Film

Bill's Sweetheart

1913 · 11m · Western

Bill, who is with a bunch of cowboys on their way to town, picks up from the wreckage of a prairie schooner a little baby girl. Five years later the little girl, while running after butterflies, gets lost. Bill, waking up from his siesta, goes in search of her, but she cannot be found. The little girl, in the meantime, has climbed into a freighter's wagon. For twelve years she lives with him. One evening, while gambling with Mexican Pete, the freighter loses his money, and the girl, whom he had staked against the Mexican's winnings. But before the Mexican can take the girl away, Bill wins her from the Mexican, places her in the care of a woman neighbor and eventually marries her.

Sydney Ayres

Bill

Betty Harte

Little Maverick (adult)

Dick La Reno

Joe Black

Duane Wager

Mexican Pete

Virginia Clark

Little Maverick (child)

Josephine Woodman

Little Maverick (baby)

• J. Searle DawleyDirector

Release date

July 31, 1913

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

11m

Genres

Western