A collection of action filled trailers from early westerns are included in this video. ~ Rovi...
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1991
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This campy oddity -- featuring John Carradine in one of his patented walk-on roles -- pits some silly facsimile of a...
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1972
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Sidney Poitier makes his directorial debut with the 1972 Western Buck and the Preacher, set during the end of the Civil War....
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1972
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Having drunk his way out of most of the major studios and not a few of the minor ones, cowboy star Ken Maynard had trouble...
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Himself
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1947
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In their third and final "Trail Blazers" Western together, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele witness what appears to be...
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Ken Maynard
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1944
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Marshal Maynard and his 3 friends attempt to locate bank robbers in this action western. ~ Rovi...
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1944
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The fifth of Monogram's eight "Trail Blazers" Western, Westward Bound was set during the time of Montana gaining statehood....
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Ken
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1944
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Buster Crabbe and Al St. John (or "Our Old Pals", as they were invariably billed) star in the PRC western Blazing Frontier....
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1944
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Having worked as a duo in the first three entries of Monogram's low-budget "Trail Blazers" series, veteran Western stars Ken...
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Ken Maynard
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1944
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Having functioned as Alvin J. Neitz's assistant director in the first two "Trail Blazers" Westerns, Monogram...
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Ken Maynard
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1943
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The second entry in Monogram's low-budget "Trail Blazers" B-Western series, The Law Rides Again marked the final directorial...
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Ken Maynard
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1943
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In a rather desperate attempt to duplicate the success of Republic Pictures' Three Mesqueteers B-Western series, Monogram...
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Ken Maynard
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1943
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Produced and directed by George Sherman, Death Valley Outlaws starred James Cagney-lookalike Donald Barry as Johnny Edwards,...
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1941
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The otherwise standard Ken Maynard western Death Rides the Range is distinguished somewhat by a topical slant. The plot...
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Ken
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1940
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Ken Maynard's western series for bottom-barrel Colony Pictures sputtered along with Lightning Strikes West. Former government...
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Morgan
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1940
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Though it probably isn't saying much, Flaming Lead is the best of Ken Maynard's starring vehicles for low-budget Colony...
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Clark
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1939
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Cowboy star Ken Maynard goes the "Lone Ranger" route in Phantom Rancher. Upon inheriting his uncle's ranch, Ken Mitchell...
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Mitchell
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1939
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The first of six Ken Maynard Westerns produced on the cheap by the Alexander brothers, Max and Arthur, Whirlwind Horseman...
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Ken Morton
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1938
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The second of six low-budget Ken Maynard Westerns produced by Max and Arthur Alexander, Six Shootin' Sheriff featured a...
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Trigger
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1938
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The first entry in a proposed series of six Westerns starring Ken Maynard and produced for Grand National by M.H. Hoffman,...
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Ken
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1937
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Ken Maynard saves Geneva Mitchell from a runaway coach in the opening of this so-so Columbia western. The victim of a stage...
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Ken Manley
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1936
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In this western, a cowboy finds himself a mine owner and a daddy simultaneously when a friend dies and wills him his mine...
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Screenwriter, Ken Armstrong
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1936
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Most of Ken Maynard's westerns were highly distinctive, if not always good. Heroes of the Range is okay but virtually...
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Ken
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1936
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The opening sequence of this Ken Maynard Western is spectacular: Attempting to save heroine Beth Marion from the ubiquitous...
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1936
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Ken Maynard goes the Zorro route in this lethargic Western produced by Larry Darmour for Columbia. Ailing rancher Cal Pierson...
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Ken Martin
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1936
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Ken Maynard at least tries to keep his characteristic off-the-wall ad-libs to a minimum in Fugitive Sheriff. Hoping to rid a...
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Ken Marshall
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1936
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In this western, a wagon train is destroyed and all but two children, a brother and sister, are slaughtered. The sister is...
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Screen Story, Ken
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1935
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Ken Maynard's western series for Columbia was a mixed bag indeed, with Western Courage neither the best nor worst of the...
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Ken Baxter
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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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Producer
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1935
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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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Ken Williams
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1934
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In this western, a band of avaricious men kill a rancher in order to take over his land. The dead man's nephew was slated to...
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Producer, Ken Lance
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1934
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Typical of Ken Maynard's offbeat approach to westerns, Honor of the Range stars Maynard as twin brothers -- one strong and...
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Director, Producer, Ken/Clem
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1934
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To say that Smoking Guns is one of Ken Maynard's strangest Westerns is understating the case. The film wastes no time getting...
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Producer, Ken Masters
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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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Producer, Ken Manning
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1934
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Having recently left Universal Pictures in a huff, mercurial cowboy star Ken Maynard stopped briefly at Mascot Studios for a...
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Kentucky
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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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Director, Producer
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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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Ken Peters, the Thunderbolt Kid
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1933
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Curley Fletcher's famous lament "The Strawberry Roan became Ken Maynard's favorite Western and went a long way to popularize...
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Director, Producer
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1933
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Ken Maynard goes undercover to prove that his father (Horace B. Carpenter), a bank president, did not commit suicide but was...
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Cal Weston
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1933
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Produced by Poverty Row company KBS (formerly Sono Art-World Wide), this above-average B-Western starred Ken Maynard as an...
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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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Producer, Firebrand Kenton
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1933
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Ken Maynard's magnificent horse Tarzan took center-stage in this, perhaps the star's most flamboyant entry in the otherwise...
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Ken Benson
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1932
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Having signed for eight Westerns with poverty row entrepreneur E.W. Hammons, Ken Maynard went on to deliver a series of solid...
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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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Cowboy star Ken Maynard trots out one of his favorite plot devices in Whistlin' Dan. Once again, Maynard poses as a crook in...
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1932
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Adopted brothers, both cattlemen, fight over the sheep man's daughter in this low budget but acceptable Ken Maynard Western...
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1932
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Filmed on location at Lone Pine, CA, this above average Ken Maynard oater features the veteran cowboy star in the title role,...
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Ken "Hell Fire" Austin
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1932
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Filmed at Red Rock Canyon, AZ, and at rental stages at the California Tiffany Studios, Tombstone Canyon was the fifth of...
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Ken Mason
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1932
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Ken Maynard searches for a wayward youngster in this average Western from his days with low-budget KBS Productions. A rancher...
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1932
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In this melodrama, a sleazy plastic surgeon from Chicago bungles an operation and causes the amputation of his patient's...
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1932
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In this western, an outlaw gang leader leaves his bad-guy bunch after they have a heated dispute about giving an injured...
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1932
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Considered by many the prototypical low-budget Ken Maynard oater, Range Law starred Maynard as Hap Connors, a prisoner making...
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1931
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Two Gun Man was one of the better entries in Ken Maynard's variable western series for Tiffany Productions. Armed with a...
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1931
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The Pocatello Kid must have been sheer ambrosia for Ken Maynard fans, offering their idol in a dual role. Maynard is cast as...
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1931
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Ken Maynard's Branded Men wasn't up to the standards of his previous Range Law, but it was still better than the usual...
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Rod Whitaker
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1931
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In his third Western for low-budget company Tiffany, Ken Maynard plays Ken Neville, a cowboy returning to the old homestead...
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Ken Neville
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1931
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The Arizonian
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1931
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In this Maynard classic a lawman clears his reputation of former faults. ~ Rovi...
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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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Producer
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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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Producer, Dave Hayes
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1930
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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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Producer
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1930
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This M.F. Hoffman production released through Grand National featured Ken Maynard as Friendly Fields, a mama's boy whose hat...
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Friendly Fielding
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1930
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Western hero Ken Maynard lifted his voice in a campfire song, making the near tone-deaf actor the first "singing cowboy."...
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Producer, Ken McTavish
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1930
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Ken Maynard's fourth film under his 1929 contract with Universal came complete with a music score and sound effects, but no...
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1930
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Lawman Dan Barton (Ken Maynard) is framed for the murder of his partner. Even the dead man's sister (Jeanette Loff) believes...
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Dan Barton
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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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Producer, Juan
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1930
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Set during the Civil War, this rousing silent Western starred Ken Maynard in top form as a federal agent tracking down a gang...
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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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Cal Stanley
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1929
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A late entry in First National's series of silent Ken Maynard Westerns, this film starred the athletic Maynard and his...
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1929
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Though Universal temporarily abandoned its western product when talkies came in, a few of its 1929 silent sagebrushers were...
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Producer, Michael Banning
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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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Dick Scott
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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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Producer, The Rambler
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1929
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Popular Western star Ken Maynard donned the scarlet uniform of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer in this thrilling...
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1928
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In one of his finest silent Westerns, Ken Maynard comes to the rescue of a young girl whose mine is about to be appropriated...
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1928
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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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1928
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Western star Ken Maynard earned an opportunity to showcase his superior riding skills in this exciting silent Western about...
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1928
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First National's cowboy star Ken Maynard gave Fox's Tom Mix a run for his money in this above-average silent Western about...
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1928
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It's too bad that most of Ken Maynard's silent westerns for First National apparently no longer exist. From all accounts, Gun...
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1927
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Deputy Marshal Ken Maynard heads off to Oklahoma where a gang of nasty cattle rustlers is terrorizing the local ranchers....
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Jerry Steele
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1927
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Bob Bishop
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1927
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Red Raiders is the best-known of Ken Maynard's silent westerns, and not without reason. While the title tells all plotwise,...
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1927
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The third of Ken Maynard's new starring series for First National, Overland Stage casts the cowboy star as shotgun rider on a...
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1927
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One of Ken Maynard's very best silent westerns, The Unknown Cavalier was filmed on locations in Death Valley, California....
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Tom Drury
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1926
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In his first Western for First National and producer Charles J. Rogers, Ken Maynard played Don Luis O'Flagherty, a daredevil...
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Lon Luis O'Flagherty
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1926
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1926
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Terry Baldwin
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1926
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American western star Ken Maynard's first starring vehicle -- filmed on a shoestring budget at California's St. Francis Dam...
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1925
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Dog star Strongheart, perhaps the most popular rival of canine hero Rin-Tin-Tin, heads the cast of North Star. The "human"...
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Noel Blake
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1925
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One of the greatest western stars of all time, Ken Maynard began his long starring career for poverty-row producer...
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1925
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Newspaper magnate and movie producer William Randolph Hearst created this massive epic about the American Revolution to...
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1924
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Ken Maynard's star was still on the ascendant when he made this action-packed Western. It's the usual tale about "the papers"...
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1924
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Although this was one of William Wellman's early directorial efforts, his talent still shows through in this Western...
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1923
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