Nancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is so tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony payments that she marries Stockney Webb with the intention of fleecing him after the honeymoon. Realizing that he has been fooled, Webb determines to teach Nancy, whom he truly loves, a lesson in humility and wifely behavior by taking her to his cabin in the wilderness.

If you have about an hour and you want to see how people in 1928 felt about gold diggers, you should probably find a way to watch this. It is definitely worth a look if you like silent comedies that feel a little bit more cynical than the usual fluff. People who hate 'taming of the shrew' stories will probably want to...

production_art

production_art

production_art

still_frame


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

James Tinling

Lloyd Ingraham
Community
Log in to comment.
"If you have about an hour and you want to see how people in 1928 felt about gold diggers, you should probably find a way to watch this. It is definitely worth a look if you like silent comedies that feel a little bit more cynical than the usual fluff. People who hate 'taming of the shrew' stories will probably want to throw their laptop out the window during the second half, though. It gets a bit preachy about how a woman 'should' behave once the trees and the log cabin show up. The movie star..."

Henry Kolker
Grace Mack, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Frances Agnew
United States

