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1960
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This retelling of one of Charles Lindbergh's most famous feats stars Jimmy Stewart as the legendary flier, and was directed...
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1957
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Yet another serial from penny-pinching producer Sam Katzman, the fifteen chapter Gunfighters of the Northwest suffered from...
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1954
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1954
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Flying in the face of Hollywood tradition, this cinemadaptation of James Fennimore Cooper's The Pathfinder features genuine...
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1953
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The self-styled son of Indian chief Geronimo gets himself involved with a gang of nasty whites in this typical low-budget 15...
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1952
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In this western, a cowboy rides out to avenge the death of his fiancee. Three outlaws are responsible for the murder. He...
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1951
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Alexander Hull's novel Shep of the Painted Hills was refashioned into a traditional Lassie vehicle by screenwriter...
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1951
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1951
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A Ticket to Tomahawk has sometimes been described as a musical western satire, but in fact is more "straight" western than...
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1950
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Columbia's final release for 1950 was the Gene Autry western Indian Territory. Set during the Reconstruction Era, the story...
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1950
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In 1949, Paramount put together a film version of the radio series My Friend Irma. It was assumed that the main attraction...
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1950
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1950
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The title insurrection in this low-budget Whip Wilson Western consists mainly of Iron Eyes Cody, who is conspiring to raid...
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1950
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In the late 1940s - early 1950s, Columbia Pictures enjoyed a great deal of success with a series of slapsticky feature films...
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1950
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Judy Garland was originally slated to star in MGM's film version of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, but she was forced to...
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1950
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The title couple and their enormous brood of bumpkins made their movie debut in the film version of Betty McDonald's humorous...
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1949
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My Friend Irma was supposed to be a straightforward adaptation of the popular radio sitcom of the same name. The film's focus...
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1949
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Tulsa was, in 1949, the most elaborate production released to date by the Eagle-Lion corporation-though all evidence,...
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1949
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In this western, a cowboy comes to the aid of the Indians. The story begins as hero, Gene Autry, begins an investigation of a...
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1949
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Produced in garish Cinecolor, this aspiring "A" Western features John Payne as Clay Fletcher, an Eastern lawyer assigned to...
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1949
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Dick Powell stars as Canadian Mountie Sgt. Mike Flannagan. When Boston-bred Kathy O'Fallon (Evelyn Keyes) marries Mike, she...
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1949
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In this western comedy, a milquetoast gunsmith from the East Coast goes to Arsenic City, Arizona because he has heard that...
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1948
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Fairly ambitious for Screen Guild Productions, The Prairie is set at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Hoping to find their...
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1948
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In this romantic comedy, a wealthy heiress marries hastily and realizes her mistake on her honeymoon in New York. Though it...
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1948
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Bob Hope's Technicolor western spoof The Paleface was one of the comedian's biggest box-office hits. Hope plays Painless...
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1948
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William Wellman's westerns always seemed a little claustrophobic, but in Yellow Sky the director's technique works to the...
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1948
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John Wayne -- showing off a darker side to his screen persona than we'd previously seen -- portrays Thomas Dunson, a...
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1948
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When he was first offered the film version of the best-selling Frederick Wakeman novel The Hucksters, Clark Gable turned it...
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1947
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Bowery Buckaroos would have the viewer believe that pint-sized sweetshop proprietor Louie Dumbrowski (Bernard Gorcey),...
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1947
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The fifth of seven "Red Ryder" westerns starring Allan Lane, Oregon Trail Scouts recounts how Red met his young sidekick,...
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1947
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Acclaimed playwright George S. Kaufman made his directorial debut with this broad political satire. Senator Melvin G. Ashton...
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1947
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Dana Andrews -- in one of the best performances of his career -- plays Logan Stuart, a bold, ambitious general store and...
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1946
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Filmed in less than glorious two-strip Cinecolor, this average Eddie Dean western benefited from Dean performing "Ride on the...
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1946
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In this western, a decent Indian agent loses his job and his good name after someone steals the government money he was to...
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1943
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Bud Abbott & Lou Costello invade the wild west in Ride 'Em Cowboy. The boys play Duke and Willoughby, a couple of rodeo...
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1942
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In this western, set in the Western wilderness, a wily and dangerous wild stallion threatens all that enter his domain...
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1942
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Congress suddenly changes the boundary between Texas and Mexico and the rangers leave the territory to the U.S. cavalry in...
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1941
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In this western, the Three Mesquisteers face down angry Indians and outlaws while fighting to save the life of am abducted...
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1941
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Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western,...
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1941
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The assistant to a railroad president battles an evil empire builder in this 13 chapter adventure serial produced by...
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1940
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Cecil B. De Mille directed this lavish all-star spectacular paying tribute to America's neighbors to the North. In 1885, as...
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1940
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Paramount star Richard Arlen heads a strong cast in this early talkie western about a sheepherder falsely accused of killing...
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1930
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In this romantic adventure, a feisty young woman (Velez) toys with the affections of a railroad worker (Withers) and a...
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1930
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1930
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In this western, a wagon train is massacred by Indians and the only survivors are two children, a brother and a sister. They...
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1929
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The arrival of the telegraph to the Great Plains took center stage once again in this superior silent Western starring...
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1928
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As helmed by Robert North Bradbury, the silent feature With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre was produced in 1925 but...
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Sitting Bull
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1927
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One of the most fondly remembered serials of the late silent era, The Hawk of the Hills became a showcase for Frank Lackteen,...
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1927
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This cheapjack historical film also carried the grandiose title With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre. It was...
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1927
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Colonel Tim McCoy had worked as an advisor on Indian sign languages and other things western during the making of...
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1926
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1926
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Silent film star Colleen Moore and Charlie Plumb's comic strip character Ella Cinders had two basic things in common: their...
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1926
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Filmed in majestic Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon, Utah, this Paramount Zane Grey Western starred Jack Holt as Nevada, a...
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1926
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