Paper Moon (1973)

Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal)
sketch, sumi brushpen and grey marker

The year is 1936. Orphaned Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal, in her film debut) is left in the care of unethical travelling Bible salesman Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal, Tatum's dad), who may or may not be her father. En route to Addie's relatives, Moses learns that the 9-year-old is quite a handful: she smokes, cusses, and is almost as devious and manipulative as he is.

--From the NY Times Movies Overview, which includes more film info and a link to a 1973 poor review.

Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) and Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal)
sketch, sumi brushpen and grey marker

This might be one of the nicest, most perfect movies I've seen in a long time. It came as a recommendation from a friend and by the title and somber pictures I'd seen of it before, I expected my Sunday night to require a box of kleenex to sop up a great heartache. I was told to not worry, that it's a comedy and that I'd love it.

And, it does start out in a sorrowful way, a very young girl attending the lonely funeral of her mother. But, something about the leading man picking his way across the cemetery, stooping to swipe some flowers off another headstone, then standing stiffly at the grave site... was just peculiarly funny. The road didn't end there, it continues on and on with amazing laughs and hilarity at the situations the two oddball characters find themselves in. Often with even odder folk.

Trixie Delight (Madeline Khan), pencil and sumi brushpen sketch
Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) sumi brushpen and grey marker sketch

Moses: I got scruples too, you know. You know what that is? Scruples?

Addie Loggins: No, I don't know what it is, but if you got 'em, it's a sure bet they belong to somebody else!

Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) sumi brushpen and grey marker sketch

But, my friend lied to me. I did cry... there are moments where you feel so much for Addie. So capable, but still a little girl. So, I maybe ended up using only a quarter box of kleenex...