Cheap-looking even by the standards of Grand National Pictures, Held for Ransom appears to have been completed several years...
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Betty Mason
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1938
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A punch drunk prize-fighter, Wildcat Saunders (Jack Perrin) travels to a western ranch for a little rest and relaxation with...
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1936
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Louis Weiss (of Poverty Row's Weiss Bros.) produced this commonplace B-Western starring one of the lesser names of the genre,...
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1935
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This obscure seafaring adventure was based mainly on documentary footage filmed in Micronesia in the late 1920s. Low-budget...
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Louise
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1935
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Silent screen Western star Jack Perrin plays a somewhat naive cowboy hired to innocently front the nefarious schemes of a...
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1935
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Poverty Row company Stage and Screen was somewhat partial to Northwest Mounted melodramas, releasing three films in the genre...
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1935
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1934
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According to legend, B-movie star Blanche Mehaffey valiantly but unsuccessfully attempted to keep her old potboilers out of...
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1934
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Like many low-budgeters of the early talkie era, Sally of the Subway is not so much a film as a reunion of several former...
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1932
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Alias Mary Smith might have been completely forgotten were it not for the diligent efforts of "B"-picture aficionado John...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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In order to collect his inheritance, a young man must travel around the world with only two cents in this silly melodrama...
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Elsa
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1932
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Released by Syndicate, a forerunner of sorts to Monogram Pictures, this Western serial stars veteran silent actor Robert...
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Helen Holt
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1932
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Bob Steele rides the Sunrise Trail in this dusty "B"-western. Ostensibly an outlaw, Steele is actually an undercover...
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1931
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Billed as "The Ace of Screen Dare-Devils," stuntman Richard Talmadge usually starred in films that suffered from strained or...
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Helen Van Lane
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1931
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The answer to the question asked by small-scale Sono Art/World Wide Pictures in this minor crime drama was a resounding --...
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1931
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Alcoholic John Bowers heads to the Great Northwest, hoping that the fresh air and exercise will help him swear off booze....
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1931
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Though not quite as good as his previous The Montana Kid, Bill Cody's 1931 western Dugan of the Bad Lands was still better...
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June Manning
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1931
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Independent producer Jack Irwin went to town with this early sound western, which came complete with two (badly dubbed) songs...
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1931
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A decidedly minor entry in the then-popular aviation melodrama cycle, The Sky Spider was the first film produced by sound...
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Barbara Hawton
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1931
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J.P. McGowan directed this weak Western featuring former silent cowboy Bob Custer as Sgt. Ned Stone, a Canadian Mountie...
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1931
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A dedicated priest sets up a mission in the slums of a great metropolitan city, hoping to clean up the community by cleansing...
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Molly
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1931
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Never one to take his metier too serious, Universal cowboy hero Hoot Gibson came dangerously close to outright burlesque in...
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Helen Van Smythe
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1929
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1928
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If stunt pilots Ormer Locklear and Al Wilson could star in their own films, then by golly James F. Fulton could too. Only one...
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Ruth Ross
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1928
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Finnegan's Ball was typical of the low-comedy ethnic shenanigans common to films of the 1920s. The warm relationship between...
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Molly Finnegan
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1927
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Also known as The Princess From Hoboken, this is an amusing "B" picture with "A" aspirations. Hoping to improve his business,...
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Sheila O'Toole
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1927
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Charlie Oelze, the Hal Roach Studio's special effects and "gadget" maestro, was given co-director credit on the silent,...
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1927
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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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Writer Frank Spearman was famous for his railroad stories, so Universal was wise to use one of them (The Nerve of Foley) to...
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1926
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Having squandered his allowance, gay blade Tom Eggett (Reginald Denny) is given a second chance when he inherits his uncle's...
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Grace Gordon
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1926
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This sophisticated and well-made comedy-drama was one of Pola Negri's best vehicles for Paramount. More often than not, the...
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Lennie Porter
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1925
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This drama about a Jewish family on New York's Lower East side marked the screen debut of respected stage actor Rudolph...
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1925
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Hal Roach wrote this story, which concerns a club of wealthy, grumpy old men who were players for the Fighting Orioles during...
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Hope Stanton
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1924
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1924
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