John Petticoats

Directed by Lambert Hillyer

With William S. Hart, Walt Whitman, George Webb, Winifred Westover and Ethel Shannon

John Haynes is known as "Hardwood" in the Northwoods town where he is the boss lumberjack. But his uncle bequeaths him a store in Louisiana, which he discovers to his dismay is the modiste shop. When Judge Meredith needs a graduation dress for his granddaughter Caroline, but can't afford it, John comes to the rescue by offering to board at the judge's residence.