Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.
Acting
Mabel Normand's face does what dialogue never could.
Stunts
She did her own horse race chaos, obviously.
Direction
Two directors, one coherent vision—rare for 1918.
Director
F. Richard Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mabel Normand was Hollywood's highest-paid woman in 1918; this film's marketing literally called her 'the greatest comedy drama of the year' while she was running her own studio.
The 'hoyden' archetype here—tomboy who reforms—became template for decades. Mickey's refusal to fully reform is quietly radical.
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