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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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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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Ostensibly based on James Oliver Curwood's Caryl of the Mountain, but bearing little or no resemblance to the 1935...
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1935
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In perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the tough but goodhearted...
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1935
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When he's shipped off to prison on a tax-evasion charge, millionaire Van Dyke (Walter Connolly) breathes a sigh of relief: at...
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1935
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William Colt MacDonald's 1934 story based on the Three Mesqueteers characters was brought to the screen the following year by...
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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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In this Western, neighboring sheep farmers engage in a long-standing feud over that results in tragedy. The problem began...
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Pike
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1935
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Hard Rock Harrigan is an easygoing George O'Brien actioner with emphasis on comedy and romance. The plot revolves around a...
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1935
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This obscure Damon Runyon adaptation stars Jean Parker as Princess O'Hara, the spirited granddaughter of Central Park...
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1935
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Though filmed on a tight budget, Universal's Trail Drive has the size and scope of a silent western epic, proof positive of...
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1935
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Radio baritone Joe Morrison was being groomed for stardom by Paramount when he was top-billed in One Hour Late. Morrison is...
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1935
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Westerner Buck Jones heads to the Great White North in Border Brigands. Jones plays Canadian Mountie Tim Barry, who always...
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Roxy O'Leary
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1935
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A pretty Mexican dancer, Tina Menard, is actually the lead character in this low-budget Western ostensibly starring...
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1934
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1934
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A ranch hand seeking to clear his father's name ventures into the territory of a fearsome outlaw in this B-Western starring...
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1934
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In this western, a miner heads back East and ends up traveling with a wagon train. He carries with him a map of his recently...
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Pinwheel
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1934
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Thunder
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1934
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Adapted from an earlier European film, Wharf Angel stars Dorothy Dell as Toy, a golden-hearted prostitute stranded in San...
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1934
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1934
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In this musical western, everybody sings, even the outlaws. The story follows a government agent who goes undercover as a...
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1933
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In this western, John Wayne plays a bronc buster who flees to Mexico after he is falsely accused of rigging a stagecoach...
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Riley
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1933
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Rivalry between two towns for the honor of becoming county seat turns violent in this interesting Ken Maynard Western from...
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Nevady
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1933
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In this western, based on a Zane Grey novel, a cowboy is falsely accused of stealing cows. Fortunately, his gal stands by her...
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1933
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In this western, the locals are being plagued by "Black Death" an evil outlaw who shoots victims with chemical bullets that...
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1933
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1933
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An average Buck Jones oater from Columbia Pictures, Forbidden Trail featured a girl newspaper publisher, Mary Middleton...
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1932
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The title of this RKO western refers to the wagons which bore settlers Westward during the mid-19th century. Following in his...
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1932
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In his first Western for 1932, Buck Jones went mostly for laughs playing a former Texas ranger inheriting an Arizona ranch...
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1932
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Drafted into the army during World War I, those muddled misfits Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy make a shambles of Training Camp...
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1932
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Directed by the mediocre J.P. McGowan, Tim McCoy's second Western for Columbia was a rather tedious affair in which McCoy...
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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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The Conquering Horde is a remake of the 1924 western epic North of 36, using generous amounts of stock footage from the...
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Spud Grogan
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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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A well-paced early sound Western, Border Law features Buck Jones) as Jim Houston, a Texas Ranger going undercover as a...
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1931
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Not only has Oliver Hardy established a successful business -- in fertilizer -- he has also decided to run for mayor. General...
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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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Cecil B. DeMille's third remake of his debut film, this was the first sound version of Edwin Milton Royle's stage western...
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1931
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Of interest mainly because of the talent involved, this film remains a tepid bootleg melodrama about a small-town football...
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1931
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Having recently signed with Universal, Western star Ken Maynard became his own producer with this early talkie Western...
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1930
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The dashing Ken Maynard, who always warned that he sang loudly rather than well, finished his 1929-1930 stay at Universal...
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1930
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The second in a series of Buck Jones westerns produced by Sol Lesser for Columbia release, Shadow Ranch is the story of a...
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1930
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This early sound western was cowboy-star Ken Maynard's second to last under his 1929-1930 contract with Universal. The...
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1930
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In this musical western, a cowpoke goes searching for his brother's killer. The brother had been a Texas Ranger. He finds...
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1930
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1930
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Filmed on magnificent locations at Glacier National Park, this MGM western starring Tim McCoy came at the very end of the...
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Easy
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1929
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FBO's little red-headed cowboy hero Buzz Barton and grizzled Frank Rice once again rights the wrongs of the West in this...
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Hank Robbins
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1929
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Royal Rider is an amusing mixture of traditional western fare and Ruritanian melodrama. Ken Maynard plays Dick Scott, a rodeo...
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1929
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By 1929, strapping cowboy Ken Maynard had become First National's ace western star. The former stunt rider was being afforded...
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Flapjack
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1929
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Popular western star Ken Maynard crooned a couple of prairie tunes in this his first (part-)talkie, making Ken the screen's...
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1929
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The gruff but lovable Wallace Beery starred in this Zane Grey adaptation from Paramount. He plays the prototype outlaw with a...
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1929
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The Sheriff
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1929
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In this Red Hepner series entry, FBO's plucky boy rider Buzz Barton, as Red, saves his prospector sidekick Hank Robbins...
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1929
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Dynamite, one of canine star Rin-Tin-Tin's many imitators, starred in this silent action melodrama from Universal, in which...
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1928
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Fans of stunt pilot Al Wilson had no reason for complaint when their favorite flyboy brought forth his 1928 vehicle Won in...
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1928
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This small-scale but entertaining Western was yet another outing for Buzz Barton, FBO's pint-sized cowboy ace, and his...
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1928
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FBO's juvenile cowboy hero, Buzz Barton, once again played Red Hepner in this pleasant, if minor, silent western. With his...
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1928
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Russet-haired boy rider Buzz Barton again plays Red Hepner in this average FBO oater, which was obviously geared toward the...
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Sidewinder Steve
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1928
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Freckled little Buzz Barton again portrays boy rider Red Hepner in this well-made silent western. This time he foils a plan...
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1928
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Productive western writer Oliver Drake wrote this average silent oater about a boy hero, who saves a wagon train from an...
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1928
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Billed as a "Universal Thrill Feature," this airborne action melodrama featured real-life aviator Al Wilson playing identical...
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"Whispering" Hick
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1927
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Juvenile Western star Buzz Barton, as Red Hepner, and grizzled sidekick Frank Rice once again took on the bad guys in this...
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Hank
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1927
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1927
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Thunder the Dog, Fox Studios' answer to Warner Bros.' Rin Tin Tin, stars in Wolf Fangs. The star plays a sheepherder's pup...
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Pete
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1927
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FBO, a minor poverty-row company run by Presidential father Joseph P. Kennedy, cranked out a seemingly endless stream of...
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1927
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Energetic cowboy Buck Jones is almost swindled out of his valuable land in this above-average silent Western produced by Fox....
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1926
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Jack Hoxie's final Western for 1925 featured Universal's second most popular cowboy hero (after Hoot Gibson) chasing a wanted...
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Old Bill
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1925
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Two popular genres merged in this above-average silent comedy-drama: the western and the haunted-house farce. Universal's...
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1925
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He may be called "The Lone Prospector" in The Gold Rush, but the character played by Charlie Chaplin is the same wistful,...
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1925
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According to Hollywood lore, silent screen western star Jack Hoxie could neither read nor write -- not true, says Hoxie's...
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Knack Williams
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1924
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Famed stunt flyer Al Wilson was handsome and personable enough to successfully star in a series of fast-moving silent...
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1924
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A young man's jealousy causes him to rapidly rise from humble laborer to world heavyweight champion in this campy silent...
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Boss
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1924
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Director Harry Fraser pronounced former stunt rider Bill Cody "one of the most unimpressive western stars" he had ever worked...
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1924
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This Western starring Jack Hoxie) has all the typical elements one would expect: the mortgaged ranch, cattle rustlers, a...
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1923
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Silent screen star Jack Hoxie headlines this oater from 1923. As the tale opens, tragedy strikes: a ruthless band of outlaws,...
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1923
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While most of Vitagraph's biographical films were released as multiple-parters, Richelieu told its entire story within the...
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1914
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