A very pleasant comedy from the Stern Brothers, this concerns a woman who, in her own words "want to be an actress in the worst way", and no, the director, comedy veteran William Watson, doesn't step on his own lines. He allows the audience to supply the punch line.

In the meantime, Mr. Watson shows us the silly shoddiness behind the movies. If not as multi-layered as the Lloyd Hamilton/Roscoe Arbuckle THE MOVIES, released a year earlier, this is a straight farce with straightforward gags that are well executed. They won't enlighten or ennoble you. but they will make you laugh. Surely that's enough.

Leading actress Edna Marion went on to a supporting role at Roach and worked for a while longer. She is willing to look funny for this movie, and do silly things. There's no clear sign of any noteworthy talent here, but this movie doesn't need it.

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Dolly, a farmer maiden, longs to become a screen star. A visiting film company wants to shoot "Uncle Tom's Cabin" on the farm and she gives permission. When the leading lady fails to arrive, Dolly is cast as Little Eva, Topsy and Eliza. Various laughable sequences occur in the filming of the venerable classic along somewhat unique lines. At the end of the day, Dolly draws all of the undeveloped film from the camera magazines, hoping to see her "pitcher," thus ruining the most original version of the "Tom" show ever screened.

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