This is Mabel Normand's eight film. However except for a couple of films where she plays extras, and D.W. Griffith's melodrama "Saved From Himself" this is, I believe, the earliest film that survives of her in a staring role. It is a great example of her being vivacious, adorable and bubbly in one of her first important comedies.
It is also the 18th film of John Bunny. He is a Charles Laughton lookalike, who is considered one of the first great movie screen comedians. He was around sixty years old when he became a movie star.
This is basically a two practical-joke comedy. Bunny is a businessman father and Mabel plays Betty, his lovable daughter. The first practical joke is Betty getting her girlfriend to be daddy's secretary. The secretary sprays perfume on all his papers and tries to make out with him. The second practical joke has Betty getting her boyfriend to put on a wig and old man's outfit and apply for the job of daddy's secretary.
This movie relies more on situation comedy than slapstick. There are a couple of wonderful shots with Mabel in the deep background and Bunny in the foreground that are quite interesting.
The movie is amusing enough to still bring a chuckle or two and one can easily see why John Bunny was a star at this time and Mabel Normand was about to be.
It is also the 18th film of John Bunny. He is a Charles Laughton lookalike, who is considered one of the first great movie screen comedians. He was around sixty years old when he became a movie star.
This is basically a two practical-joke comedy. Bunny is a businessman father and Mabel plays Betty, his lovable daughter. The first practical joke is Betty getting her girlfriend to be daddy's secretary. The secretary sprays perfume on all his papers and tries to make out with him. The second practical joke has Betty getting her boyfriend to put on a wig and old man's outfit and apply for the job of daddy's secretary.
This movie relies more on situation comedy than slapstick. There are a couple of wonderful shots with Mabel in the deep background and Bunny in the foreground that are quite interesting.
The movie is amusing enough to still bring a chuckle or two and one can easily see why John Bunny was a star at this time and Mabel Normand was about to be.