
John Haynes, known as "Hardwood," is a boss lumberjack in the great Northwest woods. During a Saturday-night revel with his pals, he receives a letter informing him he has inherited a modest shop in New Orleans from his late uncle.

C. Gardner Sullivan
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When Axes Meet Alençon: Deconstructing the Delightful Absurdity of John Petticoats Cinema often finds profundity in paradox, and few premises embody this better than John Petticoats. Director William S. Hart—better known for his stoic westerns—here crafts a subversive comedy where virile masculinity collides with de...

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" When Axes Meet Alençon: Deconstructing the Delightful Absurdity of John Petticoats Cinema often finds profundity in paradox, and few premises embody this better than John Petticoats. Director William S. Hart—better known for his stoic westerns—here crafts a subversive comedy where virile masculinity collides with delicate undergarments. Andrew Arbuckle’s Hardwood Haynes strides onto screen like a Paul Bunyan archetype: beard crusted with wilderness, shoulders straining against flannel, voice ..."


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