Broadway to Cheyenne 1932  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Ellis, Huntley Gordon, Earl Dwire, Roy D'Arcy, John Elliott, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Rae Daggett, Gwen Lee, Gordon De Main, Tex Palmer
Detective Breezy (Rex Bell) is wounded by Butch (Robert Ellis) and his gang in New York. While Breezy recuperates at home in Wyoming, who should come along but Butch's gang with plans to run a protection racket on the ranchers? But, Breezy will have none of that.
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Cavalcade of the West 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling, Adam Goodman, Nina Guilbert, Earl Dwire, Phil Dunham, Robert McKenzie, Steve Clark, Jerry Tucker, Barry Downing, Francis Walker, Dick Morehead, Bill Hickey, William McCall
Separated when they were young, brothers Clint (Hoot Gibson) and Ace (Rex Lease) took different routes in life. Clint became a Pony Express rider, while Ace, brought up by bandits, became one himself. Now the two meet when Ace robs a stagecoach and Clint comes to the rescue. Ace is taken prisoner, and the two find that they are brothers. Can Clint make a good man out of Ace?
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Enemy of the Law 1945  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Musical
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Kay Hughes, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Frank Ellis, Kermit Maynard, Henry Hall, Ed Cassidy, Ben Corbett, Jack Evans, Karl Hackett
Tex Haines (Tex Ritter) and his Texas Ranger sidekicks Dave Wyatt (Dave O'Brien) and Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson) hunt down money hidden by Charley Gray (Charles King) after a gang heist years earlier. Charley is about to be released from prison, so Panhandle is planted in the prison with the mission of finding out from Charley where the loot is hidden. While Panhandle is sleeping, Charley draws a map leading to the gold on the bottom of Panhandle's foot. When they are released from prison, Charley forces Panhandle to go with him back to his old gang, and Charley, unaware of the map on his foot, becomes an important player in retrieving the loot. Plenty of songs and humor.
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Galloping Dynamite 1937 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Kermit Maynard, Ariane Allen, John Merton, David Sharpe, Stanley Blystone, Earl Dwire, Budd Buster, John Ward, Bob Burns, Tracy Layne, Bert Dillard, Allen Greer, Bruce Mitchell, Francis Walker, Al Haskell
Gold appears to be the reason that the brother of Texas Ranger Jim Dillon (Kermit Maynard) was killed by the bad guys, and Jim is determined to avenge the killing. Reed (John Merton) is the leader of the outlaw gang, and he offers to make Jim a partner. When Jim leaves, Reed plots to ambush him. That effort fails, but other attempts are made–including framing Jim for murder. Will Jim be hung for the murder, or will Reed finally be stopped.
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Heroes of the Alamo 1937  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Lane Chandler, Earle Hodgins, Ruth Findlay, Roger Williams, Rex Lease, Bruce Warren, Edward Peil Sr., Julian Rivero, Jack C. Smith, Lee Valanios, Willy Costello, Marilyn Haslett
Problems between American settlers and the Mexican government came to a head when Americans were told that no more Americans could settle in Texas and culminated in the gallant siege at the Alamo in which 185 men fought Santa Anna's Mexican army of 5,000. While this story remains true to the events and heroes of the Alamo, it concentrates on a young American couple inside the Alamo and their experiences while Mexican troops stormed the walls outside.
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Jungle Man 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darcy, Charles Middleton, Vince Barnett, Weldon Heyburn, Robert Carson, Paul Scott, Hal Price, Floyd Shackelford
Dr. Hammond (Buster Crabbe) has developed a serum to cure a dangerous jungle fever and is now on his way to deliver it when his ship is sunk by a German U-Boat. But fear not, our hero is also a great diver, and he recovers the serum and saves the day.
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Lightning Strikes West 1940 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Bob Terry, Michael Vallon, Charles King, Reed Howes, Dick Dickinson, George Chesebro, John Elliott, William Gould, Chick Hannon, Tex Palmer
When bank robber Butch Taggart (Michael Vallon) escapes from jail, Lightning Morgan (Ken Maynard), who caught Butch the first time around, is asked to do so again. But Butch isn't the only one on Taggart's tail as Taggart heads for hidden gold.
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Neath the Arizona Skies 1934 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: 'Neath the Arizona Skies
Director: Henry L. Frazer
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jay Wilsey, Shirley Jean Rickert, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Jack Rockwell, Philip Kieffer, Harry L. Fraser, Herman Hack, George Morrell, Tex Phelps, Artie Ortego, Eddie Parker
Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert) is a half-Indian child who has inherited land that contains oil. Her guardian, Chris Morrell (John Wayne), tries to contact Nina's long-lost father Tom (Earl Dwire) because she needs his signature before collecting the oil lease. Meanwhile, Sam Black (Yakima Canutt) and his gang will stop at nothing to get their hands on Nina's inheritance. Chris does find Tom, and with cowhand Matt Downing (George "Gabby" Hayes), they fight Black and his gang in a final confrontation in the Snake River.
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Phantom Rancher 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey, Ted Adams, Dave O'Brien, Tom London, John Elliott, Reed Howes, Steve Clark, Carl Mathews, James Sheridan, George Morrell, Ray Henderson, Herman hack
Ken Mitchell (Ken Maynard) inherits his uncle's property, but upon arriving in the area to claim it he finds that his uncle was hated and feared by the locals. Mitchell finds out that his uncle was taking the blame for the real culprit and goes undercover as the "Phantom Rancher" to take care of the bad real estate agent and his henchmen.
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The Riding Avenger 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Ruth Mix, Buzz Barton, June Gale, Stanley Blystone, Ed Cassidy, Roger Williams, Francis Walker, Slim Whitaker, Budd Buster, Blackie Whiteford
Marshal Buck Conners (Hoot Gibson) goes undercover as outlaw 'Morning Glory' Kid in order to infiltrate a gang of rustlers. The ploy works until the two men who buried the outlaw blow the whistle on Buck. Now our hero is in real trouble. But wait, is that a sheriff's posse I hear?
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Spirit of Youth 1938 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Joe Louis, Clarence Muse, Edna Mae Harris, Mae Turner, Mantan Moreland, Cleo Desmond, Jewel Smith, Tom Southern, Jess Lee Brooks, Clarence Brooks, Marguerite Whitten, Anthony Scott, Janette O'Dell, Bob Kortman, Seal Harris
While still World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Joe Louis starred in this story of a fighter, Joe Thomas, rise in the boxing world. Louis would make more movies and later was the subject of the popular film "The Joe Louis Story."
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Wagon Trail 1935 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris, Roger Williams, Earl Dwire, Chuck Morrison, John Elliott, Chief Thundercloud, Dick Botiller, Francis Walker, Budd Buster
Sheriff Hartley's (Harry Carey) son, Clay (Edward Norris), is talked into riding with a gang in a stage robbery. When a deputy is killed, Clay is wrongly convicted. Sentenced to be hung at dawn, the now ex-sheriff–due to the conviction of his son–uncovers the real killer.
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White Gorilla 1945  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Lorraine Miller, Frank Merrill, George J. Lewis, Francis Ford, Budd Buster, Charles King
Starting with a 1927 silent film ("Perils of the Jungle"), new footage was added, which resulted in–you guessed it–one of the very worst films ever. A white gorilla (Frank Merrill, from the 1927 film) is snubbed by the black gorillas because he is white. This makes him sad and angry, but he will soon fight to save the African continent. To make matters worse, the gorilla costumes don't fit all that well.
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| 1. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
2. Cavalcade of the West (1936)
3. Enemy of the Law (1945)
4. Galloping Dynamite (1937)
5. Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
6. Jungle Man (1941)
7. Lightning Strikes West (1940)
8. Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
aka: 'Neath the Arizona Skies
9. Phantom Rancher (1940)
10. The Riding Avenger (1936)
11. Spirit of Youth (1938)
12. Wagon Trail (1935)
13. White Gorilla (1945)
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