An inconsequential little trifle in which the ramblings of the heroine's garrulous old grandpa - a long-retired director of early silent films - serve as the linking story for a compilation of lengthy excerpts that he narrates from a couple of old movies that he allegedly directed himself, augmented with material from other films from that era featuring the likes of Max Linder, Polidor, Charlie Chaplin (in 'Laughing Gas'), Mary Pickford and Lionel Barrymore.
Grandpa is played by the Irish stage actor Hamilton Deane (1879-1958), remembered today for his seminal creation of the role of Count Dracula in 1924, of whom this little squib thus provides a valuable close-up record of in full flight.
Grandpa is played by the Irish stage actor Hamilton Deane (1879-1958), remembered today for his seminal creation of the role of Count Dracula in 1924, of whom this little squib thus provides a valuable close-up record of in full flight.
