The Tenderfoot
Cast & Crew
William Duncan
William Duncan
Carol Halloway
Joe Ryan
Florence Dye
Walter L. Rodgers
Film Details
Synopsis
To escape the pain of a failed love affair, Jim goes to Wolfville, a rough Western town populated by gamblers and Indians. Shortly after he meets Cynthia, a sweet-natured local girl, Ellen, his former lover, arrives from the East and flirts with an Indian to make him jealous. The Indian, who takes Ellen's attentions seriously, sends her some ponies, which she accepts unwittingly as a gift. When she discovers that by Indian custom her acceptance amounts to a marriage agreement, she turns to Jim, promising to marry him in exchange for a way out. Jim kills the Indian in a duel, but Ellen reneges on the deal and jilts him once again. In the gambling saloon, "Smiling Jack" Douglas plots to kill Jim, but Cynthia intercedes by replacing his gun's bullets with blanks. To "Smiling Jack's" surprise, Jim resists his shots and charges him, eventually driving him from the town. His courage proven, the tenderfoot wins the heart and hand of Cynthia.
Director
William Duncan
Cast
William Duncan
Carol Halloway
Joe Ryan
Florence Dye
Walter L. Rodgers
Charles Wheelock
Hattie Buskirk
Fred Forrester
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Notes
This film was the second of Alfred H. Lewis' "Wolfville" stories to be brought to the screen. Dead Shot Baker, released in 1917, was the first (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1911-20; F1.0969). "Wolfville" stories were first collected and published in New York in 1897. Many of the same cast members were used in both productions, including William Duncan, who was also the director of both, and Carol Halloway.
