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This is one of my favourite silents. You can really sympathize with Lillian's character -- in fact, some of the themes are still relevant today such as the sexual double standard women face. Squire Bartlett was giving Lillian a hard time because he knew nothing of her family background when she came to him to find employment -- yet, had it been a man, the Squire would respect the man's right to privacy regarding his private life.

Lillian's acting is great. To me the true judgement of a silent film's effectiveness is the ability to stir up emotions in viewers just by watching the actor's face and body movements. Lillian achieves this beautifully. I think if this were a talkie the effect would have been less.

Overall, this is a great film but a bit long in some parts. For example, that Perkins woman (with the ringlets) was quite annoying and the film sometimes focused a little too much on her antics. I give it a 9 out of 10.

I used to watch this show all the time when I was young. But now that I'm older, this show kind of grates on my nerves, especially the characters of Charles, Caroline, and Mary Ingalls. Charles was a sexist, tyrranical pig who wanted to control his little family. Mary was a boring know-it-all, goody two-shoes. Caroline was a wimp that hardly had the courage to stand up to Charles when you pushed her around and tried to control her with his sexist attitudes. Laura was okay because compared to Mary she at least had the guts at times to defy her parents.

The only two characters that made this show worthwhile and memorable for me to watch (as well as quite hilarious) were the characters of Harriet and Nellie Olson. Who could forget Nellie yelling at Laura in her bullmoose voice: "You'll pay for this, Laura Ingalls, if it's the last thing I do!" Harriet was such a nosy, jealous snob and always out to get the Ingalls. It was funny to see how a lot of her schemes backfired on her!

Anyway, this show isn't so back if you can get past the moralizing from Charles. It's a good way to while away the hour when there's nothing else good on TV.

This along with Stella Maris are my two most favourite Pickford films. I've seen this film about 4 times as issued by Image Entertainment. The Image Entertainment version has a beautiful and uplifting musical score that matches the movie perfectly.

Mary and Buddy are perfect together and theirs is the romance that all of us wish to have at least once in our lifetime. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry.

I also loved the performances of Lucien Littlefield who plays Mary's father, Sunshine Hart who plays her mother and the fiery and exotic Carmelita Geraghty who plays her jazz-loving, hot-tempered flapper sister.

The ending is funny. We see Mary's rag-tag family ready to make the boat on time where she will be married to her sweetheart.

One of the best and funniest silents ever! Also, check out Harold Lloyd's Girl Shy (1924). That's another funny romantic film too.