Mabel Normand invented the manic pixie dream girl and she'll outwit you in 50 minutes flat.
Squire Peachem (Ford Sterling) wants to marry the innkeeper's daughter (Normand). Since Peachem has a hefty mortgage on the inn, he thinks he can use it to effect a union, but the girl is not interested in him. She already has a sweetheart, handsome Randolph Roanoke (Owen Moore). Peachem and his dumb-as-dirt assistant, Blaa Blaa (Sennett), try to keep Roanoke and Mabel apart. Their feeble attempts are in vain, and Mabel easily manages to outwit them and win the man she loves. - Janiss Garza
Acting
Normand's expressive eyes do all the talking.
Direction
Sennett and Sterling co-directing their own clowning.
Director
Ford Sterling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of over 200 shorts Mabel Normand made for Sennett's Keystone Studios—she was arguably Hollywood's first female director and definitely its first female star.
The 'colonial America' setting was a popular Keystone excuse for flimsy costumes and anachronistic gags—historical accuracy died so comedy could live.
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