Even as this film was opening, the cinemas were starting to wire-up for sound, which would end the reign of Mary Pickford, Queen of the silent screen, and her husband Douglas Fairbanks, neither of whom scored any more hits to speak of, and whose marriage was breaking-up as well, partly through his extreme jealousy. Well, no doubt this film gave him more grounds for jealousy. Because Mary was starring opposite the young bandleader Buddy Rogers, to whom she would presently be married for the rest of her long life.
Humble shopgirl catches the eye of the boss's son, who pretends to be plain Joe Blow to be sure that she loves him for himself. Hardly an original scenario. But it enables much comedy of misunderstanding across the class-divide. A cop arrives at the front door to arrest Mary's actress sister, and Mary says "Oh you do look realistic in that costume", pretending to Buddy that he's come to rehearse in a play. And while hiding under the table at Buddy's palatial family home, she has to listen to his mother berating him for missing his own engagement party.
Humble shopgirl catches the eye of the boss's son, who pretends to be plain Joe Blow to be sure that she loves him for himself. Hardly an original scenario. But it enables much comedy of misunderstanding across the class-divide. A cop arrives at the front door to arrest Mary's actress sister, and Mary says "Oh you do look realistic in that costume", pretending to Buddy that he's come to rehearse in a play. And while hiding under the table at Buddy's palatial family home, she has to listen to his mother berating him for missing his own engagement party.