
The Honorable Hugh Wentworth, arriving from England with a valuable diamond to millionaire Edward Ensloe. Ensloe's eldest daughter Eleanor has romantic designs on Hugh, but he is more attracted to her tomboy sister Peggy.

George D. Baker, Royal Brown
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The Jujitsu Feminism of Peggy Ensloe Beneath the frothy veneer of Peggy Does Her Darndest lies a tectonic shift in cinematic gender politics. Director John S. Robertson and scenarist George D. Baker craft a narrative where diamond heists become mere MacGuffins for the film's true jewel: May Allison's performance a...

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George D. Baker

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" The Jujitsu Feminism of Peggy Ensloe Beneath the frothy veneer of Peggy Does Her Darndest lies a tectonic shift in cinematic gender politics. Director John S. Robertson and scenarist George D. Baker craft a narrative where diamond heists become mere MacGuffins for the film's true jewel: May Allison's performance as Peggy Ensloe. Unlike her sister Eleanor (Rosemary Theby), whose arsenal consists of decolletage and calculated swoons, Peggy's weaponry includes correspondence detective manuals ..."


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