This is a pleasant, funny adaptation of an O. Henry story, providing good entertainment while making a simple point or two. The technique is pretty standard for its time, relying mostly on a series of fixed shots plus a little parallel editing to tell the story, but it is solid and sound in its composition and in pretty much every other respect.
The story follows the efforts of a young man to win the approval of his girlfriend's father through hard work. His futile efforts in that direction are occasionally quite funny, and the climactic sequence is both amusing and agreeably offbeat.
The story-telling is a little more straightforward than that of O. Henry, who used to save things up for the maximum effect, and thus this movie version has a little less punch to it. But it works well in its own right, as an enjoyable story that treats its characters in a light-hearted but thoughtful fashion.