Miss Nobody (1926 film)

7 reels; 6,859 feetCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Miss Nobody is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures and directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film is based on a short story by Tiffany Wells titled "Shebo"; the likely feminine pronunciation of hobo. The stars of the film were Anna Q. Nilsson and Walter Pidgeon, then in an early role in his career.^[1] The plot of this film bears a striking resemblance to Beggars of Life, made two years later at Paramount.

The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos, and she travels incognito cross country dressed as a man.

• Anna Q. Nilsson as Barbara Brown
• Walter Pidgeon as Bravo
• Louise Fazenda as Mazie Raleigh
• Mitchell Lewis as Harmony
• Clyde Cook as Bertie
• Arthur Stone as Happy
• Anders Randolf as J.B. Hardiman
• Claire Du Brey as Ann Adams
• Jed Prouty as The Farmer
• Caroline Rankin as His Wife
• George Nichols as The Sheriff
• Elita Proctor Otis as Miriam Arnold (credited as Oleta Otis)
• James Gordon as Police Sergeant
• Fred Warren as Barker

This film appears to now be a lost film. Two other silent films titled Miss Nobody from 1917 (starring Gladys Hulette) and 1920 (starring Billie Rhodes) are preserved in the film collection of the Library of Congress.^[2]

• Miss Nobody at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Anna Q. Nilsson in a still from Photoplay magazine (July 1926)
• Still from www.metmuseum.org
• Lobby poster for Miss Nobody^{[permanent dead link]}