Billie Ritchie and Henry Lehrman are a couple of rustics competing for the favor of farmgirl Gertrude Selby. Another suitor comes into play, and the competition rises from throwing eggs to fighting with tires.
Ritchie, if he is remembered these days, is thought to be another Chaplin imitator. Like Chaplin, he came from the Fred Karno troupe in Britain. He was senior to Chaplin,and claimed that Chaplin was imitating him. Under the direction of Henry Lehrman, he played a thoroughly disagreeable character caught up in a whirlwind of chaotic slapstick. Sometimes it was very funny. Here, alas, it is also mildly disgusting.
Ritchie, if he is remembered these days, is thought to be another Chaplin imitator. Like Chaplin, he came from the Fred Karno troupe in Britain. He was senior to Chaplin,and claimed that Chaplin was imitating him. Under the direction of Henry Lehrman, he played a thoroughly disagreeable character caught up in a whirlwind of chaotic slapstick. Sometimes it was very funny. Here, alas, it is also mildly disgusting.