Drift Fence 1936  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Desperadoes
Director: Otho Lovering
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Tom Keene, Katherine DeMille, Benny Baker, Leif Erickson, Stanley Andrews, Richard Carle, Irving Bacon, Jan Duggan, Effie Ellsler, Walter Long, Chester Gan, Richard Alexander, Budd Fine
Jim Traft (Benny Baker) meets Jim Travis (Tom Keene) at a rodeo and tells Travis of his troubles with cattle rustlers. Travis, who is actually a Texas Ranger, suggests that he impersonate Traft in building a fence to keep the rustlers out. But Travis must not only fight the rustlers, but he needs to convince neighbor Slinger Dunn (Buster Crabbe) that the fence must be built. Travis wins not only the battle of the rustlers but also wins the love of Slinger's sister, Molly (Katherine DeMille).
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The Old-Fashioned Way 1934 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: W.C. Fields, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jan Duggan, Nora Cecil, Baby LeRoy, Jack Mulhall, Tammany Young, Samuel Ethridge, Ruth Marion, Richard Carle, Jeffrey Williams, Larry Grenier, William Blatchford, Donald Brown
A widow, Cleopatra Pepperday (Jan Duggan), has provided board for the cast and funding for the production of The Great McGonigle's (W.C. Fields) production of "The Drunkard" in exchange for a role in the play. Cleopatra's son Albert (Baby LeRoy) becomes McGonigle's nemesis, and Albert enjoys tormenting him by throwing food in his face. McGonigle must also deal with his daughter Betty (Judith Allen) and her romance with Wally Livingston (Joe Morrison). The show goes on, but McGonigle deletes Cleopatra's role in the play and skips out without paying the bills after the performance–but he does ensure Betty's happiness in a future with Wally.
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Wagon Wheels 1934  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Caravans West
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Jan Duggan, Leila Bennett, Olin Howland, Howard Wilson, Julian Madison, Donald Gray, Colin Tapley
This film, based on a Zane Grey novel, involves the perils that befall a wagon train of settlers heading West. Randolph Scott plays the leader of the wagon train who must overcome attacks of not only bad weather, but Indians and fur traders who do not want settlers in their area.
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| 1. Drift Fence (1936)
aka: Texas Desperadoes
2. The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
3. Wagon Wheels (1934)
aka: Caravans West
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