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This was apart of the DVD Package of the main restored ,"The innocents of Ruth, as a second film.This short was shot at a real hotel resort that would end up in a fire around 1957.Character actor Huntley Gordon plays a manager of wood mill with a bad Temper who even abuses his workers In the beginning you see him talking to his good friend.A trained harmless bear.This bear so cuddly and cute.It almost looks like you can make a pet out of him.Well any how he tells the story.Huntley is in love with Mary Astor ,who's father owns the mill,played by Charles Slattery. She is concerned about his bad temper and wishes him to learned to control it.You when you see he loses his temper when he throws his assistant in the river Huntley Gordon accidentally cause his boss to be knocked down.He ends up getting fired,Huntley.The assistant ,played by Bradley Barker, has the hots for Mary too,but he is dishonest and does no good .This was shot around the woods of this river resort.It Turns out later that Mary Astor's father finds out that Bradley Barker was at fault that Huntley was right.Charles Terminates the business partner and rehires Huntley and allows Mary and Huntley together.What makes this two reeler different that it was created by a lesser known film maker on real locations.Historically interesting cause it shows a Young Mary Astor before she became a big star in the talkies.Now back to The innocents of Ruth.01/09/20