The Little Girl Next Door (1916 film)

For the earlier film, see The Little Girl Next Door. For the later film, see The Little Girl Next Door (1923 film).

The Little Girl Next Door
Directed by	Richard Foster Baker M. Blair Coan
Production company	Essanay Studios
Release date	May 1916 (1916-05)
Running time	6 reels
Country	USA
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Ad that ran in the Boston Globe for The Little Girl Next Door

The Little Girl Next Door is a 1916 American silent 6-reel ^[1] film on white slavery directed by Richard Foster Baker and M. Blair Coan. ^{[2] [3]}

Based on the findings of the Illinois Vice Commission, the film features screen appearances by "two congressmen, several Illinois senators, the mayor and chief of police of Chicago, the entire investigation body, the Illinois legislature in a body, and a host of social welfare workers in the Illinois metropolis", according to coverage at the time. ^[4]

Cast

The cast includes: ^{[5] [1]}

• Fritzi Ridgeway as The Little Girl Next Door
• Peggie Sweeney as Annie
• Royal Douglas as The Hawk
• Darwin Karr as The State's Attorney
• Warda Howard as Marica Moore
• John Lorena as The Gambier
• Jane Thomas as The Shopgirl
• As themselves:
  • Vice-President of the United States, Thomas R. Marshall
  • Speaker of the House, Champ Clark
  • Congressman James R. Mann, author of the "Mann White Slave act"
  • Congressman L. C. Dyer, of St. Louis
  • Governor Edward F. Dunne, of Illinois
  • Lieutenant Governor Barrett O'Hara, of Illinois
  • Secretary of State Lewis G. Stevenson, of Illinois
  • William Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chicago
  • Samuel A. Ettelson, Corporation Counsel of Chicago
  • John Dill Robertson, Health Commissioner of Chicago
  • C. C. Healy, Chief of Police of Chicago
  • Alderman James Lawley, of Chicago
  • Roy D. Keehn, Chicago attorney
  • Edward A. Beall, Mayor of Alton, Illinois
  • Senator Niels Juul, Chicago
  • Senator D. T. Woodward, Benton, Illinois
  • Senator F. Jeff Tossey, Toledo, Illinois
  • St. Clair Drake, Secretary, Illinois Board of Health
  • Bishop Samuel Fallows, of Illinois
  • Arthur Burrage Farwell, Chicago
  • Rev. Melbourne P. Boynton, Woodlawn Baptist Church, Chicago
  • Rev. Alice Phillips Aldrich, Chicago
  • Wirt W. Hallam, Chicago
  • Judge Uhlir, of the Chicago Morals Court
  • Judge Hopkins, of the Chicago Morals Court
  • Florence King
  • Virginia Brooks, Joan d'Ark of East Hammond, Illinois
  • Rev. Elmer Williams, Chicago
  • Anna Dwyer, Chicago Morals Court
  • Maud Cain Taylor

References

1. ""How's this for an All-Star Cast? (ad)"". The Albany-Decatur Daily. February 3, 1917. p. 2.
2. "The AFI Catalog of Feature Film: The Little Girl Next Door". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
3. "Play to Show Conditions in Chicago". Evening Vanguard. September 18, 1916.
4. "Remarkable Play Sunday at Potter". The Santa Barbara Daily News and the Independent. October 14, 1916. p. 2.
5. "The Theater". The Lexington Herald. September 24, 1916. p. 31.

External links

• The Little Girl Next Door at IMDb