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My Best Girl

My Best Girl

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My Best Girl

1927

1h 20m

7.1(21 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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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United Artists

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Junior Johnston

Nick Powell

Creative team

Directed by: Sam Taylor
Written by: Allen McNeil
Tim Whelan
Produced by: Mary Pickford

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