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1940
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Lige Saunders
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1940
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Charles Starrett plays the title role in Stranger from Texas, but he's no stranger to the cliches inherent in the film's...
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1940
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In the third of his four Wild Bill Saunders Westerns, Bill Elliott, "the Peaceable Man," is assigned by Governor Dawson...
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1940
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The major difference between Bullets for Rustlers and the previous entries in Charles Starrett's western series is that...
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1940
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Texas Stagecoach was one of a group of 1940 Charles Starrett westerns directed by cult favorite Joseph H. Lewis. Outside of...
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1940
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Like the other entries Columbia's "Five Little Peppers" series, The Five Little Peppers at Home is based on characters...
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1940
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In this espionage drama, an inventor creates a way to send television broadcasts across the country and finds himself...
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1939
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In this, the first entry in four-part series, children's movie, Polly Pepper takes care of her siblings while her mother...
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1939
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Spoilers of the Range looks so much like the Charles Starrett westerns that preceded and followed it that only a close...
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1939
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1939
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Former outlaw Charles Starrett goes straight and becomes a sheriff. In this capacity, he tries to bring his old partners in...
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1939
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The Man From Sundown is cut from the same cloth as all previous Charles Starrett westerns. The hero, Texas Ranger Larry...
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1939
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The real Frank and Jesse James were murderous thugs, light years away from the Robin Hood image imposed on them by...
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1939
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1939
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Cecil B. DeMille takes us back to the 1860s, then rebuilds the first intercontinental railroad in Union Pacific. The...
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1939
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No relation to the 1950 John Ford classic of the same name, Rio Grande is yet another rubber-stamp Charles Starrett western...
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1939
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This formula western stars George O'Brien as a member of the Arizona Rangers, a quasi-vigilante society aimed at ridding the...
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Judge Meade
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1939
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I Am the Law is arguably the best of the late-1930s films inspired by the racket-busting career of New York district attorney...
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1938
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Charles Starrett plays two-fisted frontiersman Dart Collins in this slick Columbia "B" western. Collins wants to find out...
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1938
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Charles Starrett heads the cast; Sam Nelson directs; and the supporting players inlude Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Ed Cobb,...
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1938
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Judge Stockton
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1938
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Sonja Henie is the "lucky star" in this enjoyable 20th Century-Fox musical. Henie plays Kristina Nelson a humble department...
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1938
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1938
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1938
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1938
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Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed...
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1938
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Whenever a Charles Starrett western flashed on the screen in the late 1930s, audiences could rest assured that the supporting...
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1938
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In the rough-and-tumble world of post-Civil War Texas, ex-Confederate soldier Kirk Jordan (Randolph Scott) crosses paths with...
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1938
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In this western a traveling gun ends up in a small town and rescues an important rancher. Out of gratitude the rancher hires...
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Jeff Randall
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1938
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This Charles Starrett western was directed by Sam Nelson and costarred Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Edward LeSaint, Edmund...
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1938
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1937
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Directed by Edwin L. Marin, Married Before Breakfast follows the hectic life of young inventor Tom Wakefield (Robert Young)....
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1937
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Two government agents are assigned to bust up a gold smuggling ring located on the Mexican border. One of the agents, a...
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1937
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Marked Woman was the most famous of the late-1930s films based on New York DA Thomas Dewey's attack on vice lord Lucky...
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1937
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Allegedly based on two factual works, Bouck White's The Book of Daniel Drew and Matthew Josephson's The Robber Barons, RKO's...
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1937
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No relation to the radio program of the same name, The Shadow is a lightning-paced murder mystery with a Big Top background....
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1937
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In this black comedy, a twitchy hypochondriac ends up conned into giving up his $500,000 inheritance in exchange for $50,000...
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1937
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Joan Perry plays the title role in Columbia's Counterfeit Lady. She is cast as Phyllis, a country lass with a rare talent for...
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1937
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In this exceptional western, a cowboy hero arrives home in time to see his brother shot by ruthless rustlers. The cowboy...
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1937
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Two Gun Law perpetuated the cinematic winning streak established early in 1937 by western star Charles Starrett and director...
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Ben Hammond
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1937
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1937
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Tala Birell, one of the more talented of the Garbo wannabes of the 1930s, stars in the Universal quickie She's Dangerous. The...
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1937
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In an effort to compete with Republic's popular songfest Westerns, fours music numbers -- including Tumbling Tumbleweeds --...
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Jeff Halliday
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1937
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When a car crash ends the life of a fabulously wealthy patron of the arts, the decedent's $20,000,000 fortune is inherited by...
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1936
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This drama focuses upon a beleaguered surgeon. He is first involved with a social-climbing fiancee who constantly puts him...
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1936
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With her RKO Radio contract nearing an end, Ann Harding had little choice but accept such trifles as The Witness Chair....
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1936
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Having settled a feud between ranchers and homesteaders in his initial Western for Columbia Pictures, handsome Charles...
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1936
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This episodic satire of the Machine Age is considered Charles Chaplin's last "silent" film, although Chaplin uses sound,...
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1936
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Though released by Republic, The Oregon Trail was actually filmed by the Lone Star unit at Monogram. John Wayne stars in a...
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1936
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1936
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Paramount's first outdoor Technicolor feature, Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the third film version of John Fox Jr.'s novel....
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1936
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In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler...
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1936
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Legion of Terror was the first in a cycle of "exposé" films inspired by the upsurge in such hate groups as the KKK, the...
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1936
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Warner Bros' Road Gang is a retread of themes first explored (and stock footage first seen) in the studio's earlier...
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1936
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In his second of an unprecedented 131 Westerns for Columbia Pictures, handsome Charles Starrett donned his trademark white...
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Lockhart
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1936
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The first of 20th Century-Fox's college musicals, Pigskin Parade is also close to the best of them in musical terms -- though...
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1936
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Magazine publisher Clark Gable is happily married to Myrna Loy. Clark's devoted, super-efficient secretary Jean Harlow may...
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1936
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Directed by Jack White (under his usual pseudonym of Preston Black), this two-reel courtroom caper is, by many, regarded as...
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1936
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When wealthy Mr. Ames is murdered, his beautiful wife Hope (Madeleine Carroll) is the principal suspect. She is acquitted...
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1936
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1936
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Based on Danny Ahearn's short story "Back in Circulation", Republic's Bulldog Edition stars Ray Walker as Ken Dwyer,...
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1936
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1936
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Filmed on location at Big Bear and Wrightwood, CA, this Tim McCoy series entry from Columbia moved the stalwart hero from the...
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1935
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1935
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Reckless is a delightfully breezy screwball comedy from the same director (Victor Fleming) and star (Jean Harlow) responsible...
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1935
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Making his debut as Columbia Pictures' new cowboy hero -- replacing, incidentally, the aging Tim McCoy -- handsome Charles...
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Campbell
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1935
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In this romantic drama, a horsewoman is forced to work in a society dame's stable. There she meets and falls in love with a...
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1935
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1935
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In this drama, two disparate brothers use radically different methods to raise their sons. The brothers co-own a successful...
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1935
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1935
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Previously filmed in 1918 and 1923, Harry Leon Wilson's novel achieved movie classic status when it was remade by...
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1935
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A best-selling nonfictional book of the 1920s provided the title for this Will Rogers vehicle. Rogers plays a small town...
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1935
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A superior Tim McCoy Western, Justice of the Range featured a range feud between John Mclean (Edward J. LeSaint) and his...
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John McLean
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1935
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Fearing that her unsavory past will be revealed, a young girl is prepared to kill her erstwhile benefactor in this hectic...
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1935
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1935
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Oklahoma's own Will Rogers stars in In Old Kentucky. The storyline is in the grand tradition of most films about the...
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1935
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In this actioner, a race car driver is recuperating from an accident when he meets a charming waitress and decides to go...
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1935
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In one of his few movie leading roles, Victor Jory plays an unmarried small-town creamery owner. Jory falls in love with...
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1935
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In this romance, a young woman falls in love with a bacteriologist who is married to a hot-tempered opera star. When his...
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1935
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Legendary Broadway impresario George White made his Hollywood debut with this musical, which he wrote, co-directed, and...
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1934
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The fourth and last of Columbia's "Inspector Trent" mysteries, Girl in Danger once more stars Ralph Bellamy as the...
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1934
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Student Tour looks like an MGM musical two-reeler that was expanded to feature length as it went along. Charles Butterworth...
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1934
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1934
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1934
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In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief. After his latest job,...
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1934
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Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping...
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1934
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In this romantic comedy, a chanteuse singing in a trashy Shanghai bar finds hope for escape when a rakish sailor comes to...
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1934
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This Side of Heaven is an early, muted example of what would refine itself into the "screwball comedy" genre....
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1934
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In this crime drama, a state trooper falls in love with a night club singer. The club owner is a racketeer using the...
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1934
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In this drama, a fighter's fiancee refuses to marry him until he can overcome his insane jealousy. He does and they marry....
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1934
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Written by the prolific Ben Hecht, Upper World is a clash-of-class melodrama set in New York City. Railroad tycoon Alexander...
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1934
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This is the second movie version of Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize winning novel that tells the story of a bride-to-be whose...
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1934
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Columbia's Once to Every Woman was the first of A. J. Cronin's medical novels to be adapted for the screen. The drama of the...
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1934
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Joan Crawford is at her most glamorous (a different outfit and hairdo in each scene!) in the romantic melodrama Chained....
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1934
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A rather weak entry in Tim McCoy's Columbia oeuvre, this Western was released to smaller venues in December of 1934, but not...
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1934
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An idealistic but naive pharmacist believes the mobsters who claim they want him to manufacture illegal medicine to help out...
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1934
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W.C. Fields stars in a remake of his silent comedy So's Your Old Man. Fields plays Sam Bisbee, an erstwhile inventor who is...
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1934
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1934
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Marshall Neilan, a great silent film director on the verge of obscurity, had one last big-studio stand with The Lemon Drop...
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1934
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Born on the proverbial wrong side of the tracks, Lady Lee (Barbara Stanwyck) rises to prominence as a professional gambler....
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1934
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W.C. Fields plays the Great McGonigle, the manipulative manager of a large 19th century theatrical troupe. Notorious for...
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1934
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1934
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The Lost Jungle is a feature-length version of the 12-episode Mascot serial of the same name. Legendary animal trainer...
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1934
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Tomorrow at Seven is one of those "you will die at the appointed hour" murder mysteries which flooded the market in the early...
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1933
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This comedy is last entry in the five-movie series "The Cohens and Kellys." In this episode, Sidney and Murray are competing...
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1933
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Junior Durkin who burst upon the movie scene as Huck Finn in 1930's Tom Sawyer, is the teenage star of Man Hunt. Durkin plays...
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Woodward
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1933
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Hopscotching between westerns and modern-dress actioners in 1933, Tim McCoy once more finds himself at large in the Big City...
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1933
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A wealthy, but sad young woman falls in love with an impoverished fellow in this bittersweet romance. While her father is...
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1933
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Baby Face is a good example of the kind of spitfire lead female characters that appeared in the cinema of pre-code Hollywood....
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1933
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In this unusual Western, Buck Jones is not only branded for being a "squaw stealer" (i.e. rapist) but his prey is a woman...
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1933
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In this musical drama from directors Alexander Hall and George Somnes, Claudette Colbert stars as Sally Trent, a children's...
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1933
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An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the...
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1933
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The Wrecker is a flinty-eyed demolition engineer named Regan (Jack Holt). While he's off on another assignment, Regan's wife...
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1933
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Columbia's The Thrill Hunter is more of straight action film than a western, though leading man Buck Jones still wears his...
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1933
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If ever there was an archetypal Marx Brothers comedy, it was the team's 1932 offering Horse Feathers. Groucho Marx is cast as...
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1932
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In this western, a Chicago slicker begins grabbing land and using it to scam city dwellers by selling it first to locals,...
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1932
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Two small-town youths head for the Big Apple and somehow get mixed up with mobsters during a visit to the title park in this...
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1932
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A multi-character drama set in a suburban neighborhood, The Night of June 13th takes place in four households. One of these...
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1932
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Warner Bros.' hard-hitting chain-gang movie was a faithful adaptation of the similarly titled autobiography of Robert Elliot...
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1932
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A rather complicated but well-made little Poverty Row thriller, Drifting Souls features silent screen star Lois Wilson as...
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1932
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In this suspenseful drama, an embittered woman exacts revenge upon the 12 women who wronged her in college. The trouble...
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1932
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In this western a falsely accused convict is paroled. He goes home and finds himself ostracized by his neighbors who believe...
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1932
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1932
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In this mystery, a detective is called in to investigate the fate of a derelict ship that was found floating off the coast...
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1932
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Tim McCoy is falsely accused of killing his own father in this typical low-budget oater directed by the generally efficient...
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1932
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The 1932 Tom Mix western talkie Texas Bad Man has much in common with the sombre silent efforts by Mix's former rival...
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1932
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The title Virtue should be a good tip-off that the central character is a step below virtuous. Carole Lombard, still not...
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1932
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Although based on a story by William Colt McDonald, the creator of The Three Mesqueteers, this Tim McCoy effort from Columbia...
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1932
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Buck Jones took a break from his cowboy duties to play a speedway driver in this highly implausible but fast-paced action...
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1932
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In this war drama, two buddies in WW I return stateside. One of them becomes a police sergeant, but the other cannot find...
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1931
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In the wake of such cinematic Calamity Janes as Jean Arthur and Doris Day, it comes as a shock to find a film in which the...
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1931
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A minister's daughter finds fame as an evangelist but struggles with her own lack of faith in Frank Capra's impassioned...
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1931
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Buck Jones is supported by a very young John Wayne in this fine Western from his early years at Columbia Pictures. They play...
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John Walton
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1931
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Never one to hide his talent under a bushel basket, director Rouben Mamoulien proudly proclaimed that, while there were ten...
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1931
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A fine early sound Western, this Buck Jones series entry from his Columbia period told the well-known story of a feud between...
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Amos
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1931
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William Powell stars in this drama as William Foster, a gifted defense attorney with a gift for making cases go his way....
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1930
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In this suspenseful crime drama a woman is threatened by an angry husband and a man comes to her aid. Unfortunately, after...
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1930
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This ambitious independently-produced musical was filmed in New York, utilizing the talents of several Broadway performers....
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1929
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Director
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1926
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Elaine Hammerstein stars in this Columbia picture, which trade magazine Motion Picture News admitted was "an average program...
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Director
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1925
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This jazzy comedy-drama was based on the Saturday Evening Post story by Grace Sartwell Mason. Wiletta Whipple (Pauline Garon)...
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Director
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1925
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This romantic melodrama was based on the novel Peggy of Beacon Hill by Maysie Greig. Because she is so badly treated by her...
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Director
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1925
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Director
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1924
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This standard but solid programmer was put out by a company called C.B.C., a Poverty Row studio derisively called "Corned...
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Director
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1924
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Although Priscilla Dean is starred in this dramatic Universal character study, it's Tom Santschi who has the meatier role....
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Director
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1924
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In spite of its Poverty Row location, C.B.C. -- which later became better known as Columbia -- put out some quality pictures....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1923
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This light comedy was produced by the poverty row studio whose initials, C.B.C., earned it the nickname "Corned Beef and...
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Director
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1923
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Talented Anna Q. Nilsson overcomes hackneyed material in this society drama. Actress Fay Leslie (Nilsson) marries Don Hampton...
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Director
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1923
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This drama -- slightly sensational and moralistic -- was typical of the feature fare put out by low-budget film company...
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Director
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1923
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While no one could ever call the cast to this melodrama "all star," it certainly features some of the best second-stringers...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1922
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The real draw of this suspenseful drama was the yacht race and the motor boat chase, which included a hydroplane. No one...
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Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1922
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This average romantic melodrama is enhanced by the presence of Constance Binney and Jack Mulhall. After finishing her convent...
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Director
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1922
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Those who see the title to this picture and think it must be based on a hoary old melodrama are absolutely correct. The play,...
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Director
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1922
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In this dream-within-a-dream story, Gladys Brockwell plays a prima donna who, under ether, dreams of a past life when she...
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Director
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1920
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Mary Ann (Shirley Mason) is a drudge who works in a London boardinghouse run by Mrs. Leadbatter (Georgia Woodthorpe). One of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1920
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Long before he began playing bit-part judges and college professors, Edward J. LeSaint was a busy film director at Fox...
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Director
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1920
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When Timothy Atkinson arrives in a rough Western town to become the telegraph operator, the locals peg him as a tenderfoot....
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Director
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1920
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A Southern aristocrat is under doctor's orders to put down his fiddle and take a vacation in the West. He plays a final song...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1920
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At a Paris exhibition, American sculptor Richard Arnold (William Scott) wins first prize. He also meets a pleasure-loving...
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Director
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1920
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Cowboy star Tom Mix plays Jack Kilmeny, an Englishman who owns a gold claim in the U.S. Jack has two problems -- his...
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Director
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1919
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The only thing that made this particular feud picture stand out from any others is that it starred Tom Mix. Two Southern...
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Director
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1919
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Every now and then, cowboy star Tom Mix would pull a clinker out of his ten-gallon hat, and this picture was one of them. Mix...
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Director
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1919
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Director
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1919
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Even though Tom Mix forsakes his cowboy hat for a fur cap in this Northwoods tale, the story (adapted from the novel by Frank...
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Director
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1919
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It seems like the main purpose of this film was to show that cowboy star Tom Mix could perform stunts that didn't require a...
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Director
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1919
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"The Wolf" is the name bestowed upon a rugged woodsman whose ruthlessness in dealing with others is the stuff from which...
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Director
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1918
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Director
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1918
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The "wife" of the title is Hope Ross, played by Louise Lovely, but never mind her. The real star of the proceedings is former...
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Director
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1918
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According to the story of this highly fictional Fox drama, World War I was started on account of a woman. The Countess...
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1918
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1918
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Director
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1918
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When New England schoolmarm Faith Miller (Anita King) comes West to inspect a mine she has bought, she discovers it is a...
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Director
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1917
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Lambert (William Stowell), a doctor and a minister, comes to live in a Western town with his wife (Helen Gibson). But she is...
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Director
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1917
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Japanese film star Sessue Hayakawa carries the dramatic weight of this "Never the Twain Shall Meet" melodrama. Rhandah...
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1917
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Director
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1917
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Gladys Brockwell, who often played vamps during the 1910s, does a rare virtuous turn in this drama. Mabel Halloway...
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Director
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1916
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Director
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1916
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Director
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1916
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This first of five film versions of Peter B. Kyne's Saturday Evening Post story Three Godfathers came to an eager public by...
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Director
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1916
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This picture, based on the play by Paul Potter, has the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny as its backdrop. Although Ralph Seton (Lou...
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Director
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1916
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In this mystery, Aunt Ray Innes (Eugenie Besserer), an affable old maid, is spending time with her nephew Halsey (Guy Oliver)...
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Director
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1915
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Although he has a reputation for being "the worst man in town," Western gambler Harley Hennage (Frank Keenan) proves his...
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Director
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1915
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Once again, Selig's stable of wild animals is called into play for this story of the African jungle. Englishman James Birch...
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Director
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1915
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The daughter of a professor falls in love with what her father considers an unworthy young man (Harold Lockwood) in this...
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Director
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1914
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A typical early silent melodrama, The Dangling Noose starred Harold Lockwood as a cavalry officer whose rival (Guy Oliver) is...
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Director
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1913
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