Like many comedies, this is a romantic comedy. Since it is by Frank Capra it has social commentary but not in the way you think. The protagonist, Molly Kelly (played by Viola Dana) wants to get a millionaire to marry so she can move out of the tenement house she is living in with her mother and two children, among others. She gets that wish fulfilled when marrying the son of a restaurant millionaire, Andy Charles, Jr., played by Ralph Graves. Unfortunately, Andy's father, played by Burr McIntosh, disowns him for marrying her. As a result she leaves him as she was really in it just for the money, admitting she is a "golddigger." Despite being directly spurned, Andy sticks by her and eventually creates a booming box lunch business with Molly at the head and Andy as the bookkeeper. Andy's father ends up paying them $100,000 for the business with a scheme between Molly and Andy to "soak him" of his money, and he ends up paying them an extra $100,000 for Andy being married to Molly. So they both get off very well at the end.
I'm not sure what the social commentary of this movie is, however, other than that if you work your hardest you will get what you want, which isn't true. But I do like that they soak the rich father for money, which is totally justified. I give the film a 7 because it is relatively weak in its execution and is not as funny (despite the fact it is classified as a comedy) as other silent films, including another by Capra, named The Strong Man, which came out two years earlier.
I'm not sure what the social commentary of this movie is, however, other than that if you work your hardest you will get what you want, which isn't true. But I do like that they soak the rich father for money, which is totally justified. I give the film a 7 because it is relatively weak in its execution and is not as funny (despite the fact it is classified as a comedy) as other silent films, including another by Capra, named The Strong Man, which came out two years earlier.