Archival Print!

Booksigning and Introduction by Anthony Slide

Neil Brand on Piano

In this engaging mid-twenties look at a changing society, two people trapped in traditional husband and wife roles to which they are desperately unsuited find a kind of release when circumstances force their hand. "Credit for the feminist theme in The Home Maker, with its reversal of roles on the domestic front, obviously belongs to the two women responsible for the original story and screenplay, Dorothy Canfield and Mary O'Hara. But King Baggot (an odd name, and not one with which usually to conjure) deserves recognition for his efficient and reliable direction. And, above all, there is Alice Joyce, who is always so good, so undemonstrative and so devoid of the melodramatics usually associated with silent screen acting that one tends to overlook her work. In a career that lasted from 1911 through 1930, Alice Joyce was never less than a lady, never a female stereotype, and never one to give a bad performance."