Although Edna Hunter plays the title role in
DeLuxe Annie, the film was a vehicle for
Norma Talmadge. DeLuxe Annie is a skillful con artist who employs several small-time crooks, among them a strange young woman named Julie. Suffering from amnesia, Julie has no way of knowing that she has a wealthy husband and a bouncing baby boy. In fact, the only man in her life at present is crafty crook Jimmy Fitzpatrick (
Eugene O'Brien). As expected, DeLuxe Annie's latest "scam" requires Jimmy and Julie to victimize Julie's own husband -- which action suddenly jars the heroine's memory. The plot of
DeLuxe Annie would resurface in various forms over the next eight decades; in 1985, it served as the basis of the thoroughly up-to-date comedy
Desperately Seeking Susan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide