Jim Joyce runs a garage with old Abner Hope. When Hope's granddaughter, Mary Ellen, comes to visit, Joyce falls in love with her. Joyce has a number of bizarre inventions and he dreams of harnessing the nearby falls for power, but he can't get any financing from the town banker.
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Jack Pickford as Jack Joyce
Norma Shearer as Mary Ellen Hope
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Joyce
Alec B. Francis as Abner Hope
Herbert Prior as Curt Horndyke
Ann May as Helen Horndyke
George Dromgold as Joe Lakin
Jack Edwards as Little Boy (uncredited)
James Cruze Director
Frank Condon Story
James Cruze Story
Arthur Edeson Director of Photography
Paul P. Perry Director of Photography
United States 14 April 1925
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