William Orr in old-age make-up reminisces to his grand-daughter about his rise in a vaudeville two-act.
It's an elaborate movie from the Warner Brothers' Vitagraph shorts division. Despite the budgets that didn't go as far as they used to, there are lots of chorus girls, moving shots, and odd angles. Chalk it up to director Jean Negulesco, who had started out in the art department, but within a few years would be Oscar-nominated for directing JOHNNY BELINDA.
It does seem to end a bit abruptly. I fancy it was intended as a two-reeler, and then Negulesco blew the budget on what he had shot.
It's an elaborate movie from the Warner Brothers' Vitagraph shorts division. Despite the budgets that didn't go as far as they used to, there are lots of chorus girls, moving shots, and odd angles. Chalk it up to director Jean Negulesco, who had started out in the art department, but within a few years would be Oscar-nominated for directing JOHNNY BELINDA.
It does seem to end a bit abruptly. I fancy it was intended as a two-reeler, and then Negulesco blew the budget on what he had shot.