Lucy Trevor is a cabaret singer. She gets involved with some sordid characters, and one of them is shot while trying to come on to her. Politician John McBride, who is interested in Lucy, believes she is guilty, but when he and Lucy struggle for the gun, it goes off and McBride is wounded. Lucy clears out and goes to a convent where her twin sister Janet is preparing for the nunnery. Lucy convinces Janet to trade places with her. Can they both pull off the deception?
This review will contain spoilers, which, if you are smart, will enable you to avoid this film. This movie is a misfire for many reasons. The director must have constantly told his performers "hey, you're not overacting enough." The situations are unbelievable, unrealistic, and unfathomable. After the first guy is shot, Lucy picks up the murder weapon (naturally) and is caught with it in her hand. Then McBride takes it from her. Guess these two never heard of preserving a crime scene. Next, there is no way someone preparing to be a nun would switch places with a twin who may have murdered someone. Sure, sacrifice can be a noble thing, but this is horse manure. Then when Janet (as Lucy) has to perform at the cabaret, I thought "how is she going to pull this off?" So she sings "Mother O' Mine," which impresses the crowd as a change of pace. Right. This would be like Cher singing "Ave Maria" ... and the crowd goes wild. In the climax, we discover that the guy who was supposed to have been murdered actually survived. Then Lucy (as Janet, in her nun garb) apparently decides she likes pretending to be a nun while Janet (as Lucy in her street clothes) ends up with McBride.
Adding to the mess are the unintentionally hilarious prints on YouTube, most of which run about two hours and twenty minutes - or so it seems. Actually, these prints contain stretches of paused scenes which go on for 10-15 minutes at a time, so thank goodness for fast forward. There is a shorter print running around 45 minutes, but I suspect this is a truncated version since the original was released at six reels. Now if someone would just truncate this down to zero minutes, I'd be satisfied.
This review will contain spoilers, which, if you are smart, will enable you to avoid this film. This movie is a misfire for many reasons. The director must have constantly told his performers "hey, you're not overacting enough." The situations are unbelievable, unrealistic, and unfathomable. After the first guy is shot, Lucy picks up the murder weapon (naturally) and is caught with it in her hand. Then McBride takes it from her. Guess these two never heard of preserving a crime scene. Next, there is no way someone preparing to be a nun would switch places with a twin who may have murdered someone. Sure, sacrifice can be a noble thing, but this is horse manure. Then when Janet (as Lucy) has to perform at the cabaret, I thought "how is she going to pull this off?" So she sings "Mother O' Mine," which impresses the crowd as a change of pace. Right. This would be like Cher singing "Ave Maria" ... and the crowd goes wild. In the climax, we discover that the guy who was supposed to have been murdered actually survived. Then Lucy (as Janet, in her nun garb) apparently decides she likes pretending to be a nun while Janet (as Lucy in her street clothes) ends up with McBride.
Adding to the mess are the unintentionally hilarious prints on YouTube, most of which run about two hours and twenty minutes - or so it seems. Actually, these prints contain stretches of paused scenes which go on for 10-15 minutes at a time, so thank goodness for fast forward. There is a shorter print running around 45 minutes, but I suspect this is a truncated version since the original was released at six reels. Now if someone would just truncate this down to zero minutes, I'd be satisfied.