1928 be in many way a lost year in motion picture . just a some of the fine film of the silent era be be make in every genre and sound be come in and while reap great profit at the box office be set the art of film make back about five year a the film industry struggle with the new technology . show people be one of the great silent era comedy . the film show that william haines have comic skill beyond his usual formula of the obnoxious overconfident guy who turn everyone against him and learn his lesson and and then redeem himself by win the football game and the polo game and etc . this movie be also exhibit a for illustrate that marion davy be no susan alexander kane . she have excellent comic instinct and timing . this film start out a the beverly hillbilly like adventure of peggy pepper ( marion davy ) and her father and general marmaduke oldfish pepper and fresh from the old south . general pepper have decide that he will let some lucky movie studio executive hire his daughter a an actress . while at the studio commissary and the pepper run into billy boone ( william haines ) and a slapstick comedian . he get peggy an acting job . she unhappy when she find out it be slapstick and but she persevere . eventually she be discover by a large studio and she and billy part way a she begin to take on dramatic role . soon the new found fame go to her head and and she be about to lose her public and gain a royal title when she decide to marry her new leading man and whom she doesn not really love and unless fate somehow intervenes . one of the thing mgm frequently do in it late silent era film and in it early sound era film be feature shot of how film making be do at mgm circa 1930. this film be one of those and a we get charlie chaplin try to get peggy autograph and an abundance of cameo of mgm player during that era include director king vidor himself and and even a cameo of marion davy a peggy see marion davy a marion davy arrive at work on the lot . peggy grimace and mention that she doesn not care for her . truly a delight from start to finish and this be a silent that be definitely worth your while . this be one of the film that i also recommend you use to introduce people to the art of silent cinema a it be very accessible .