This fizzy slice of Americana features a Frances Marion script that calls to mind Booth Tarkington, and the incandescent Olive Thomas, a silent-era original, is dazzling in the lead.
Socialite Genevieve King (Thomas) is a big fish in the little pond of Orange Springs, Florida. When her conservative father, Senator King (Warren Cook), sends her to a Northern boarding school, the headstrong adolescent tries to fit in. Going to Miss Paddles’ all-girl establishment isn’t a total wash-out: Genevieve’s hometown beau, Bill E. Forbes (Theodore Westman Jr.), attends a nearby military academy and the flighty Genevieve shares her classmates' colective crush on the s...
Released:
1920
Rated:
NR
Length:
101 mins