
Sally, seamstress for a fashionable modiste, supports a crippled father and adores her kitten, Tommy. Though loved by Jack a taxi driver, she is infatuated with Don Cesare Gracco, an operatic sensation.


Is this silent era romp still worth your attention today? Short answer: yes, but primarily as a fascinating cultural artifact of 1920s celebrity worship rather than a narratively groundbreaking experience.This film is for the silent cinema enthusiast who enjoys lighthearted social satire and the 'modiste' subgenre of t...

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William A. Wellman

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"Is this silent era romp still worth your attention today? Short answer: yes, but primarily as a fascinating cultural artifact of 1920s celebrity worship rather than a narratively groundbreaking experience.This film is for the silent cinema enthusiast who enjoys lighthearted social satire and the 'modiste' subgenre of the mid-20s. It is absolutely not for those who find the slow pacing of silent-era pantomime tedious or those looking for the dramatic weight found in contemporary classics like The..."
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Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton, Ernest Vajda
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