" the new sister " ( 1923 ) is a story of a small - town girl , jane meredith ( played by annette normand ) later comes to hollywood to be in the pictures . this chick normand series , scored by mack sennett , accompanied earlier documentaries about the film genre and subsequently paved the way for recent films about hollywood , such as king vidor ' s " big me " ( 1928 ) .
"The Extra Girl" was produced by Sennett.