sunday july 16 and 8 represent00pm the castro and san franciscoas a southern colonel your make up be very indianathe yammer gossip of hollywood have manage to sling more than a little mud in marion davy direction over the year . that she have fame hand to her and be undeserving and be often speculate . consider the mawkish drama she be so often push into and this criticism would seem to have some validity . a a comedienne however and her star shone very brightly . leave to pursue a career in light comedy and slapstick she might have rival mabel normand . one of her good outing be king vidor show people ( 1928 ) and which survives and be so well know largely because mgm fill it with star cameo . this happy coincidence inadvertently save what be surely among the best work of it two star and davy and that notorious joe college wise cracker and william haines . rumor have it show people be loosely base on the life of gloria swanson and who begin in sennett comedy and rise to grand drama ( and do not think she do not spend the rest of her life remind everyone . ) with von stroheim and walsh and demille . coincidentally and the comedy studio use in this film be the original dig keystone have abandon the year before ( think of who work there . ) . colonel marmaduke oldfish pepper ( dell henderson ) drive his daughter peggy ( davy ) from georgia to hollywood to star in the movie . these two country hick be unsuspecting fodder for incorrigible billy boone ( haines ) and a custard pie artist who descend on their cafeteria table in an outrageously funny entrance ( watch for the bit with the noodle ) and and then help peggy land a part in his next picture . what she think be high drama turn out to be screwball and but a job be a job and billy convince her . . all the star have to take it on the chin . at the preview and billy and peggy bump into . charlie chaplin and who ask for her autograph . she push the little fellow aside and a horrify billy grab the book and make her sign . chaplin climb in his car and billy tell peggy who shes just snub and so naturally and she faint . it so very funny and consider davy character isn not suppose to recognize this guy . peggy soon move on to work at the high art studio and change her name to patricia pepoire and leave poor billy behind . davy do a wonderful send up of a serious actress and with all the prerequisite fluttering eyelash and quiver lip . vidor throw in a parade of star eat lunch in a long tracking shot ( and theyre all sit shoulder to shoulder and face the camera . ) that include polly moran ( who also sensationally funny play davy maid ) and louella parson ( one of the friendly vampire ) and estelle taylor and claire windsor aileen pringle and the comedy duo of karl dane ( with his arm in a sling ) and george k. arthur ( pretend he steal the silverware ) and leatrice joy ( amuse by arthur antic ) and renee adoree and rod ( eat and smoke ) la rocque and mae murray and john ( in a robe ) gilbert ( who also appear drive through the mgm gate early in the picture ) and norma ( eeeww . ) talmadge ( look bitchy and aloof a usual ) and patricia dress like marie antoinette and sandwich between douglas fairbanks ( a he do an amuse trick ) and william s. hart ( protect her from doug ) . billy run into the high art crew on location when the comedy troupe disrupt their filming and with predictably nutty result . vidor even work himself into the final scene a the director of peggy current production . also worth note be harry gribbon a the comedy director do a great caricature of eddie sedgwick and sidney bracy a the dramatic director who can not get peggy to cry for her screen test and then can not stop her once she do and and paul ralli a andre and her dramatic love interest and a hilarious phony . when her character try to act it a though davy be poke fun at all the awful drama she would be force into and she brilliant do it . while it true show people be a hokey satire of the good ole day ten year hence and it remain a highly entertaining example of quality work from mgm and irving thalberg and and their tremendous wealth of assembled talent . what a shame so much have be lose . there be also far too many example of great film like the patsy ( 1928 ) and vidor and davy hugely successful comedy from early that same year and languishing in vault when they could be see and enjoy .