Big Boy Rides Again 1935  N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Constance Bergen, Charles K. French, Lafe McKee, Victor Potel, William Gould, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Louis Vincenot, Slim Whitaker
Tom (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) arrives in town after his father is murdered and sets out to find those responsible for the killing.
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The Big Stampede 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Tenny Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Noah Beery, Mae Madison, Luis Alberni, Berton Churchill, Paul Hurst, Sherwood Bailey, Lafe McKee, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell
New Mexico Territory Governor Lew Wallace (Berton Churchill) sends Deputy Sheriff John Steele (John Wayne) into the range lands to stop cattle rustling and help colonize the territory. Steele deputizes rustler Sonora Joe (Louis Alberni) along with his gang, and they assist in bringing justice to cattle rustler/land baron Sam Crew (Noah Beery).
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Blue Steel 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George "Gabby" Hayes, Edward Peil Sr., Yakima Canutt, George Cleveland, Lafe McKee, Earl Dwire, Horace B. Carpenter, Theodore Lorch, Tex Phelps, Hank Bell, Bud McClure, Herman Hack, Perry Murdock
Bad guys know there is gold in the hills surrounding the town of Yucca City, California, and try to force the townsfolk out of the area. A supposedly honest, leading citizen Malgrove (Edward Peil Sr.) hires the Polka Dot Bandit, aka Danti (Yakima Canutt) to rob the town's payroll of $4,000. But, never fear, undercover Marshal John Curruthers (John Wayne) saves the day when he comes to the aid of the struggling townsfolk.
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Bridge of Sighs 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree, Jack La Rue, Walter Byron, Mary Doran, John Kelly, Oscar Apfel, Paul Fix, Bryant Washburn, Robert Homans, Lafe McKee, Selmer Jackson
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Powell (Onslow Stevens) loves Marion (Dorothy Tree) who (unknown to Jeffrey) is the sister of a man Jeffrey wrongfully sent to prison for murder. Marion attempts to clear her brother's name by getting committed to prison in order to get the proof from an inmate. When Jeffrey finds out about her actions, he sets out to find the truth.
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Brothers of the West 1937 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Katzman
Cast: Tom Tyler, Lois Wilde, Dorothy Short, Lafe McKee, Bob Terry, Dave O'Brien, Roger Williams, Jim Corey, James C. Morton, Jack "Tiny" Lipson, George Morrell
Cattle Men's Protective Association detective Tom Wade (Tom Tyler) receives a message from his sister-in-law Annie (Dorothy Short) telling him that his brother Ed (Bob Terry) has disappeared. Ed is suspected of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president. Tom investigates, finds Ed, clears Ed's name, solves the crime, and ends up with the bank president's daughter Celia (Lois Wilde).
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Coyote Trails 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Bernard B. Ray
Cast: Tom Tyler, Ben Corbett, Alice Dahl, Lafe McKee, Richard Alexander, Slim Whitaker, George Chesebro, Lane Chandler, Bud McClure, Jimmy Aubrey, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Robert(2) Walker, George Morrell, Lew Meehan
Rancher John Baker's (Lafe McKee) horses are being rustled, and he offers a $1,000 reward for the capture of a stallion that he believes is chasing his mares. Cowhand Tom Riley (Tom Tyler) catches the stallion and, after forming a bond with the horse, sets out with his sidekick Windy (Ben Corbett) to corner the real horse thief, Mack Larkin (Richard Alexander)
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Deadwood Pass 1933 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan
Cast: Tom Tyler, Hal Taliaferro, Lafe McKee, Alice Dahl, Edmund Cobb, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Merrill McCormick, Carlotta Monti, Jay Wilsey
Tom (Tom Tyler) is mistaken for an outlaw fugitive by postal inspector Pete (Hal Taliaferro) who is on the trail of the gang who stole bonds. All works out well in this ultra-low budget film.
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The Desert Trail 1935 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: John Wayne, Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, Carmen Laroux, Lafe McKee, Al Ferguson, Henry Hall, Frank Ball, Artie Ortego, Dick Dickinson
Rodeo rider John Scott (John Wayne) is wrongly accused of a killing, so he and sidekick Kansas Charlie (Eddy Chandler) take off in pursuit of the real culprits. John even falls for a gang member's sister (Mary Kornman).
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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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Dynamite Ranch 1932 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Forrest Sheldon
Cast: Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall, Jack Perrin, Arthur Hoyt, Alan Roscoe, Albert J. Smith, John(2) Beck, George C. Pearce, Martha Mattox, Lafe McKee, Edmund Cobb, Charles LeMoyne
Blaze (Ken Maynard), falsely accused of a train robbery, escapes and–with the help of a rancher's daughter (Ruth Hall) and the rancher's assistant–comes up with the real culprit. Plenty of good action, despite the ultra-low budget and old sets.
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Fighting with Kit Carson 1933 N/R, 200 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Colbert Clark, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Betsy King Ross, Noah Beery, Noah Beery Jr., Tully Marshall, Robert Warwick, Edmund Breese, Al Bridge, Lafe McKee, Edward Hearn, Jack Mower, Lane Chandler
In this 12-episode serial, Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown) leads a wagon train carrying government gold. The "Mystery Riders" plan on stealing the gold and finally succeed. Kit, with the help of the cavalry, sets out to retrieve the cargo.
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Frontier Justice 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre:
Director: Robert F. McGowan
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Jane Barnes, Richard Cramer, Roger Williams, John Elliott, Franklyn Farnum, Lloyd Ingraham, Joseph W. Girard, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, George Yeoman, Lafe McKee, Henry Hall, Steve Clark, Pat Harmon, William McCall
Brent Halston's (Hoot Gibson) father was a cattle owner who sheep herders managed to frame, and he was sent to an insane asylum. Sheep herder Gilbert Ware (Richard Cramer) is behind the framing because he wants the land. Now, Ware's partner, John Wilton (Roger Williams), frames Brent on a murder charge, and Brent is sent to jail. But, Brent manages to escape, takes Ware hostage, and exposes Ware and Wilton as the perpetrators.
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Inside the Law 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Wallace Ford, Frank Sully, Harry Holman, Luana Walters, Lafe McKee, Barton Hepburn, Danny Duncan, Earle Hodgins, Rose Plumer, Robert Frazer
Cross-country con artists, led by Pop Cobb (Lafe McKee) and Mom Cobb (Rose Plumer), find a letter appointing the recipient to the job as cashier at the local bank. Gang member Billy (Wallace Ford) assumes the identity and takes the cashier job through which the gang plans for him to walk away with the deposits. But, as days pass, the gang members decide to go straight and, after a series of funny events, become town heroes.
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Klondike 1932 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Thelma Todd, Lyle Talbot, Frank Hawks, Henry B. Walthall, Jason Robards Sr., Priscilla Dean, Tully Marshall, Pat O'Malley, George "Gabby" Hayes, Myrtle Stedman, Ethel Wales, Earl Dwire, Lafe McKee, Henry Hall
After one of his patients dies following surgery, Dr. Cromwell (Lyle Talbot) is tried for murder and acquitted. Needing a break, he joins his friend Donald Evans (Frank Hawks) on a flight to Alaska where they are forced to make an emergency landing. Evans is killed, but Cromwell is saved and nursed back to health by Klondike (Thelma Todd) with whom he falls in love. But, Klondike is engaged to Jim Armstrong (Jason Robards Sr.) who needs an operation to save his life. Now, Cromwell faces a dilemma: if he does perform the surgery and succeeds, will he be handing Jim back to Klondike?
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The Little Red Schoolhouse 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Frank Coghlan Jr., Dickie Moore, Ann Doran, Lloyd Hughes, Richard Carle, Ralf Harolde, Frank Sheridan, Matthew Betz, Kenneth Howell, Sidney Miller, Lafe McKee, Don Brodie
Orphaned 17-year-old Frankie (Frank Coghlan Jr.) runs away from his hometown and heads for New York City where he gets in trouble with a gang and ends up in reform school. Teachers get him back on the right track, and Frankie returns home in time to save his brother, Dickie (Dickie Moore), from making the same mistake.
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The Man from Monterey 1933 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Luis Alberni, Francis Ford, Nina Quartero, Lafe McKee, Donald Reed, Lillian Leighton, Slim Whitaker, Jim Corey, Frank Ellis, Tom London, Chris-Pin Martin
U.S. Army Captain John Holmes (John Wayne) is sent to Monterey to convince land owners to register their Spanish land grants else the land will become public domain. But there are bad people out there who want property to become public domain so that they can take over the land at a cheap price. Can Captain Holmes save the land owners from such dastardly acts? This is John Wayne's last "cheapy" film before moving on to bigger and better movies.
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The Man from Utah 1934 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, George "Gabby" Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Edward Peil Sr., Anita Campillo, Lafe McKee, George Cleveland, Earl Dwire, Herman Hack, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Perry Murdock, Artie Ortego, Archie Ricks
A drifter, John Westin (John Wayne), is hired by Marshal George Higgins (George "Gabby" Hayes) to investigate a gang that is cheating and then killing rodeo champions. When John participates in a rodeo and wins the first competitions, the gang's leader Spike Barton (Edward Peil Sr.) wants him to quit, but John refuses and then wins the competition. John deposits his winnings in the local bank, and Barton plans a bank robbery. But, John works on a tip, comes to the rescue, and foils Barton's plot.
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Missing Girls 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison, Ann Doran, George Cooper, Dewey Robinson, Wallis Clark, Vera Lewis, Warner Richmond, Lafe McKee, Ben Carter, Frank LaRue
After Dorothy (Muriel Evans) and her friend Ann (Ann Doran) witness gangster Ben Davis (Noel Madison) kill Dorothy's father Senator Benson (Wallis Clark), they are taken hostage. Newspaper reporter Jimmie Dugan (Roger Pryor) disguises himself as a tramp and sets out to rescue the girls from Ma Barton's (Vera Lewis) hideout.
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The Mysterious Avenger 1936 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: Charles Starrett, George Chesebro, Jon Hall, Bob Nolan, Joan Perry, Hal Price, Roy Rogers, Wheeler Oakman, Edward Le Saint, Lafe McKee
Two ranchers feud over which one is the rustler. Charles Starrett steps in and finds the real one.
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The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Tex Ritter, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Forrest Taylor, Joseph W. Girard, Lafe McKee, Hank Worden, Jack C. Smith
When a group of hooded outlaws terrorize the area, Tex, between songs, comes to the rescue–but not before some adventures.
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Mystery Squadron 1933 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Colbert Clark, David Howard
Cast: Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lucile Browne, Jack Mulhall, Purnell Pratt, Robert Frazer, J. Carrol Naish, Lafe McKee, Bob Kortman, Edward Hearn, Edward Peil Sr., Jack Mower, Jack Perrin
The "Black Ace" and his squadron of masked pilots intend to blow up a large dam project. But flyers Fred (Bob Steele) and Bill (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) come to the aid of the project foreman (Lafe McKee) and eventually uncover who the "Black Ace" is in this 12-chapter serial.
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Rainbow Valley 1935 N/R, 52 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, George "Gabby" Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Bert Dillard, Lloyd Ingraham, Jay Wilsey, Frank Ball, Lafe McKee, Fern Emmett, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Herman Hack, Eddie Parker
The Rainbow Valley community needs a new road, but Rogers (LeRoy Mason) and his gang continuously halt the project through the use of explosives. John Martin (John Wayne) sets out to uncover who is responsible and why the effort is being undermined. Martin finds that the gang is causing problems as the means to buy the land cheap, and he takes appropriate action.
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Rawhide 1938 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Smith Ballew, Lou Gehrig, Evalyn Knapp, Arthur Loft, Cy Kendall, Dick Curtis, Si Jenks, Carl Stockdale, Lafe McKee, Slim Whitaker
Baseball great Lou Gehrig makes his one-and-only screen appearance as he retires from baseball in favor of the peaceful life of a rancher. But peace is not in the cards, since a dastardly group of men harass him and the other ranchers into selling their land. But Lou and lawyer Larry (Smith Ballew) lead the charge against the conniving cads. AND, along the way, Larry warbles a few songs.
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Ride Him, Cowboy 1932 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fred(2) Allen
Cast: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Henry B. Walthall, Otis Harlan, Harry Gribbon, Frank Hagney, Edmund Cobb, Frank Ellis, Glenn Strange, Slim Whitaker, Lafe McKee, Edward(2) Burns, Ben Corbett, Hal Price, Murdock MacQuarrie
John Drury (John Wayne) saves the life of a wild horse named Duke when the horse is sentenced to death as a danger to the community after knocking a cowboy unconscious. John trains Duke and learns that Duke was framed. Later, John is about to be lynched for a crime he did not commit when the previously unconscious cowboy regains consciousness in time to name the real culprit and save John.
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Riders of Destiny 1933 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Cecilia Parker, George "Gabby" Hayes, Forrest Taylor, Al St. John, Heinie Conklin, Earl Dwire, Yakima Canutt, Si Jenks, Lafe McKee, Addie Foster, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Palmer, Hal Price, William Dyer
An undercover government agent poses as drifter Singin' Sandy Saunders (John Wayne) while investigating James Kincaid's (Forrest Taylor) plot to steal water rights from local ranchers. Kincaid has been charging ranchers outrageously high rates to use his water, and Saunders plots with the ranchers to dry up Kincaid's water supply by opening up a lost river.
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Santa Fe Bound 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry S. Webb
Cast: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel, Richard Cramer, Slim Whitaker, Ed Cassidy, Lafe McKee, Dorothy Woods, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Wally West, Murdock MacQuarrie, Tex Palmer, James Sheridan
On his way to Santa Fe, Tom (Tom Tyler) shoots a killer who had just shot Dad Bates (Murdock MacQuarrie). Tom takes Doc's money belt and a letter found on the killer in order to be able to identify them when he reaches town. Meanwhile, Dad's daughter Molly (Jeanne Martel) is having problems with a gang that is trying to take over her ranch. Tom infiltrates One-Shot Morgan's (Slim Whitaker) gang, posing as the killer he had shot. But, tough times lie ahead after Tom is exposed by a gang member who knew the killer.
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Tombstone Canyon 1932 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, Lafe McKee, Sheldon Lewis, Frank Brownlee, Jack Clifford, George Gerwing, Edward Peil Sr., George Chesebro, Bob Burns, Jack Kirk, Merrill McCormick
While traveling through Tombstone Canyon, Ken (Ken Maynard) becomes involved with murder and the role played by a mysterious "Phantom" who comes to his aid. Ken is blamed for the murder of a man that was actually killed by the Phantom who, it turns out, is killing the bad guys. All is sorted out, and the identity of the Phantom is revealed to Ken–a real surprise for him.
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The Two Gun Man 1931 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Ken Maynard, Lucille Powers, Lafe McKee, Charles King, Nita Martan, Murdock MacQuarrie, Tom London, Walter Perry, Ethan Allen, Will Stanton, Frank Ellis, Bob Card
Marshal Blackie (Ken Maynard) and his sidekick Joe (Lafe McKee) are on the trail of cattle rustlers and pose as gunmen at a ranch. When the ranch foreman is killed, Blackie is blamed and must work even harder to uncover the rustlers.
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West of the Divide 1934 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Virginia Brown Faire, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lloyd Whitlock, Yakima Canutt, Billy O'Brien, Earl Dwire, Hal Price, Archie Ricks, Blackie Whiteford, Lafe McKee, Dick Dickinson, Horace B. Carpenter, Hal Taliaferro, Tex Palmer
Ted Hayden (John Wayne) is searching for his missing younger brother Spud (Billy O'Brien) and for the killer of his mother and father. Impersonating an outlaw named Gat Ganns, Ted joins Mr. Gentry's (Lloyd Whitlock) gang. Ted falls in love with Fay Winters (Virginia Brown Faire) and saves her ranch from Gentry's gang. He also rescues Spud and later learns that it is Gentry who killed his parents.
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What Price Crime? 1935 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Charles Starrett, Noel Madison, Virginia Cherrill, Charles Delaney, Jack Mulhall, Nina Guilbert, Henry Roquemore, John Elliott, Arthur Loft, Jack Cowell, Lafe McKee, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
G-man Allen Grey (Charles Starrett) goes undercover as a prizefighter in order to catch the gang that is smuggling firearms that they steal from the government. The trail leads to nightclub owner Douglas Worthington (Noel Madison) who turns out to be the gang leader. Our hero's task becomes more difficult when he falls in love with Worthington's sister (Virginia Cherrill).
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Young Blood 1932 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Lola
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Bob Steele, Charles King, Helen Foster, Naomi Judge, Harry Semels, Henry Roquemore, Henry Hall, Hank Bell, Art Mix, Perry Murdock, Lafe McKee, Horace B. Carpenter
Nick (Bob Steele) robs from the rich and gives to the poor, but, unlike Robin Hood, Nick splits his take with crooked Sheriff Jake Sharpe (Charles King). When Nick decides he wants out, the sheriff frames him. But, our hero Nick fights back.
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| 1. Big Boy Rides Again (1935)
2. The Big Stampede (1932)
3. Blue Steel (1934)
4. Border Law (1931)
5. Bridge of Sighs (1936)
6. Brothers of the West (1937)
7. Coyote Trails (1935)
8. Deadwood Pass (1933)
9. The Desert Trail (1935)
10. The Dude Ranger (1934)
11. Dynamite Ranch (1932)
12. Fighting with Kit Carson (1933)
13. Frontier Justice (1936)
14. Inside the Law (1942)
15. Klondike (1932)
16. The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
17. The Man from Monterey (1933)
18. The Man from Utah (1934)
19. Missing Girls (1936)
20. The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
21. The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
22. Mystery Squadron (1933)
23. Rainbow Valley (1935)
24. Rawhide (1938)
25. Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
26. Riders of Destiny (1933)
27. Santa Fe Bound (1936)
28. Tombstone Canyon (1932)
29. The Two Gun Man (1931)
30. West of the Divide (1934)
31. What Price Crime? (1935)
32. Young Blood (1932)
aka: Lola
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