My Best Girl

My Best Girl

1927 · 80 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

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.

Directed by Sam Taylor · Written by Tim Whelan

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Cast

Mary Pickford Maggie Johnson
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Joe Grant
Sunshine Hart Ma Johnson
Lucien Littlefield Pa Johnson
Carmelita Geraghty Liz Johnson
Hobart Bosworth Robert Merrill
Evelyn Hall Esther Merrill
Avonne Taylor Millicent Rogers
Mack Swain Judge
Junior Johnston Nick Powell
Matthew Beard Child (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited)

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