Sally O'Neil
The mountain girl
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Synopsis
A wealthy, sheltered young man takes a camping trip intended to make him tougher and falls for a mountain girl. His valet claims that he is a famous boxer with the same name to impress her family. Maintaining the invention becomes increasingly difficult when the real fighter appears and the supposed champion is expected to enter the ring.
Cast
DirectorsBuster Keaton
Inspirations
Buster Keaton adapts a stage musical into a largely physical comedy of mistaken identity. The contrast between a pampered amateur and a professional fighter gives the romantic deception a concrete and increasingly painful cost.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Sally O'Neil — Hal Phyfe, photographer (Fox Film Corporation) · Public domain
- Walter James — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Public domain
- Buster Keaton — Unknown author · Public domain
