Jon Mirsalis on Piano Although this subject clearly benefitted from sound and Will Rogers' dialogue in the 1934 remake, this early 1914 (released in 1915) version has a great deal of charm and is a major rediscovery on a number of counts. One, it preserves (in his first film role) the performance that William H. Crane had made famous on the New York stage. Second, it is the earliest known (and extant) film to be directed by the veteran Allan Dwan, and its sophisticated style includes some memorable examples of a camera mobility that was still not common in film. And far from least, it provides a pleasing illustration of the teamwork of Harold Lockwood and May Allison, whose clean-cut, boy-and-girl-next-door romances predated the appeal of Van Johnson and June Allyson in the forties. --WKE The Story: The comic misadventures of an eccentric banker and his efforts to aid two young lovebirds. Along the way, we get a look at turn-of-the-century village life, complete with embezzlers, horse traders and an angry mob.