The long standing feud between the Carsons and the Pritchards threatens the romance of Will Carson and Marjorie Pritchard. Calvin Pritchard, Marjorie’s father as well as the bank president and mayor of Carson Corners, pretends to sanction Will’s courtship of his daughter because he needs some Carson property for a proposed highway. When Will learns Calvin’s motives, he accuses Marjorie of plotting with her father to steal Carson land. Gene’s accusation causes the long simmering dispute to erupt, and as the clans begin their bickering, Gabby Cross, a publicity agent for Spectrum Pictures, appears and offers the town $20,000 to serve as a location for a picture he is making about Wild Bill Carson, Will’s grandfather and the founder of Carson Corners. An angry Calvin refuses Gabby’s offer, but Jane, his younger daughter, suggests a compromise: the highway for the picture. The bargain struck, the movie company comes to town and star Bob Merritt begins to court Marjorie. Jane, who wants her sister to marry Will, schemes with the sheriff to frighten Merritt out of town by telling him that a lynch party is after his neck. When the head of Spectrum Pictures threatens to sue Pritchard for Merritt’s defection, Gabby suggests giving the part to Will, who agrees on the condition that Pritchard extend the Carson mortgages. In the midst of filming, three gangsters drive into town, and when the company stages a bank hold-up, the three slip into the actors’ costumes and rob the bank for real. Pursuing them on horseback, Will brings the thieves and the money back to town, thus winning the Pritchards’ respect and Marjorie’s hand. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
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