This is a truly delightful 1919 movie about a young woman, Damophilia (who goes by the nickname of Phil), whose world is turned upside-down when her father, a professor of Greek, dies suddenly.
Phil now finds herself the unwanted recipient of too much attention from a lecherous banker, who manages to have himself named her guardian. Rather than put up with him, Phil promptly dresses as a boy and runs away.
This cross-dressing works very well for her, but not for another professor of Greek. John Alden has just discovered that his fiance has been keeping her boyfriend on the side all along, and plans to support him after she is married. Embittered towards all women, he has no plans to get involved again. He meets Phil first as a boy, then as Phil's twin sister, when she gets hired as his assistant.
Will she win him over? She might. The movie doesn't end when you think it will, and there's more story than you would expect. One of those movies that should be released on DVD, if it hasn't been already.
Phil now finds herself the unwanted recipient of too much attention from a lecherous banker, who manages to have himself named her guardian. Rather than put up with him, Phil promptly dresses as a boy and runs away.
This cross-dressing works very well for her, but not for another professor of Greek. John Alden has just discovered that his fiance has been keeping her boyfriend on the side all along, and plans to support him after she is married. Embittered towards all women, he has no plans to get involved again. He meets Phil first as a boy, then as Phil's twin sister, when she gets hired as his assistant.
Will she win him over? She might. The movie doesn't end when you think it will, and there's more story than you would expect. One of those movies that should be released on DVD, if it hasn't been already.
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