In this silent comedy W. C. Fields plays Professor Eustace McGargle, a con man who learns the innocent waif he cares for has a wealthy grandfather. Based on the play " Poppy " by Dorothy Donnelly. DVD includes tinted sequences, musical score ada pted from the orginal 1925 cue sheets. Director D. W. Griffith; also stars Carol Dempster, Erville Alderson, Alfred Lunt.