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Cast
| Will Rogers | ... |
Sam Lyman
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| Peggy Wood | ... |
Eva McElwyn
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Herbert Standing | ... |
Banker McElwyn
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| Cullen Landis | ... |
Jerry Wilson
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| Clara Horton | ... |
Jane Sheldon
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| Ed Brady | ... |
Zeb Sawyer
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| Sidney De Gray | ... |
John Carruthers
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Gus Saville | ... |
Jasper Stagg
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| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams |
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| Mary Jane Irving | ... |
Little Girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Clarence G. Badger | ||
Written by
| Robert F. Hill | ... | (writer) |
| Opie Read | ... | (story "Old Ebenezer") |
| Will Rogers | ... | (titles) |
Produced by
| Samuel Goldwyn | ... | executive producer |
Cinematography by
| Norbert Brodine | ... | (as Norbert Brodin) |
| Marcel Le Picard | ... | (as Marcel A. Le Picard) |
Production Companies
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- Goldwyn Distributing Company (1919) (United States) (theatrical)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Homely schoolteacher Sam Lyman arrives from New England to settle in the Mississippi Valley town of Old Ebenezer, Arkansas while he studies law. During a game of forfeits given at the annual town social by Banker McElwyn, the richest man in town, Sam marries the banker's daughter Eva, the prettiest girl in town, in a fake ceremony. The couple later discovers that the marriage is legal and Sam offers to bow out, but Eva, who does not want to marry her father's choice, rich mule dealer Zeb Sawyer, persuades Sam to continue the marriage in name only. After Sam withstands slander from Zeb and McElwyn, they send night riders to horsewhip Sam and run him out of town, but he stays. When Zeb launches a run on McElwyn's bank, Sam saves it by depositing money he receives from writing a novel and bags marked $20,000, which are filled with horse shoes. Afterward, Eva refuses to have the marriage annulled. Written by Pamela Short |
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| Taglines | The Homliest and Funniest Man On the Screen in a surprise comedy (Print Ad- Troy Sunday Budget, ((Troy NY)) 1 February 1920) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Film debut of Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams. See more » |