Zander the Great

Marion Davies is an orphan, rescued from the meanest orphan matron this side of Miss Hannigan by Hedda Hopper. Mrs. Hopper's husband abandoned her and their son, Alexander -- called 'Zander' by Miss Davies -- to fight in Mexico. Despite letters to him, he hasn't been heard from for years. Now, as Mrs. Hopper lies a-dying, he writes to say he's moving to Arizona, goodbye.

When Mrs. Hopper dies, they want to send Zander to the orphanage, so Miss Davies grabs Jack Huff, the Ford and the boy's pet rabbits and heads off to deliver the boy to the father, along with many, many rabbits by the time they get there to find Harrison Ford -- no, the other one. He proves he's the widower by knowing some facts about his marriage, so Miss Davies and Huff move in, despite his shady dealings with Mexican banditos and scruffy ranch hands Harry Watson Jr. And Harry Myers.

As is usual for Miss Davies' movies, the highlights are the comic sequences, and the best bit is when she's barbering Myers and Watson; the latter's rubber-faced reactions and her dogged persistence are very funny. George Siegmann is the bandito; Hobart Bosworth is the sheriff who can never quite catch Ford doing dirty. It's thoroughly entertaining little movie with a solid score by Ben Model.