Peggy Pepper (Marion Davies) arrives in Hollywood with her father Colonel Pepper. She's wide-eyed and fresh-faced from Georgia. She's eager to become a serious movie star. They are eating at the studio cafeteria when comedian Billy Boone joins them without invitation. He gets her a job on his film. She's expecting a serious drama, but it turns into a slapstick food fight.
It's the last silent film for Marion Davies before she continues her run into sound. She's lots of fun and well adapted at physical comedy. She's great at playing big emotions and broad comedies. Charles Chaplin makes a short cameo as himself. William Haines is good, but I wish his opening comedic meet-cute is cuter with less gross eating. He could do more with their separation. Their drama is the meat of the story and it needs more sizzle. This is a good showcase for Marion Davies.
It's the last silent film for Marion Davies before she continues her run into sound. She's lots of fun and well adapted at physical comedy. She's great at playing big emotions and broad comedies. Charles Chaplin makes a short cameo as himself. William Haines is good, but I wish his opening comedic meet-cute is cuter with less gross eating. He could do more with their separation. Their drama is the meat of the story and it needs more sizzle. This is a good showcase for Marion Davies.