Bar 20 Rides Again 1935  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance / Musical
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Jean Rouverol, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Harry Worth, Frank McGlynn Jr., Paul Fix, Chill Wills, Al St. John, Howard Lang, Ethel Wales, J.P. McGowan, Joe Rickson, John Merton, Frank Layton
Once again Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) outwits the bad guys. This time, after rancher Arnold (Jean Rouverol) calls on Hopalong and Red (Fred McGlynn Jr) to fight off cattle rustler Johnny Nelson (James Ellison) and his gang, Hopalong befriends the outlaws and then a gunfight ensues.
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Custer's Last Stand 1936  N/R, 320 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix, Jack Mulhall, Nancy Caswell, George Chesebro, Dorothy Gulliver, Frank McGlynn Jr., Helen Gibson, Josef Swickard, Chief Thundercloud, Bobby Nelson
The search is on for an Indian arrow that holds the key to hidden gold (on Indian land) in this 15-episode serial as scout Kit Cardigan (Rex Lease) attempts to prevent a war over the arrow. But attempts fail when both sides are drawn into what will become known as Custer's Last Stand.
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Hopalong Cassidy 1935  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Paula Stone, James Ellison, Robert Warwick, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jim Mason, Kenneth Thomson, Frank McGlynn Jr., Charles Middleton, Frank Campeau
This film marks the debut of a long string of Hopalong Cassidy films. Hopalong (William Boyd) gets involved in a range war and stops rustlers from stealing cattle from neighboring ranches.
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Riders of the Purple Sage 1931  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: George O'Brien, Marguerite Churchill, Noah Beery, Yvonne Pelletier, Frank McGlynn Jr., Stanley Fields, James Todd, Lester Dorr, Shirley Nail, Cliff Lyons
The Zane Grey novel is again brought to the screen, as Jim Lassiter (George O'Brien) is out to rescue his sister and her daughter from a kidnapper (Noah Beery). Taking a job at a ranch, he finds that the kidnapper is living under a pseudonym and is the local judge. There are no religious undertones in this OK version.
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Westward Ho 1935  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Frank McGlynn Jr., Jack Curtis, Dickie Jones, Yakima Canutt, Hank Bell, Bradley Metcalfe, Jim Farley, Mary MacLaren, Glenn Strange, Frank Ellis, Cactus Mack, Arthur Thalasso, Hal Price
While traveling West with their parents, John Wyatt (John Wayne) and his brother, Jim (Frank McGlynn Jr.), were the only survivors of a wagon train attack. Jim was kidnapped by the band of outlaws. Years later, John forms a vigilante posse, The Singing Raiders, and seeks revenge against the outlaws–not knowing that his brother now leads the gang.
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| 1. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
2. Custer's Last Stand (1936)
3. Hopalong Cassidy (1935)
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
4. Lawless Range (1935)
5. Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
6. Westward Ho (1935)
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