She Looks Exactly Like Her Mother Because One Actress Played Both Parts
Mary Pickford loves bank teller J. Farrell MacDonald in a toupee, rather than bank president Joseph Manning, as who would not? When MacDonald turns out to have been tapping the till, he's given six hours to leave town. Miss Pickford goes with him, and soon dies in childbirth. When the infant grows up to be Miss Pickford, MacDonald has become a drunkard, which gives the opportunity for some comedy. At the same time, Manning's nephew, Marshall Neilan shows up in town to prospect for gold. Miss Pickford falls in love with him, but Neilan tells his partner he feels sorry for her. MacDonald gets shot and killed, Miss Pickford gets sent back to Manning for love of her mother, and she promptly charms the old goat.
The story proceeds at a staccato pace, all incidents and charm. Ordinarily I would blame this on a cut-down print, but I looked at a copy that was 66 minutes long, and the IMDb say this is a 50-minute movie! It's a subpar vehicle for Miss Pickford to be charming in, which of course, she is.
The story proceeds at a staccato pace, all incidents and charm. Ordinarily I would blame this on a cut-down print, but I looked at a copy that was 66 minutes long, and the IMDb say this is a 50-minute movie! It's a subpar vehicle for Miss Pickford to be charming in, which of course, she is.
- boblipton
- Aug 4, 2022