Editing Wild and Woolly (1917 film) (section)

==Plot==
[[File:Wild and Woolly ad in Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1917) (IA motionpicturenew161unse) (page 16 crop).jpg|thumb|349x349px|Wild and Woolly ad in ''[[Motion Picture News]]'', 1917]]
As described in a [[film magazine]] review,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Douglas Fairbanks in ''Wild and Woolly'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=25 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=June 30, 1917 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi |access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> Jeff Hillington, son of railroad magnate Collis J. Hillington, tires of the East and longs for the wild and woolly West. He has his apartment and office fixed up in his understanding of the accepted Western style, which he has gleaned from [[dime novel]]s. A delegation from Bitter Creek comes to New York City seeking financial backing for the construction of a [[Branch line|spur line]], and go to Collis to explain their proposition. Collis sends Jeff to investigate. The citizens of Bitter Creek, Arizona, realizing that a favorable report from Jeff is necessary, decide to live up to Jeff's idea of a Western town. They set up a program with a wild reception for Jeff, a barroom dance, and a train holdup. Steve Shelby, a grafting [[Indian agent]], knowing that he is about to be caught by the government, decides to do "one more trick" and enters into the plan to rob the train, turning it into a real scheme. Events turn earnest and Shelby kidnaps Nell Larabee, with whom Jeff has fallen in love. The entire crowd has been trapped in the dance hall, which is surrounded by Indians, and Jeff's revolver loaded with blanks. When the situation is finally explained to Jeff, by superhuman efforts (and typical Fairbanks surprises) he rounds up the Indians, rescues the girl, completely foils the scheme of Steve, and becomes the hero of the hour, getting to marry Nell.