A factory girl picks the wrong guy in 1921 — we've all been Kathleen.
The O'Donnells are a typical, everyday family -- Tad (George Hernandez) is a sensible working man, his wife (Fannie Midgely) is a good mother and their daughter Kathleen (Constance Binney) is pretty and innocent to the point of naiveté. Kathleen works in a factory and its owner, Donald Holiday (Warner Baxter), has taken a shine to her. But instead she falls for slick cab driver Harry Stanton (George Webb), who insists, "Honest, kid, you're the only girl I ever loved." Kathleen falls for this, and when her perceptive father makes clear he doesn't approve of Stanton, she moves out on her own.
Acting
Constance Binney's wide-eyed naiveté is silent film gold.
Production
Rare surviving fragment of early studio system romantic comedy.
Director
Maurice Campbell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most of this film is lost — only fragments survive, making every existing minute precious celluloid archaeology.
Warner Baxter would win the second-ever Best Actor Oscar for 'In Old Arizona' (1929), making this early glimpse of his charm historically significant.
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