Johnny Sinclair wants to meet moon pitcher star Dorothy Dorr, so he goes with his brother to the place they make the pictures and winds up dancing with Miss Dorr. As they say in Brooklyn, only in America!

It's a fine slapstick comedy -- for 1918, but it was made in 1925 -- for most of its length, with a decently executed thrill comedy sequence. The highlight, though is the comic Spanish dancethat Sinclair dances -- in a matador costume, for purposes of the pointless plot --with Miss Dorr. It's a watchable and erratically funny couple of reels.

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