The story is set in Arizona, where the aptly nicknamed Yates is the proprietor of the local saloon. Unable to find any other work, pretty Mary Adams is forced to scrub floors in Yates' establishment. At first treating her with the same disdain that he extends to the rest of the townsfolk, Yates slowly but surely falls in love with Mary.
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William S. Hart as 'Selfish' Yates
Jane Novak as Mary Adams
Bert Sprotte as Rocking Chair Riley
Harry Dunkinson as Ed Miller, the 'Oklahoma Hog'
Ernest Butterworth as Hotfoot
Thelma Salter as Betty Adams
Buck Jones as Member of the Posse (uncredited)
United States 12 May 1918
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1918:
31 March 1918
Susie organizes plays to benefit the Red Cross. She marries her hero, Robert, but finds out he did it to avoid the draft.
24 November 1918
Adele Moore pressured by her father to choose a husband among four men consults a fortune teller for advice.
06 October 1918
While out West, prospector Harry Webb makes enemies of a con artist, Mark Brenton and the con's crooked lawyer, Frank Beekman.
01 November 1918
Officer Terence Shannon is the head man of the Los Angeles Flying Squadron. In this capacity, Shannon
24 February 1918
Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation.
21 January 1918
Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failing his examination at the Annapolis naval academy.
21 April 1918
A girl is forced to marry a irresponsible man she does not love to save her fathers reputation. At the same time she falls for a religious preacher to the poor.
10 June 1918
During World War I, Robin Cameron transforms her home on the Scottish seacoast into a hospital for convalescing soldiers.
19 August 1918
Pretty Polly Marsden is ardently pursued by three different Romeos, but she coyly refuses to choose between them.
13 May 1918
Iris Lee is reared in the small town of Dalton by her deceased mother's friend, Martha Kane, and when she reaches adulthood, Martha's son Jim falls in love with her.
29 April 1918
Dr. Hugh Loring, whose hobby is heredity, has evolved the theory that physical or mental peculiarities of children reveal the parents.
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