Charlotte Sweet

An Ensemble of music-hall performers gather to enact The Story of Charlotte Sweet. In turn-of-the-century England we meet Charlote Sweet, the darling of Liverpool. Charlotte attributes her sweetness to being born on Valentines day

Charlotte's beau is the equally cute Ludlow Ladd Grimble, who, coincidentally, was born on Christmas. Exchanging keepsakes, Charlotte gives her sweetheart a heart-shaped locket, while Ludlow gives Charlotte a Christmas Buche, i.e. log cake- from the bakery where he works. They pledge to love each other forever. Afterwards tehy join their neighbors to admire the Liverpool Sunset

Meanwhile, at home Charlotte's poor mother - a chronic shiverer- has suffocated under the massive layers of underwear it took to warm her. The chilly details are recounted by Charlotte's fater, Bob Sweet, and the evil visitors, Barnaby and Katinka Bugaboo

Barnaby is the impresario of a music-hall troupe featuring Katinka, his buxom wife. The couple has arrived to collect on Bob's debts, incurred from the tremendous cost of his late wife's underwear

Bob backs up the Bugaboo's proposal that they liquidate all debts if Charlotte joins their troupe, and Charlotte reluctantly consents ...

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