indiana, where the family had moved. In 1913, he got his first newspaper job at a Lafayette daily."
"from the Chicago Tribune-New York Times Syndicate, Inc. for the dates 1943, 1959–61 and 1965–68, as well as originals and photocopies of the printed versions of ""Little Orphan Annie"", both daily and Sunday strips. Considering both Cupples & Leon and Pacific Comics Club, the biggest gap is in 1928. Little Orphan Annie Little Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem ""Little Orphant Annie"" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York"
"correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. The collection contains a scrapbook, a short story by Gray titled ""Annie"", letters, postcards and telegrams from 1937 to 1967, including correspondence with ""Collier's"", Purdue University, Al Capp and Mort Walker. Gray's appointment books with comic strip dialogue and plots are dated 1929, 1931, 1933–1935, 1937, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950–59 and 1961. Photographs show Gray drawing and Gray as a U.S. Army officer Harold Gray Harold Lincoln Gray (January 20, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"". He is considered to"
"California: Comics Access, 1995. Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney is a comic strip about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog, Zero. King Features Syndicate launched the strip on January 10, 1927, not long after it was apparent that the Chicago Tribune Syndicate had scored a huge hit with ""Little Orphan Annie"". The name comes from the 1889 popular song of the same name, still familiar to many at the time. Although the King Features strip was an obvious knock-off with several similar parallels, the approach was quite different, and ""Little Annie Rooney"" had a successful"
"Little Orphan Annie (1938 film) Little Orphan Annie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes and written by Budd Schulberg and Samuel Ornitz. It is based on the comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"" by Harold Gray. The film stars Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald and J.M. Kerrigan. The film was released on December 2, 1938, by Paramount Pictures. Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald)."
"but ""Little Orphan Annie"" was finally accepted and debuted in a test run on August 5, 1924, in the New York ""Daily News"", a ""Tribune"" owned tabloid. Reader response was positive, and ""Annie"" began appearing as a Sunday strip in the ""Tribune"" on November 2 and as a daily strip on November 10. It was soon offered for syndication and picked up by the ""Toronto Star"" and ""The Atlanta Constitution"". Gray reported in 1952 that Annie's origin lay in a chance meeting he had with a ragamuffin while wandering the streets of Chicago looking for cartooning ideas. ""I talked to"
"Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney is a comic strip about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog, Zero. King Features Syndicate launched the strip on January 10, 1927, not long after it was apparent that the Chicago Tribune Syndicate had scored a huge hit with ""Little Orphan Annie"". The name comes from the 1889 popular song of the same name, still familiar to many at the time. Although the King Features strip was an obvious knock-off with several similar parallels, the approach was quite different, and ""Little Annie Rooney"" had a successful run from January 10,"
"1920. In 2008, the city of Lombard, Illinois declared April 6 to be ""Ellen Martin Day"" in commemoration of Ms. Martin's historic victory for women's suffrage. William LeRoy built a home in the Italianate style on Lombard's Main Street in 1881. LeRoy specialized in making artificial limbs for civil war veterans and lived in this house until 1900. The house would eventually become the home of Harold Gray's parents and the studio of Harold Gray, the originator of Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip. Harold Gray used the home's study to work on the Annie cartoons, and some features of the"
"Little Orphant Annie ""Little Orphant Annie"" is an 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by the Bowen-Merrill Company. First titled ""The Elf Child"", the name was changed by Riley to ""Little Orphant Allie"" at its third printing; however, a typecasting error during printing renamed the poem to its current form. Known as the ""Hoosier poet"", Riley wrote the rhymes in nineteenth-century Hoosier dialect. As one of his most well known poems, it served as the inspiration for the character Little Orphan Annie upon whom was based a comic strip, plays, radio programs, television shows, and movies. The"
"Little Orphan Annie (1932 film) Little Orphan Annie is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Wanda Tuchock and Tom McNamara. It is based on the comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"" by Harold Gray. The film stars Mitzi Green, Buster Phelps, May Robson, Matt Moore and Edgar Kennedy. The film was released on November 4, 1932, by RKO Pictures. Oliver ""Daddy"" Warbucks is going away to find gold. He must leave Annie and Sandy and promises that when he gets back they'll be rich. On the way home, Sandy finds a little boy"
"this little kid and liked her right away,"" Gray said, ""She had common sense, knew how to take care of herself. She had to. Her name was Annie. At the time some 40 strips were using boys as the main characters; only three were using girls. I chose Annie for mine, and made her an orphan, so she'd have no family, no tangling alliances, but freedom to go where she pleased."" By changing the gender of his lead character, Gray differentiated himself in the field of comics (and likely increased his readership by appealing to female readers). In designing the"
"named Mickey crying behind a fence. Mickey is upset because his grandmother died and he is being forced to go to an orphanage. Little Orphan Annie (1932 film) Little Orphan Annie is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Wanda Tuchock and Tom McNamara. It is based on the comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"" by Harold Gray. The film stars Mitzi Green, Buster Phelps, May Robson, Matt Moore and Edgar Kennedy. The film was released on November 4, 1932, by RKO Pictures. Oliver ""Daddy"" Warbucks is going away to find gold. He must"
"(empty or ""ground glass"") nuclei are a characteristic histological finding in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. Harold Gray's work is in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. The Gray collection includes artwork, printed material, correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. Gray's original pen and ink drawings for ""Little Orphan Annie"" daily strips date from 1924 to 1968. The Sunday strips date from 1924 to 1964. Printed material in the collection includes numerous proofs of ""Little Orphan Annie"" daily and Sunday strips (1925–68). Most of these are in bound volumes. There are proofsheets of ""Little Orphan Annie"" daily strips"
"groups. Twenty thousand Junior Commandos were reportedly registered in Boston. Gray was praised far and wide for his war effort brainchild. ""Editor & Publisher"" wrote, Harold Gray, ""Little Orphan Annie"" creator, has done one of the biggest jobs to date for the scrap drive. His 'Junior Commando' project, which he inaugurated some months ago, has caught on all around the country, and tons of scrap have been collected and contributed to the campaign. The kids sell the scrap, and the proceeds are turned into stamps and bonds. Not all was rosy for Gray however. He applied for extra gas coupons,"
"Paul Kirchner Paul Kirchner (born January 29, 1952) is an American writer and illustrator who has worked in diverse areas, from comic strips and toy design to advertising and editorial art. Paul Kirchner was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Cooper Union School of Art but left in his third year, when, with the help of Larry Hama and Neal Adams, he began to get work in the comic book industry. He penciled stories for DC’s horror line and assisted on ""Little Orphan Annie"" for Tex Blaisdell, who took over the strip after the death of Harold Gray. In"
"Little Orphant Annie (1918 film) Little Orphant Annie is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and stars Colleen Moore, in her first leading role, as the title character. The film is based on James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem of the same title. Riley also appears in the film. Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells her fellow orphans stories of ghosts and goblins. The matron of the orphanage finds Annie's closest relative, the abusive Uncle Thomp. Her uncle who puts her to hard work"
"while jumping rope in the movie ""Texas Killing Fields"" ( 2011) Texts Little Orphant Annie ""Little Orphant Annie"" is an 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and published by the Bowen-Merrill Company. First titled ""The Elf Child"", the name was changed by Riley to ""Little Orphant Allie"" at its third printing; however, a typecasting error during printing renamed the poem to its current form. Known as the ""Hoosier poet"", Riley wrote the rhymes in nineteenth-century Hoosier dialect. As one of his most well known poems, it served as the inspiration for the character Little Orphan Annie upon whom was"
"Little Orphan Annie (radio) Little Orphan Annie was an American radio drama series based on the popularity of the comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"". It debuted on Chicago's WGN in 1930, then moved to the NBC radio network Blue Network on April 6, 1931. It aired until April 26, 1942. Together with ""Skippy"" (1932–1935) it is seen as the oldest US children's radio program. Radio historian Jim Harmon attributes the show's popularity in ""The Great Radio Heroes"" to the fact that it was the only radio show to deal with and appeal to young children. ""Little Orphan Annie"" was based"
"a one-time publicity stunt, for one artist to take over a feature from its originator is an old tradition in newspaper cartooning (as it is in the comic book industry). In fact, the practice has made possible the longevity of the genre's more popular strips. Examples include ""Little Orphan Annie"" (drawn and plotted by Harold Gray from 1924 to 1944 and thereafter by a succession of artists including Leonard Starr and Andrew Pepoy), and ""Terry and The Pirates"", started by Milton Caniff in 1934 and picked up by George Wunder. A business-driven variation has sometimes led to the same feature"
"on Harold Gray's eponymous and equally popular comic strip series ""Little Orphan Annie"". The show debuted on WGN/Chicago in 1930, but only became a national hit when it moved to NBC radio's Blue Network in 1931. It was broadcast in the late afternoon and ran for twelve successful years. In 1931, when the show debuted, radio had yet to establish coast-to-coast networks so two separate casts performed—one in San Francisco starring Floy Margaret Hughes and the other in Chicago starring Shirley Bell as Annie, Stanley Andrews as ""Daddy"", and Allan Baruck (and later Mel Tormé) as Joe Corntassel. When coast"
"Mudge"" to be Annie's parents, which Roosevelt gives without reservation. Daddy Warbucks Lieutenant General Sir Oliver ""Daddy"" Warbucks is a fictional character from the comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"". He made his first appearance in the Daily News in the ""Annie"" strip on September 27, 1924. In the series he is said to be around 52 years of age. Warbucks was born about 1894, near the small town of Supine. (In Thomas Meehan's 1980 novelisation of his 1977 musical, he was born and brought up in Hell's Kitchen New York and is 52 years old as of 1933, thus giving"
"The Little Orphan The Little Orphan is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 40th released ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon, released in theatres on April 30, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge and Ray Patterson. ""The Little Orphan"" won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, this being the fifth Oscar (of seven) given to the cat and mouse team. Though the cartoon was released in 1949, it"
"people. Gray sometimes ghosted ""Little Joe"" (1933–72), the strip by his assistant (and cousin) Ed Leffingwell which was continued by Ed's brother Robert. ""Maw Green"", a spin-off of ""Annie"" was published as a topper to ""Little Orphan Annie"". It mixed vaudeville timing with the same deeply conservative attitudes as ""Annie"". Films, radio and merchandising made Gray a multi-millionaire. He died of cancer at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla on May 9, 1968, at the age of 74. Harold Gray's work is in the Special Collections Department at the Boston University Library. The Gray collection includes artwork, printed material,"
"described ""Annie"" as ""Hooverism in the Funnies"", arguing that Gray's strip was defending utility company bosses then being investigated by the government. The ""Herald Dispatch"" of Huntington, West Virginia stopped running ""Little Orphan Annie"", printing a front page editorial rebuking Gray's politics. A subsequent ""New Republic"" editorial praised the paper's move, and ""The Nation"" likewise voiced its support. In the late 1920s, the strip had taken on a more adult and adventurous feel with Annie encountering killers, gangsters, spies, and saboteurs. It was about this time that Gray, whose politics seem to have been broadly conservative and libertarian with a"
"drawing style inspired by that of Harold Gray's comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"". Unusual for comics of the time, it includes a full scholarly apparatus: a foreword, index, bibliography, and end notes. The lengthy, hand-lettered appendix provides insight into Brown's creative process and biases and highlights where he changed historical facts to create a more engaging story, such as incorporating a conspiracy theory not widely accepted by historians. Brown became interested in the issue of property rights while researching the book, which led to a public change in his politics from anarchism to libertarianism. Although Brown intended it to be"
"Annie (musical) Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"", with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs ""Tomorrow"" and ""It's the Hard Knock Life"" are among its most popular musical numbers. In 1933, eleven-year-old Annie is in"
"died in 1968. Retitled ""Annie"", Starr's incarnation of the strip received the National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Strip Award in 1983 and 1984. Starr continued it successfully until his retirement in 2000. Beginning in 2006, Starr produced new artwork for the covers to the ongoing series of ""On Stage"" reprint volumes published by Classic Comics Press. He died June 30, 2015. Leonard Starr Leonard Starr (October 28, 1925 – June 30, 2015) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist, and advertising artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strip ""On Stage"" and reviving ""Little Orphan Annie"". Born October 28,"
"the juried exhibition were submitted from across the United States. The selections featured 253 works of art from 132 artists. Hoosier Group artist T. C. Steele and his wife, Selma, attended the opening of the Salon's first exhibition, which was well received by art critics and the public. Among the first exhibition's favorites was a set of three ""Little Orphan Annie"" cartoons from their creator, Harold Gray, a 1917 graduate of Purdue University. Hoosier artists whose work also appeared at the first Salon included all four Hoosier Group members who were still living (T.C. Steele, William Forsyth, Otto Stark, and"
"worked on the strip over the years. In ""The Penguin Book of Comics"" Belinda is described as ""a perpetual waif, a British counterpart to the transatlantic ""Little Orphan Annie""."" The strip also influenced ""Little Annie Rooney"" (Jan. 10, 1927-1966) and ""Frankie Doodle"" (1934-1938). In 1995, ""Little Orphan Annie"" was one of 20 American comic strips included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative U.S. postage stamps. ""Little Orphan Annie"" lent itself easily to parody, which was taken up by both Walt Kelly in ""Pogo"" (as ""Little Arf 'n Nonnie"" and later ""Lulu Arfin' Nanny"") and by Al Capp in"
"as Frank King and Harold Gray. While they act like human characters, they are drawn in an bald, alien-like style, with exaggerated cartoon features and blank circles for eyes that are reminiscent of Gray's ""Little Orphan Annie"" comic strip. For a few years, Drawn and Quarterly publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Oliveros had tried to convince Brown to change the title of ""Yummy Fur"" in the hopes of achieving higher sales. Brown announced in Yummy Fur #32 that he would change the title and start a new series, as the title no longer suited the contents, and he was about to"
"Shirley Bell Cole Shirley Adrienne Bell Cole (February 21, 1920 (another source says 1921) – January 12, 2010), also known as Shirley Bell, was an American radio actress; best known as the voice of ""Little Orphan Annie"" in the eponymous radio show of the same name. Born Shirley Adrienne Bell in Chicago's South Side, she grew up in various apartments as her family endured the Depression. Her mother was described as ""the consummate stage mother,"" while her father ""left the family when Shirley was a toddler."" She attended Lake View High School in Chicago. Cole was first heard on radio"