All Round Good Egg (glenner67)

A film by the dramatic G.W. Griffith that was so massive in 1920 - though now it is all but forgotton. Gish plays a young naive country girl who gets herself in a right mess with a dodgy philanderer. The print currently available is like many classic silent movies - crying out for restoration. The DVD available displays awful scratches and emulsion damage.

Chaplin's first big movie after years of shorts. Well judged humourous characterisations overplay the obvious sentimentality throughout the film. Hard to believe this innocent child actor would become the macabre 'Uncle Fester' from the 'Adams Family' television series in the 1960's!