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Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed Stormalong, his new thoroughbred, on spinach and celery, a ‘scientific’ diet. Two of his mother’s stable hands, Grafter (Les Warton) and Sleepy (George Lloyd), are sceptical of the new ‘rough salad’ diet.
Curator’s notes
Tommy’s aggressive insecurities are on full display in this clip, and are richly played by Frank Leighton. One of the ways you can tell that he’s still playing a leading man is by the way his collar is turned up, to add just a hint of the debonair to his character.
