Belle of the Nineties 1934  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown, John Miljan, Katherine DeMille, James Donlan, Stuart Holmes, Harry Woods, Edward Gargan, Libby Taylor, Warren Hymer, Benny Baker, Morrie Cohan, Frederick Burton, Fuzzy Knight
Despite attentions from many men, St. Louis cabaret blues singer Ruby Carter (Mae West) falls in love with boxer Tiger Kid (Roger Pryor). When Tiger's manager Kirby (James Donlan) wants Ruby out of Tiger's life, she agrees to go and moves to New Orleans. More problems between Ruby and Tiger lie ahead involving the theft of Ruby's jewels. But, by story's end, Ruby ends up with her true love. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform, and West sings; the songs include "My Old Flame," "St. Louis Woman," and "Memphis Blues."
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Code of the West 1947  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Berke
Cast: James Warren, Debra Alden, John Laurenz, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Rita Lynn, Robert Clarke, Harry Woods, Carol Forman, Harry Harvey, Phil Warren, Emmett Lynn, Budd Buster, Jason Robards Sr.
Villainous Boyd Carter (Raymond Burr), knowing that the railroad will be coming through the area, attempts to bully the homesteaders into leaving. But along comes Bob Wade (James Warren) in the nick of time to save the day. A fun movie based on a Zane Grey novel.
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Come on, Rangers 1938  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Raymond Hatton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Purnell Pratt, Harry Woods, Bruce MacFarlane, Lane Chandler, Chester Gunnels, Lee Powell
Rangers forced to retire when the Cavalry comes in are brought back together by Roy Rogers to go after the outlaws. A better-than-average Rogers flick.
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Dawn on the Great Divide 1942  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Mona Barrie, Rex Bell, Robert Lowery, Harry Woods, Betty Blythe, Christine McIntyre, Robert Frazer, Tristram Coffin, Lee Shumway, Roy Barcroft
The Rough Riders are back with Rex Bell replacing Tim McCoy (who was serving in the military during World War II). A gang disguised as Indians is raiding wagon trains carrying settlers and railroad supplies across the plains. Buck (Buck Jones) and Sandy (Raymond Hatton) guide the latest wagon train while Jack (Rex Bell) infiltrates the gang to end the raids once and for all. This is the popular Western actor Buck Jones' last film. He died in a Boston fire shortly before the film was released.
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 Days of Jesse James 1939  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Pauline Moore, Harry Woods, Arthur Loft, Wade Boteler, Scotty Beckett, Glenn Strange, Monte Blue, Eddie Acuff
A Pinkerton detective (Roy Rogers), infiltrates the James Gang and learns that a robbery blamed on the gang was really the work of bank officials.
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Down Texas Way 1942 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Dave O'Brien, Glenn Strange, Lois Austin, Harry Woods, Tom London, Jack Daley
The Rough Riders–Buck (Buck Jones), Tim (Tim McCoy), and Sandy (Raymond Hatton)–are back for their sixth episode of the series. When Sandy is framed for the murder of the town's banker (who was taking on the gang trying to gain control of the town), Buck and Tim come to the rescue and bring the real killers to justice.
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Frontier Marshal 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Eddie Foy Jr., Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Si Jenks, Harry Woods
The O.K. Corral, with its gunfight involving the legendary Wyatt Earp and Doc Halliday, provides the climax of this story–a precursor to "My Darling Clementine."
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Gallant Defender 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: Charles Starrett, Al Bridge, George Chesebro, Jack Clifford, Tom London, Joan Perry, Harry Woods, Roy Rogers, Glenn Strange, Bob Nolan
Charles Starrett made lots of movies; this is an early one in which he must clear himself from a murder charge.
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Haunted Gold 1932 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods, Erville Alderson, Otto Hoffman, Martha Mattox, Blue Washington, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Ben Corbett, Bob Burns, John T. Prince, Mack V. Wright
John Mason (John Wayne) receives a weird message telling him to return to a mine that his father left him half interest in. He arrives with his sidekick Clarence (Blue Washington) and finds the deserted Sally Ann mine–an abandoned mine shaft with secret passages. But the mine is already occupied by Joe Ryan (Harry Woods) and his gang of bandits who are holed up trying to claim the mine's gold. Also in the mine is a mysterious phantom who spies on the goings on through holes in the wall. Who is the phantom, and will John be able to thwart the bandits? Throughout the adventures, love blooms between John and Janet (Sheila Terry) whose father had discovered the mine years ago.
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The House of the Seven Gables 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe May
Cast: Margaret Lindsay, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Dick Foran, Nan Grey, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, Gilbert Emery, Miles Mander, Harry Woods
A jealous man, Jeffrey Pyncheon (George Sanders), sends Clifford Pyncheon to prison as a murderer. Although wrongly convicted, all ends well when Jeffrey falls victim to the family curse. A good retelling of the Hawthorne classic.
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 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins, Edward Ellis, Harry Woods, Douglass Dumbrille, Irving Bacon, John Wray, Noel Francis, Berton Churchill, David Landau, Hale Hamilton, Sally Blane
This powerful story, based on the autobiography of Robert E. Burns, concerns an innocent man, James Allen (Paul Muni) who went through Hell-on-Earth at the hands of a Southern justice system. After escaping the chain gang once only to be turned in later by scorned wife Helen (Glenda Farrell), he again escapes. This is not a pleasant story, but it is one that should hold the watcher's attention. The ending is classic.
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In Old Caliente 1939 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jack La Rue, Katherine DeMille, Frank Puglia, Harry Woods, Ethel Wales, Merrill McCormick, Paul Marion
As the Westward Movement continues, those who want to make money the easy way come along also. Rustlers abound, and Roy (Roy Rogers) is accused of being one of them–until he and sidekick Gabby (George "Gabby" Hayes) clear their names by finding the real culprit. Lots of songs, including a duet by Roy and Gabby.
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 Law and Order 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton, Ralph Ince, Andy Devine, Walter Brennan, Russell Simpson, Harry Woods, Dewey Robinson
When the Clantons threaten the town, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday step into action and clean up the town. Very good.
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 Monkey Business 1931  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, Tom Kennedy, Harry Woods, Ruth Hall, Ben Taggart, Rockliffe Fellowes
The Marx Brothers stow away on an ocean liner. In this, one of their best films, they do great impersonations of Maurice Chevalier.
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Nevada 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Killy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Nancy Gates, Harry Woods, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Craig Reynolds, Virginia Belmont, Wheaton Chambers, Emmett Lynn, Larry Wheat
This Zane Grey Western is the story of a cowboy (Robert Mitchum) who finds love and becomes a hero when he fights for law and order.
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Palmy Days 1931 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, Spencer Charters, Barbara Weeks, George Raft, Charles Middleton, Walter Catlett, Betty Grable, Harry Woods, Paul Page
Eddie Simpson (Eddie Cantor) unwittingly becomes involved in a spiritualism scam and becomes mixed up in numerous offbeat episodes in this elaborate early musical comedy.
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The Ranger and the Lady 1940 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Julie Bishop, Harry Woods, Noble Johnson, Si Jenks, Tom London, Henry Brandon, Ted Mapes, Yakima Canutt, Lloyd Ingraham, Davison Clark, Vester Pegg, Henry Wills, Art Dillard
A Texas Ranger, Captain Roy Colt (Roy Rogers), disagrees with territorial administrator Kinkaid (Henry Brandon) who imposes a tax on wagons using the Santa Fe Trail, but Kinkaid orders Colt and Sgt. Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes) to enforce the ruling. Jane Tabor (Julie Bishop), who owns freighter wagon trains, refuses to pay the tax. After some confusion, Jane, Colt, and Gabby join forces to fight Kinkaid's ruling.
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Riders of the West 1942 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Sarah Padden, Harry Woods, Walter McGrail, Christine McIntyre, Charles King, Milburn Morante, Dennis Moore, Kermit Maynard, Tom London, Jack Kirk, Bud Osborne, Lee Phelps
In this continuation of the "Rough Riders" series, rustling is becoming a problem in the Red Bluff area, prompting Ma Turner (Sarah Padden) to call for help from the Rough Riders–Marshal Buck Rogers (Buck Jones), Marshal Tim McCall (Tim McCoy), and Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton). As usual, the three arrive at different times with different undercover occupations. It doesn't take long before the town's sheriff (Lee Phelps), banker (Walter McGrail), and saloon owner (Harry Woods) are found to be part of the problem, and the gang is brought to justice.
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Romance on the Range 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, Linda Hayes, Edward Pawley, Harry Woods, Hal Taliaferro, Glenn Strange, Pat Brady, Bob Nolan
Bad guys who steal fur pelts are the worst kind. Murder results and Roy Rogers is after the killer. But wait, he's arrested for being the fur pelt thief. What will he do?
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 Sheriff of Tombstone 1941 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Elyse Knox, Addison Richards, Sally Payne, Harry Woods, Jay Novello, Hal Taliaferro, Zeffie Tilbury, Jack Ingram
Bret and Gabby (Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes) ride into Tombstone and are mistaken for the gunslinger and his sidekick hired by the crooked mayor. Bret goes along with it to expose the mayor, but then the real gunslinger shows up. Who will win the showdown?
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, Holmes Herbert, Mary Gordon, Dennis Hoey, Harry Woods, Paul Fix, William Post Jr., Henry Victor, Michael Mark, George Burr Macannan, Harry Cording, Leslie Denison
This Sherlock Holmes film has been updated to the early 1940s and involves espionage and Gestapo intrigue. Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post, Jr.) has devised a secret weapon, and with World War II looming, the Nazis and the Allies are racing to get control of Tobel's weapon. When Tobel disappears, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate and find that Holmes' old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill), is behind the plot.
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Sunset Pass 1946 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Berke
Cast: James Warren, Nan Leslie, John Laurenz, Jane Greer, Robert Barrat, Harry Woods, Robert Clarke, Steve Brodie, Harry Harvey, Clem Fuller, Artie Ortego
This film, based on a Zane Grey novel, follows the adventures of railroad officer Rocky (James Warren) and sidekick Chito (John Laurenz) who are assigned to bring a train-robbing gang to justice. One fly in the ointment: Rocky's love interest Jane's (Nan Leslie) brother is one of the bad guys.
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Thunder Mountain 1947 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Tim Holt, Martha Hyer, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Virginia Owen, Jason Robards Sr., Robert Clarke, Tom Keene, Harry Woods, Harry Harvey, Dick Elliott
Marvin Hayden (Tim Holt) returns to his ranch and finds that not only is his ranch about to be auctioned off, but the old Jorth-Hayden feud has again raised its ugly head. Why, you ask. Greedy townsfolk have found out that the land is valuable (the government wants it for a dam) and so have not only rekindled the feud but try to pin a murder on Marvin. A good story that is based (loosely) on a Zane Grey novel–not "Thunder Mountain," but "To the Last Man."
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Tycoon 1947 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: John Wayne, Laraine Day, Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, James Gleason, Anthony Quinn, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Harry Woods, Charles Trowbridge
Businessman Frederick Alexander (Cedric Hardwicke) is determined to build a railroad through the Andes to reach mines, and to accomplish his dream he hires Johnny Munroe and Pop Mathews (John Wayne and James Gleason) to manage the project.
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Wanderer of the Wasteland 1945 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wallace Grissell, Edward Killy
Cast: James Warren, Richard Martin, Audrey Long, Robert Barrat, Robert Clarke, Harry Woods, Minerva Urecal, Harry D. Brown, Tommy Cook, Harry McKim, Jason Robards Sr., Budd Buster
This is the third film based on Zane Grey's novel (previously made in 1924 and 1935). In this version, Adam (James Warren) is searching for the murderer of his father. Upon finding the killer, Adam decides not to kill him since he has fallen in love with the man's daughter, Jeanie (Audrey Long). But, when the man is killed, Adam is blamed and must now clear himself.
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West of the Law 1942 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Cook, Harry Woods, Jack Daley, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Milburn Morante, Roy Barcroft, Horace B. Carpenter, Tom London, Bud Osborne, Tex Palmer, George DeNormand, Al Ferguson
In the final (of eight) "Rough Riders" film, Marshals Buck, Tim, and Sandy (Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton) are brought to the town by newspaper editor Rufus Todd (Milburn Morante) whose presses have been ruined when he was about to uncover the gang responsible for a gold robbery. As usual, The Rough Riders go undercover to nab the culprits–including the leader, a respected town leader.
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Wild Horse Mesa 1947 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wallace Grissell
Cast: Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin, Tom Keene, Jason Robards Sr., Tony Barrett, Harry Woods, William Gould, Robert Bray, Dick Foote, Frank Yaconelli
Dave (Tim Holt) and sidekick Chito (Richard Martin) take on the job of rounding up wild mustangs for Pop Melbern (Jason Robards Sr.). When the dastardly Jay (Harry Woods) kills Pop and takes the horses, Dave and Chito take off–hot on his trail. Pop's daughter Sue (Nan Leslie) is the love interest in this tale based on a Zane Grey story.
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Winners of the West 1940 N/R, 250 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Cast: Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig, Tom Fadden, Harry Woods, Charles Stevens, Trevor Bardette, Edward Keane, Edgar Edwards, Edmund Cobb, William Desmond, Roy Barcroft
In this 13-episode serial, railroad executive Jeff Ramsay (Dick Foran) attempts to run the rail line through Hell Gate's Pass. But there are bad guys who intend to block those efforts–including the use of Indians to raid workers' camps.
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Wyoming 1947 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Paul Harvey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Grant Withers, Harry Woods
"Wild Bill" Elliott comes to the rescue of settlers being harassed by a cattle baron who doesn't want his free range limited.
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| 1. Belle of the Nineties (1934)
2. Beyond the Last Frontier (1943)
3. Blue Montana Skies (1939)
4. Code of the West (1947)
5. Come on, Rangers (1938)
6. Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
7. Days of Jesse James (1939)
8. Down Texas Way (1942)
9. Frontier Marshal (1939)
10. Gallant Defender (1935)
11. Haunted Gold (1932)
12. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
13. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
14. In Old Caliente (1939)
15. Law and Order (1932)
16. Monkey Business (1931)
17. Nevada (1944)
18. Palmy Days (1931)
19. The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
20. Riders of the West (1942)
21. Romance on the Range (1942)
22. Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
23. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
24. Sunset Pass (1946)
25. Thunder Mountain (1947)
26. Tycoon (1947)
27. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
28. West of the Law (1942)
29. Wild Horse Mesa (1947)
30. Winners of the West (1940)
31. Wyoming (1947)
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