Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1925
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Cast:
Marion Davies, John Huff, Harrison Ford, Hedda Hopper.
Synopsis:
Marion plays Mamie, an orphan who is beaten and abused in the orphanage. She finds a home
with a kindly lady and her son, Alexander, who she calls Zander for short. Her adopted
mother takes ill and dies, but Mamie has promised to help locate Zander's father in
Arizona so they take off in a Model A. Zander has a few rabbits, which he brings along,
and as they traverse across the country the rabbits multiply to the point of taking over
the Ford! Once in Arizona they meet some rough hombres, one whom they think is Zanders
father. Turning into a near western, there is even a gun fight. It turns out that Zander's
father had died some time ago and one of the thugs had taken his identity to protect
himself. In the end, Mamie and the reformed thug have become close. In a very beautiful
closing scene, they all ride off (literally) into the sunset on horse back; Mamie and her
new love, little Zander on a pony, and a zillion rabbits.