Set in a hotel straddling the border between California and Nevada, this early John Ford comedy follows a female hotel owner's efforts to turn a profit and get some work out of her husband.
Direction
Ford learning comedy before the Westerns swallowed him whole.
Production
The split-state hotel set — a literal liminal space.
Director
John Ford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ford made 26 films in the 1920s; this rare surviving comedy shows him practicing visual storytelling before his 1939 masterpieces.
Based on a hit Broadway play that ran 1,291 performances — the hotel set was built to mirror the original stage design for authenticity.
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