A silent movie so lost even the hay it was filmed on is more famous.
Stranded in the small town of Buckeye Junction young actress Madge Joy crawls upon a load of hay and falls asleep. Knocked unconscious when young farmer Robert Deep hitches up the wagon not realizing she’s inside she awakes in the Deep living room. "Ma" Deep takes to her at once, but old “Pa” Deep looks at her sternly. Claiming to be a runaway orphan rather than an actress she becomes a member of the family. Falling for Madge Robert confesses he dreams of being a playwright, that night his sister Susan, who has run away to be an actress, reappears. Pa Deep is furious when he finds out his daughter has been on the stage, but Madge reveals that she is herself an actress threatening to go away with Robert unless he makes up with his daughter. Eventually Madge finds fame in New York with Robert following with a play he knows is right.
Acting
Viola Dana's lost performance haunts cinema history.
Production
Extant stills suggest charming rural set design.
Director
Albert H. Kelley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film is considered lost; no prints are known to survive in any archive worldwide.
Viola Dana was a major Metro star who retired with the silent era; most of her 100+ films are lost.
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