This silent comedy short is about a rough and tumble tomboy who lives in the West. She can rope cattle, ride horses and box with the fellas---and all this disturbs her parents. So, they ship her back East to go to college and hope that this will refine her and turn her into a lady. On the way, she meets and beats up a card cheat on the train.
Once at school, it's rough going for Ann at first--and the film shows a few of her adventures at school. However, over time her rough edges disappear and she becomes just one of the girls. That is until her friend says she's running off to marry her dream-boy. It turns out this guy is the card cheat from earlier in the film, but the friend doesn't believe Ann when she is told. So, it's up to the old rough and ready Ann to come to the rescue--hog-tying and exposing the cheat for who he really is! All in all, it's a cute film that tells an entire story so its plotting is a definite asset. While far from the funniest film of its day, it is significantly better than average--even better than some of Chaplin's films of the time.
Once at school, it's rough going for Ann at first--and the film shows a few of her adventures at school. However, over time her rough edges disappear and she becomes just one of the girls. That is until her friend says she's running off to marry her dream-boy. It turns out this guy is the card cheat from earlier in the film, but the friend doesn't believe Ann when she is told. So, it's up to the old rough and ready Ann to come to the rescue--hog-tying and exposing the cheat for who he really is! All in all, it's a cute film that tells an entire story so its plotting is a definite asset. While far from the funniest film of its day, it is significantly better than average--even better than some of Chaplin's films of the time.