Arizona Mahoney 1936  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Arizona Thunderbolt
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, Buster Crabbe, June Martel, Marjorie Gateson, John Miljan, Dave Chasen, Irving Bacon, Billy Lee, Fred Kohler, James P. Burtis, Frank Mayo, Jim Mason, Jack Perrin
Arizona Mahoney (Joe Cook), who makes a living being shot out of a cannon in the circus, and his piano-playing partner Phillip Randall (Robert Cummings) decide to settle down in the West, and, with help from the circus elephant, they round up a gang of rustlers.
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Drum Taps 1933  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan
Cast: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charles Stevens, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Jim Mason, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Hooper Atchley, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Rockwell
Boy Scouts come to the aid of rancher Ken (Ken Maynard) in protecting his and other ranchers' property from a gang trying to grab their land.
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The Dude Ranger 1934  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: George O'Brien, Irene Hervey, LeRoy Mason, Henry Hall, Syd Saylor, Jim Mason, Sid Jordan, Alma Chester, Lloyd Ingraham, Si Jenks, Earl Dwire, Lafe McKee
Easterner Ernest Selby (George O'Brien) inherits a cattle ranch and heads West to check it out. But when he discovers that the cattle are being rustled, he hires on as a dude cowhand to find out what's going on. He uncovers the bad guy and even gets the girl, Ann (Irene Hervey). A good early Western.
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For Heaven's Sake 1926  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason, Paul Weigel, Richard Daniels, Blanche Payson, Constantine Romanoff
Millionaire playboy J. Harold Manners (Harold Lloyd) falls in love with the Downtown Girl mission worker (Jobyna Ralston). He decides to help the girl's father attract worshippers from a group of thugs by goading them into the mission and, thus, saving them from being arrested. When J. Harold and his Downtown Girl decide to marry, his wealthy friends kidnap him to prevent the wedding from happening. But those converted thugs come to the rescue, and the couple marries and lives happily ever after.
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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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The Painted Desert 1931 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Higgin
Cast: William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clark Gable, Charles Sellon, Edmund Breese, Al St. John, Wade Boteler, Jim Mason
This Western marks Clark Gable's talkie-film debut. The story involves a romantic triangle taking place in the midst of a family feud.
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The Penalty 1920 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wallace Worsley
Cast: Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry, Charles Clary, Claire Adams, Kenneth Harlan, Jim Mason, Edouard Trebaol, Milton Ross, Clarence Wilson, Lee Phelps
Blizzard (Lon Chaney) is a legless, underworld crime boss in San Francisco who is out to get revenge on the incompetent doctor who had unnecessarily amputated his legs when Blizzard was a child. But, after having an operation to remove a blood clot in his brain, Blizzard puts aside his evil ways–and some people are not happy about the change. A good Chaney silent film.
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Wanderer of the Wasteland 1924 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irvin Willat
Cast: Jack Holt, Noah Beery, George Irving, Kathlyn Williams, Billie Dove, Jim Mason, Richard Neill, James Gordon, William A. Carroll, Willard Cooley
Based on a Zane Grey novel, this is the story of Adam Larey (Jack Holt) who confronts his younger brother, Guerd (Jim Mason), concerning his gambling. When his brother is accidentally shot, Adam flees into the wasteland. Upon finding that his brother was only wounded, Adam returns to both his brother and his girlfriend, Ruth (Billie Dove). This was the first Technicolor Western.
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 Way Out West 1937  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Sharon Lynn, Jim Mason, James C. Morton, Mary Gordon, Stanley Fields, Chill Wills, Sam Lufkin
Laurel and Hardy are at their best in this film about the perils of searching for gold in the West.
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Welcome Danger 1929 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Douglas Haig, Noah Young, Charles Middleton, Will Walling, James Wang, Nelson McDowell, Edgar Kennedy, Jim Mason, Eddy Chandler, Tetsu Komai, James B. Leong, Leo Willis
In silent-screen-films' comedian Harold Lloyd's first "talkie" film, he plays botany student Harold Bledsoe who reluctantly succeeds his father on the San Francisco police force. On the way to his new job, he meets Billie Lee (Barbara Kent), and, despite problems, romance blooms. He succeeds as a police officer when he teams up with Officer Patrick Clancy (Noah Young), and, together, they break up a drug-dealing ring in Chinatown.
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Where Trails Divide 1937  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, Warner Richmond, Lorraine Randall, David Sharpe, Charles K. French, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Richard Cramer, Jim Mason, Forrest Taylor, James Sheridan, Horace B. Carpenter
Lawman Tom (Tom Keene) poses as a lawyer in order to bring Blackie's (Warner Richmond) gang to justice, and he does just that in a low-action manner.
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Why Worry? 1923 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wallace Howe, Jim Mason, Leo White, Gaylord Lloyd, Mark Jones, Sam Lufkin, Lee Phelps, Charles Stevenson
Wealthy businessman Harold Van Pelham (Harold Lloyd) is a hypochondriac who sails to the tropics to regain his "health." But there is no rest and relaxation on this trip when Harold finds himself in the middle of a political uprising. He is imprisoned and while there makes friends with a giant, Colosso (John Aasen). Together, the two escape confinement and eventually put an end to the revolution.
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| 1. Arizona Mahoney (1936)
aka: Arizona Thunderbolt
2. Border Law (1931)
3. Drum Taps (1933)
4. The Dude Ranger (1934)
5. For Heaven's Sake (1926)
6. Hopalong Cassidy (1935)
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
7. The Painted Desert (1931)
8. The Penalty (1920)
9. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
10. Way Out West (1937)
11. Welcome Danger (1929)
12. Where Trails Divide (1937)
13. Why Worry? (1923)
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