Eddie Lincoln wants to marry Clara Kimball Young, so he asks her brother, George Cooper, how to go about it. George puts on a dress to take the role of a woman, while his sister and her friend watch.
This harmless split-reel comedy can be viewed in a good print at the Eye Institute site on YouTube. Although the first half of it looks like a Coronet Educational short from the 1950s in which two teenagers monotonously worry about the proper placement of the grapefruit fork, interspersed with some professor droning on about how good table manners will get you that job promotion -- well, it's a comedy, and the message is clearly be natural, be clear and the worst that will happen is the ladies will giggle. Mostly at Mr. Cooper in a dress.
Miss Young is charming and vivacious and it's fairly obvious how she became an ingénue star.
This harmless split-reel comedy can be viewed in a good print at the Eye Institute site on YouTube. Although the first half of it looks like a Coronet Educational short from the 1950s in which two teenagers monotonously worry about the proper placement of the grapefruit fork, interspersed with some professor droning on about how good table manners will get you that job promotion -- well, it's a comedy, and the message is clearly be natural, be clear and the worst that will happen is the ladies will giggle. Mostly at Mr. Cooper in a dress.
Miss Young is charming and vivacious and it's fairly obvious how she became an ingénue star.
