Smiles (1919)

Genres - War  |   Release Date - Feb 23, 1919 (USA)  |   Run Time - 10 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Janiss Garza

WWI had just ended a couple of months earlier, but little Jane Lee and her sister, Katherine Lee, were still doing their part in this picture (apparently the film had been made before the Armistice, and released after). The two little tykes are sent, parcel post, to their young, pretty aunt, Lucille Forrest (Ethel Fleming). The children's antics distract Lucille from her heartache -- she has just jilted her fiancé, Tom Hayes (Val Paul), because he quit his commission in the army and she is convinced he is a slacker. Lucille is maddened by the girls' pranks for only so long -- then their shenanigans result in the capture of a Prussian spy. Even better, they uncover the truth about Tom: He is really a secret service man who retired from the Army because he had more important work to accomplish. Lucille and Tom are reconciled and everyone is happy.