The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
After neglecting her studies in favor of romantic experiments, Babs Hardcastle is thrown out of boarding school. In hopes of ceasing her romance studies, Babs’s father sends her to Boston to stay with her aunt. Boston, however, proves to be the perfect place for Babs’s matchmaking. When Babs falls in love with Jim Winthrop, she learns that he must find suitable men for his two sisters, Dorcas and Matilda, and his elderly aunt Cornelia, before he can marry. Babs, determined to marry Jim, takes it upon herself to find them all husbands.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- David KirklandDirector
- John EmersonWriter
- Anita LoosWriter
Cast
- Constance TalmadgeBarbara “Babs” Hardcastle
- John HallidayJim Winthrop
- Arnold LucyMr. Hardcastle
- Natalie TalmadgeDorcas Winthrop
- Fannie BourkeMatilda Winthrop
- Nellie Parker SpauldingAunt Cornelia
- Marion SitgreaveAunt Emily
- James SpottswoodMr. Thompson
- David KirklandMr. Smithers
- Edward KepplerProfessor Blecker
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Themes
boston, massachusettsloversgirls' boarding schoolromancelovesuitormatchmakingblack and whitefalling in lovemakeoversilent filmgetting married