California Mail 1936  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Noel M. Smith
Cast: Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Edmund Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Glenn Strange, Roy Rogers, Jim Farley, Edward Keane, Ben Hendricks Jr., Wilfred Lucas
The mail contract is up for grabs and will go to the fastest stagecoach. Bill (Dick Foran) is in competition with the Benton brothers who sabotage his coach as well as rob a stagecoach and frame Bill for it. All ends well for the good guys. Roy Rogers calls a square dance.
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The Californian 1937  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gentleman from California
Director: Gus Meins
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille, Maurice Black, Morgan Wallace, Nigel De Brulier, George Regas, Pierre Watkin, Jim Farley, Edward Keane, Gene Reynolds, Ann Gillis
During 1855, Ramon Escobar (Ricardo Cortez) returns to California after completing school in Spain and discovers that corrupt politicians are using tax collectors to force old Californians off their land. Ramon takes on the cause to bring justice back to the area.
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The General 1927  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Henry Smith, Frank Barnes, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn, Frank Hagney, Jimmy Bryant, Al Hanson, Edward Hearn, Elgin Lessley
Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) gets his chance to be a hero during the Civil War when his train is stolen by the Union Army–and he and the passengers are still aboard. Johnny is the engineer of the train and loves his engine, The General. Johnny mangages to save the General from the Union Army. A commission in the Army and the love of the fair Annabel Lee (Marion Mack) are his rewards for saving the train.
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Rawhide Rangers 1941  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Kathryn Adams, Nell O'Day, Riley Hill, Harry Cording, Al Bridge, Frank Shannon, Ed Cassidy, Bob Cortman, Chester Gan, Jim Farley
A gang is successful in extorting money from the local ranchers until Brand's (Johnny Mack Brown) brother is killed by gang members. Brand quits the Texas Rangers and becomes an outlaw himself, gaining enough success to be noticed by the gang. Yes, he is actually undercover and brings the bad guys to justice.
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San Fernando Valley 1944  N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Yakima Canutt, John English
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jean Porter, Andrew Tombes, Bob Nolan, Charles Smith, Edward Gargan, LeRoy Mason, Dot Farley, Jim Farley
Lady ranchers need help and Roy Rogers rides to the rescue.
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 Texas Cyclone 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Tim McCoy, Wheeler Oakman, Shirley Grey, John Wayne, Wallace MacDonald, Jim Farley, Walter Brennan, Harry Cording, Vernon Dent, Mary Gordon
Texas Grant (Tim McCoy) rides into Stampede and finds out that he is a dead ringer for a rancher who disappeared several years before. He uses the rancher's identity to help the missing rancher's wife (Shirley Grey) rid the town of a cattle-rustling gang that has been stealing her cattle. Texas gets help from ranch hand Steve (John Wayne, in an early film appearance) and even discovers he really is the missing rancher but had suffered from amnesia after a blow to the head. Go figure.
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Westward Ho 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
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
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 the outlaws–not knowing that his brother now leads the gang.
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| 1. California Mail (1936)
2. The Californian (1937)
aka: The Gentleman from California
3. The General (1927)
4. Rawhide Rangers (1941)
5. San Fernando Valley (1944)
6. Texas Cyclone (1932)
7. Westward Ho (1935)
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