While the Broadway musical made “Annie” famous in 1977, the character goes back to an 1885 poem by James Whitcomb Riley, which he based on an orphan living in his own home. “Annie” evolved ...

First it was a poem by James Whitcomp Riley called "Little Orphant Annie," written in 1885. Cartoonist Harold Gray then adapted the story into a daily newspaper comic strip called Little Orphan Annie.

Little Orphan Annie may be famous in comic strips and movies, but she was first near and dear to the hearts of a Hancock ...

You'd never know it to look at her, but Annie is 90 this year. She began life as "Little Orphan Annie," heroine of Harold Gray's comic strip, which first appeared in 1924. Hapless yet ...

Little Orphan Annie's spirit was very impressive, ... As I noted a few years back, "Little Orphant Annie" was a popular 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley, ...

The poem was the basis for a silent film, a song, and a storybook. Then Annie became a comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray in 1924. The comic strip inspired a radio show and two film ...

First it was a poem by James Whitcomp Riley called "Little Orphant Annie," written in 1885. Cartoonist Harold Gray then adapted the story into a daily newspaper comic strip called Little Orphan Annie.