Even though this film was made after the scandals of William Desmond Taylor's death and Courtland Dines' shooting and also after Mabel had time off for "exhaustion", in this film she looks just lovely. The story and production were also a few steps up from her previous films as well.
Sue Graham (Normand) is movie mad and is always "practicing". Dave (Ralph Graves) and Aaron Applejohn (Vernon Dent) are suitors that are vying for her affections. To prevent a romantic entanglement Sue runs off to Hollywood, convinced that she has won a movie contest. She has (sort of!!) - she entered a competition but a romantic rival, Belle Brown, substituted her very pretty picture for a photo showing a more conventional looking beauty. Belle wants her in Hollywood so she can ensnare Dave, the boy Sue really loves. There are some wonderful comic routines as Sue, who is almost about to marry Aaron, is whisked from her home and is chased to the station by her irate father.
When she arrives the studio realises their mistake but puts her to work in the prop department. There are some really funny scenes - when Sue is having a screen test and gets chewing gum on her shoes, also when she mistakes a real lion for Teddy, the movie dog and leads it all around the studio - everyone is screaming and jumping out of the way but Sue is oblivious to it all.
A Mr. Hackett arrives on the scene just in time to part her parents from their life savings (investing in fake oil wells!!!!) Dave has also got a job as a prop boy so he can watch over Sue. There are also some exciting fights. One at the beginning between Aaron and Dave. At the end Sue goes to Mr. Hacker armed with a gun determined to get her parent's money back. Dave goes with her and there is a hair raising fight involving open windows and flying cushions (the money is hidden in one).
The film ends happily - not the way you would think - but a few years later when Sue, happily married with a child, looks back wistfully on the career she never had!!!!
Sue Graham (Normand) is movie mad and is always "practicing". Dave (Ralph Graves) and Aaron Applejohn (Vernon Dent) are suitors that are vying for her affections. To prevent a romantic entanglement Sue runs off to Hollywood, convinced that she has won a movie contest. She has (sort of!!) - she entered a competition but a romantic rival, Belle Brown, substituted her very pretty picture for a photo showing a more conventional looking beauty. Belle wants her in Hollywood so she can ensnare Dave, the boy Sue really loves. There are some wonderful comic routines as Sue, who is almost about to marry Aaron, is whisked from her home and is chased to the station by her irate father.
When she arrives the studio realises their mistake but puts her to work in the prop department. There are some really funny scenes - when Sue is having a screen test and gets chewing gum on her shoes, also when she mistakes a real lion for Teddy, the movie dog and leads it all around the studio - everyone is screaming and jumping out of the way but Sue is oblivious to it all.
A Mr. Hackett arrives on the scene just in time to part her parents from their life savings (investing in fake oil wells!!!!) Dave has also got a job as a prop boy so he can watch over Sue. There are also some exciting fights. One at the beginning between Aaron and Dave. At the end Sue goes to Mr. Hacker armed with a gun determined to get her parent's money back. Dave goes with her and there is a hair raising fight involving open windows and flying cushions (the money is hidden in one).
The film ends happily - not the way you would think - but a few years later when Sue, happily married with a child, looks back wistfully on the career she never had!!!!