Billy Quirk asks Mary Pickford to marry him. She agrees, but fears her parents will forbid the wedding. So Mary writes a letter stating she doesn't care and they run away. While they are undergoing a harrowing series of discouraging obstacles, her parents have invited everyone in to celebrate the good news.
It's quite charming, and with Billy Quirk now D. W. Griffith's comedy star - John Cumpson about to leave for larger paychecks - he brings a lot of energy to the role. As Miss Pickford grows wearied, he keeps urging them onward as cart wheels collapse, auto engines explode, and the Passaic River threatens to drown them.
It will surprise people who think that Griffith directed only dramas, to see this lively little comedy, but with more than 70 movies to direct that year, and two such charming comedians, some had to be funny!
It's quite charming, and with Billy Quirk now D. W. Griffith's comedy star - John Cumpson about to leave for larger paychecks - he brings a lot of energy to the role. As Miss Pickford grows wearied, he keeps urging them onward as cart wheels collapse, auto engines explode, and the Passaic River threatens to drown them.
It will surprise people who think that Griffith directed only dramas, to see this lively little comedy, but with more than 70 movies to direct that year, and two such charming comedians, some had to be funny!