She was in actor and director Edgar Jones's films including Knight of the Pines and Cupid, Registered Guide, frequently as the leading woman.

An avid enjoyer of the outdoors, Sperl stated that she loved the freedom of producing films in the wilderness and the thrill of the dangerous stunts she was able to perform.

In 1919, Sperl became friends with actor Edgar Jones as he was beginning work on a series of new silent film productions for the photodrama company Big Woods.

[5] In an article for the Orlando Evening Star, Sperl acknowledged that she enjoyed doing outdoors films the most because of the "freedom of the woods and plains", along with the "thrill of a lifetime" from the dangerous stunts and performances she was in.

Cottingham's father, however, had obtained the help of the sergeant's commanding officer at Camp Sheridan to have a federal marshal to arrest him for abandoning his post in order to prevent the marriage from occurring.