Bargain-budget Screen Guild Productions was in the process of metamorphosing into Lippert Studios when Rimfire was filmed in...
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1949
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Neath The Canadian Skies was one of a quartet of 45-minute "northerns", all produced by Golden Gate Productions and released...
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1946
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Russell Hayden, formerly of the Hopalong Cassidy Westerns, stars in this mini-Western as "Utah" Nyes, a young rancher...
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1946
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The presumed son of a Navajo Indian chief goes in search of the men who killed his father in this average serial produced by...
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1944
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A 15 chapter Columbia serial, The Desert Hawk employed camels instead of horses and bedouins rather than cowboys, but...
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1944
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At 49 minutes, Murder on the Waterfront was the shortest-ever Warner Bros. B picture. Alas, brevity is not the soul of wit in...
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1943
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1943
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Lee Falk and Ray Moore's famous syndicated comic strip hero came to the screen in this 15 chapter serial produced by Rudolph...
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1943
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It takes a while for the viewer to catch on, but the 1942 quickie Spy Ship is a remake of the 1934 crime melodrama...
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1942
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Murder in the Big House was a remake of the 1936 Warner Bros. programmer Jailbreak. In his first starring role, Van Johnson...
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1942
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1941
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In hopes of cashing in on the popularity of "Number One Cowboy" Gene Autry, a fly-by-night firm called Times Pictures...
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1940
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1940
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1940
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The action content of Republic's Gene Autry musical westerns was considerably enhanced by veteran director B. Reeves "Breezy"...
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1939
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Too many of Gene Autry's Republic western sacrificed action in favor of music. A notable exception to this syndrome is Blue...
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1939
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In this saccharine Klondike adventure, a brave female reporter who has a rapport with wild animals heads north to cover a...
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1938
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The trials faced by the US Army when it first attempted to trade horses for tanks provides the basis of this actioner. The...
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1938
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In this wartime drama, cavalry private Dennis Murphy purchases a nervous horse, Sergeant, after it is deemed unfit for...
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1938
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Who better to direct Warner Bros.' Daredevil Drivers than B. Reeves "Breezy" Eason, the fast-action specialist who staged the...
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1938
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Despite the claim of "an original screenplay by Edward Earl Repp," this entry in Warner Bros.' Dick Foran "singing cowboy"...
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1937
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In response to Republic's Gene Autry westerns of the late 1930s, Warner Bros. created its own singing cowboy, Dick Foran, for...
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1937
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The Warner Bros. custom of casting their Dick Foran singing Westerns with whomever was available from the studio's large...
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1937
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In this boxing drama, a prizefighter spies a young man during a street fight. Deciding that the lad shows promise, he begins...
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1937
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1936
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Singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this formula western as Gene Autry (so far, so good), who teams up with his buddy Frog...
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1936
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In their first serial effort, newcomers Republic Pictures went with the tried and true: beloved animal trainer Clyde Beatty,...
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1936
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1936
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1936
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Despite the deadly radium beam, Frankie Baxter (Frankie Darro) manages to pull the lever that opens the surface entrance to...
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1935
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In the final chapter of The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry is saved by Oscar (Smiley Burnette) and Pete (William Moore), who...
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1935
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Its the US Marines against the pirates in this spliced-together adventure serial. The Marines are trying to set up a landing...
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1935
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In his first starring role, Gene Autry must perform daily on Radio Ranch or forfeit his contract. Meanwhile, local kids...
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1935
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Gene Autry manages to extricate himself from his latest peril, Douglas Fairbanks style, and fights his way to the surface and...
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1935
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Both Frankie (Frankie Darro) and Betsy (Betsy Ross King) survive the airplane crash no worse for wear but are quickly picked...
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1935
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Gene Autry is saved in the nick of time by Frankie Frankie Darro, who smartly pulls him off the conveyor belt. Murania is now...
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1935
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On Queen Tika's orders, a lifeless Gene Autry) is brought to Murania's Radium Reviving Room, the queen (Dorothy Christy)...
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1935
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Saved from electrocution by the sudden appearance of a trap door operated by the traitorous Lord Argo (Wheeler Oakman), Gene...
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1935
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Gene Autry, Frankie (Frankie Darro) and Betsy (Betsy Ross King) all escape the tunnel explosion courtesy of the Junior...
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1935
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Seconds before his automobile crashes over a cliff, Gene Autry is saved by Frankie (Frankie Darro), Betsy (Betsy Ross King)...
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1935
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Both Frankie (Frankie Darro) and Betsy (Betsy Ross King) manage to parachute to safety. Meanwhile, 25,000 feet below the...
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1935
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The original Rin-Tin-Tin and his pal Rex get involved in animal capers in this adventurous 12-part serial. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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1935
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In the opening chapter of the Mascot serial The Phantom Empire, a stagecoach is held up for its content -- musical...
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1935
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Although the Thunder Riders sever his rope, Gene Autry manages to grab hold of a tree limb, climb to safety and return to...
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1935
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After Rex the Wonder Horse escapes the capture of some evil horse thieves, he teams up with his pal Rinty (a smart German...
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1935
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1934
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A rather mundane effort for the usually fast-paced Mascot Pictures, this 12-chapter action serial featured Rex, billed as a...
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1934
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A Texas Ranger (Tom Mix, in his last film) must stop an evil gang leader (Charles Middleton) who is trying to scare Indians...
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1934
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In the first of two proposed serials for Mascot Pictures, Western hero Ken Maynard goes up against a murderous fiend known as...
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1934
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Action expert "Breezy" Eason called the shots on this quickie comedy-melodrama. Frank Albertson stars as the publicity man...
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1934
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A wife is on trial for murdering her husband's former spouse in this inexpensive melodrama from low-budget Mayfair Pictures...
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1933
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In this romantic melodrama, a woman tries to protect her sister-in-law from the advances of a bad boy out to take advantage...
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1933
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1933
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A notorious crook and a Parisian ballet dancer get involved with international intrigue in this low-budget action-adventure...
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1933
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Fed up with her doctor husband's ceaseless charity work, Mary Harris (June Clyde) leaves her Midwest "tank town" in favor of...
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1933
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1933
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In this newspaper drama, a cub reporter is puzzled when he is consistently scooped out of big crime stories by a rival. His...
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1932
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Filmed at Kernville, CA, and the Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth, this serial version of James Fenimore Cooper's immortal tale...
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1932
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Lloyd Hughes, a silent star on the downslide, heads the cast of the 1932 programmer Heart Punch. Hughes plays a boxer who...
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1932
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In this western, a cowboy and his sidekick save a woman and her ranch from greedy badguys. The trouble really begins when...
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1932
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Not the best of Tim McCoy's 16 Westerns for Columbia (1931-1932), Cornered, directed by action specialist B. Reeves Eason,...
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1932
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Filmed at Newhall, CA, with exteriors shot at Universal City, Mascot Pictures' The Vanishing Legion became the little...
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1931
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Set in India, Arabia, and Darkest Africa, this 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial had been created for Harry Carey and...
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1931
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The star of the 12-episode Mascot serial The Galloping Ghost can be only one man: legendary college football star (Red...
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1931
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Filmed in the majestic high desert country near Lone Pine, California, this early sound Western starred Hoot Gibson as a...
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1930
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Hoot Gibson is left with a foundling on his hands while trying to fend off an evil land-grabber in this slow-moving early...
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1930
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"Trigger Tricks", wrote "B"-western historian William K. Everson, "may well have set a record as the most talkative talkie...
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1930
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Rex Lease, Tiffany Studios' all-purpose leading man, heads the cast of Troopers Three. Eddie Haskins (Lease) and his buddies...
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1930
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One of the more used plots in silent westerns was the one about the son searching for the villain who killed his father. In...
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1929
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Nearing the end of his lucrative contract with Universal, comedic cowboy Hoot Gibson starred as what he had been in real...
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1928
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Universal star Hoot Gibson usually did better with sly humor than out-and-out sagebrush melodrama. In this comedy-western,...
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1928
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The audience got two Universal stars for the price of one with this rousing Western: Hoot Gibson and Fred Gilman. The two...
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1928
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Invited to stage a Wild West show at a dude ranch, rodeo king Bill Hammon (Hoot Gibson) makes an impressive arrival by...
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1928
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The Denver Dude is Rodeo Randall, played by the eternally likeable Hoot Gibson. At first just another cowpoke, Rodeo begins...
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1927
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Arriving in the small town of Toptown to participate in the local rodeo, Buck Sims (Hoot Gibson) meets lovely Pony Blenning...
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1927
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Action hero William Fairbanks goes "through thick and thin" to trap a gang of vicious drug smugglers. Going undercover, Don...
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1927
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Based on Peter B. Kyne's Tidy Toreador, this fairly outrageous Western romp featured Universal's lackadaisical cowboy...
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1927
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Internationally popular kiddie-star Jackie Coogan was rapidly outgrowing his cuteness when he starred in his 1927 vehicle...
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1927
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Based on a novel by Robert E. Pinkerton, this oldfashioned tale of western miscegenation starred George Walsh as Wen-dah-ben,...
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1926
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Popular silent Western star Fred Thomson was known for the wholesomeness of his pictures. Here, a little boy plays a far more...
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1926
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The advertising tag "four years in the making" is usually so much press-agent puffery. In the case of the 1926 silent version...
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1925
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In spite of sharing the same last name, William Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. were not related. William, however, was...
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1925
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Athletic star William Fairbanks stars in this cheaply made Columbia drama. Jim Davis (Fairbanks) likes having a good time,...
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1925
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Coast Patrol was a threadbare silent 5-reeler starring Kenneth MacDonald as an officer in the titular patrol. Nothing much...
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1925
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William Fairbanks (no relation to Douglas) stars in this low-budget prizefight melodrama. An aspiring boxer, blacksmith Bob...
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1925
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Horatio "Racy" Manly (William Haines) spends his time partying, much to the dismay of his father, Judge Manly (David...
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1925
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In his second starring Western, lower-echelon cowboy Bob Custer portrayed a ranger who mistakenly believes pretty...
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1924
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This independently produced silent western introduced former Miller Ranch rodeo cowboy Bob Custer to the screen. Custer...
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1924
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Hunt Stromberg produced this above-average western in which hero Tiger Thompson (Harry Carey) promises a dying train robber...
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1924
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1924
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In spite of an excellent American cast and two well-established directors, Australian action star Rex "Snowy" Baker isn't...
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1923
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Released in 12 chapters, two reels each, this Universal serial starred the veteran William Desmond as Phineas Fogg III, the...
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1923
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1922
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Western star Buck Jones is a foreman who catches a gang of cattle rustlers in this standard silent oater. Steel Brannon...
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1922
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A drifter, Racey Dawson (Buck Jones) falls for pretty Molly Dale (Eileen Percy), the daughter of alcoholic rancher Henry Dale...
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1922
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Based on Peter B. Kyne's The Sheriff of Cinnabar, this fine silent Western starred Hoot Gibson as Pinto Peters, who with his...
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1921
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An above-average silent western starring Harry Carey, Human Stuff centers on the ubiquitous feud between sheep herders and...
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1920
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Jonathan Meek (Jack Perrin) is the new minister in the straight-laced New England hamlet of Pleasanton. The circus has come...
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1920
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Veteran cowboy star Harry Carey played a ranger in this silent Western melodrama directed for Universal by action specialist...
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1920
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The tired plot to this drama was brightened up by good direction and skillful cinematography. Agnes Wilson (Lillian West) is...
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1916
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