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.

There, she entertains the children of the household with her stories, but sees her abusive aunt and uncle as her chief tormentors.

Uncle Thomp, hearing that Dave has been killed in action, takes pleasure in telling Annie the news.

[5] Some outlines have Annie dying in the end and being reunited in heaven ("The Good World") with her mother, where she is wedded to Dave.

The surviving version of the film has Annie fall ill, only to recover and learn Thomp's news was only a bad dream.

[9] Principal photography began in early December 1917 in the San Francisco Bay Area and lasted through mid-1918.