which in turn is based on Little Orphan Annie, the 1924 comic strip by Harold Gray. Annie: A Royal Adventure! is a TV sequel, released in the United States in 1995 and internationally in 1996.

Dear Annie: My husband hasn’t heard a word from his mother in over 20 years -- not even after the deaths of two of her sons. She’s now 94, and we recently heard she’s still alive, still isolated, and ...