I'm continually shocked and amused by pre-Hays Code films. Most of the plot here revolves around the sweethearts the brother and sister each meet while the family is at the fair for a week. The brother quickly starts sleeping with the trapeze artist he meets at the fair, only to be confused that she won't agree to marry him. Meanwhile the daughter falls for a guy she randomly gets paired with on the roller coaster. While their relationship is more chaste, she hesitates on his offer of marriage when he admits he's slept with lots of girls before. There's nothing explicit, of course, but after the Hays Code everything would have to be much more ambiguous or carry more consequences.
All this while their ma and pa are willing awards for their pickles, minced meat, and prized hog. The film moves at a fairly modern pace and isn't a bad watch.
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