Name: Selfish Yates
Released: 1918
Cast: William S. Hart, Jane Novak, Bert Sprotte, Harry Dunkinson, Ernest Butterworth

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

May 20, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

William S. Hart Productions, Inc.

Distribution Company

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Artcraft Pictures

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

After their father dies in the desert, Mary Adams and her young sister Betty arrive in Thirsty Center, Arizona, with little hope and less money. There Mary meets Yates, nicknamed "Selfish" for his excessively self-centered attitude, who gives her a job scrubbing the floor of his dance hall. Through Mary's kindness, Selfish is gradually regenerated, while Betty takes charge of his wild young ward "Hotfoot." After Selfish, saddened by the death of a young alcoholic, decides to close the saloon, his employee, "Rocking Chair" Riley, attacks Mary and seriously injures her. Although the townspeople have assembled to lynch Riley, Selfish, following Mary's instructions, helps him to escape and then returns to her bedside. In her delirium, Mary reveals her love for Selfish, and soon the doctor informs him that she will recover.