A silent comedy where beans become a weapon of seduction. Seriously.
Mary, a farmer's daughter, is noted for the delicious beans she takes. When her father engages a cook, Mary is terribly hurt and leaves her home for the city, where she finds employment as a cook in a restaurant. The old saying, "The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach," proves true, and she soon has a host of admirers.
Practical Effects
Actual beans being cooked on camera. Method acting for legumes.
Costume
Peak 1914 rural fashion. Those aprons? Devastating.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was produced by the American Film Manufacturing Company, a Chicago-based studio that rivaled Hollywood before California weather won out.
The 'way to a man's heart' proverb was already cliché in 1914—the film's joke is that it still works, even in urban capitalism.
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