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Director: Irvin Willat    More Info
Starring: Jack Holt, Noah Beery, George Irving, Kathlyn Williams, Billie Dove, Jim Mason, Richard Neill, James Gordon, William A. Carroll, Willard Cooley

 Based on a Zane Grey novel, this is the story of Adam Larey (Jack Holt) who confronts his younger brother, Guerd (Jim Mason), concerning his gambling. When his brother is accidentally shot, Adam flees into the wasteland. Upon finding that his brother was only wounded, Adam returns to both his brother and his girlfriend, Ruth (Billie Dove). This was the first Technicolor Western.

Director: Lynn Reynolds    More Info
Starring: Tom Mix, Warner Oland, Beatrice Burnham, Fred Kohler, Arthur Morrison, Harold Goodwin, Marian Nixon, Mabel Ballin, Wilfred Lucas, Anne Shirley

 Based on Zane Grey's novel, Texas Ranger Jim Lassiter (Tom Mix) is after the man who abducted his sister and her daughter. Jim takes on a job at a ranch where love blooms and finds out that the man he's after is now a judge in town. Good silent flick.

Director: King Baggot    More Info
Starring: William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield, J. Gordon Russell, Richard Neill, Jack Murphy, James(2) Gordon, George F. Marion, Gertrude Claire, Lillian Leighton

 Based on the opening of the "Cherokee Strip" to homesteaders, this is William S. Hart's return to the screen after a long absence, and it was also his last film; new, action-oriented Western stars were coming to the forefront. Don Carver (Hart), a range boss, finds himself out of work when the land is opened. He falls in love with a homesteader (Barbara Bedford), and the two prepare for the land rush in hopes of getting the land they want. But there are others who want it also. The epic re-creation of the land rush is a highlight.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Tom Santschi, Frank Campeau, Priscilla Bonner, Otis Harlan, Phyllis Haver, George(2) Harris

 The three bad men (J. Farrell McDonald, Tom Santschi, and Frank Campeau) are outlaws who rescue a young woman (Olive Borden) after her father is killed and lose their lives protecting her. John Ford at his silent film best.

Director: George B. Seitz    More Info
Starring: William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, Jack Hoxie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Coghlan Jr., Mitchell Lewis, Gladys Brockwell, Frank Lackteen

 Government scout Tom Kirby (William Boyd) and Western legend Buffalo Bill Cody (Jack Hoxie) lead a wagon train through Indian territory when they are attacked. Beth, who was saved by Kirby though her parents were killed, is taken in by a crooked trader (Mitchell Lewis). When the Indians attack the town with a buffalo stampede, Kirby, with assorted Western heroes, arrives to take care of the situation. Remade as a serial in 1932.

Director: Irving Cummings    More Info
Starring: Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess, Warner Baxter, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Brown, John Webb Dillon, Ivan Linow, Roy Stewart, James Bradbury Jr., Fred Warren

 This tale of O. Henry's "The Cisco Kid" was the first Western talkie as well as the first sound film made outside of a studio. Army Sergeant Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe) is pursuing the bandit, The Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter), who is in love with Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess). While The Cisco Kid is away, Tonia falls in love with Mickey, and, together, they plot The Cisco Kid's demise. Warner Baxter received an Oscar for Best Actor in his role as the Cisco Kid. The film also received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Director.

Director: Victor Sjostrom    More Info
Starring: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond, Carmencita Johnson, Leon Janney, Billy Kent Schaefer

 This is one of the last great silent films, and perhaps Lillian Gish's best performance. Letty Mason (Gish) moves to a barren dust bowl town in Texas to stay with relatives. She fights off the wind and sand, as well as husband Lige (Lars Hanson) who disgusts her, and a rapist. The desert storm climax is a classic.

Director: Tom Forman    More Info
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Mary Brian, Richard Arlen, Eugene Pallette, Chester Conklin, Helen Ware, Jack Pennick, George Chandler, Randolph Scott

 Gary Cooper takes on the title role in this early Western. The plot involves the Virginian's predicament when his friend (Richard Arlen) joins forces with an outlaw (Walter Huston).