Polishing Up

Flora Finch tells husband John Bunny that he is looking shabby. She is going away for a few weeks and realizes she is a back number herself. While she is gone, Bunny spiffs up his wardrobe and meets pretty young Phyllis Grey and Emily Hayes. They are going to a seaside resort. Why doesn't he go too? When he gets there, he is given a room next to Flora, who has sprained her ankle; she is being attended to by Doctor William Humphrey, who thinks her a rich widow. The young women -- one can hardly call them ladies -- make friends with Flora and dish the dirt to the nice old people.

It's a very nice Bunnyfinch, one of the almost hundred times that Vitagraph paired them together, and it's easy to see why they were popular -- even though by report they didn't get along. They play their roles to the hilt. Both of them play very flatterable people, with good senses of humor and a love of gossip that makes this one, despite the coincidental nature of the set-up, very amusing.