The Big Show 1936  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western / Musical / Romance
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Kay Hughes, Sally Payne, Max Terhune, William Newell, Roy Rogers, Charles Judels, Rex King, Harry Worth, Mary Russell, Christine Maple, Jack O'Shea, Jerry Larkin, Horace B. Carpenter
It is Centennial time in Texas, and Gene Autry plays himself and his stuntman during the festivities. This confuses not only the ladies but also the bad guys who are out to relieve our hero of his money. Guess who wins! Roy Rogers sings as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers."
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Comin' Round the Mountain 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, LeRoy Mason, Raymond Brown, Ken Cooper, Tracy Layne, Robert McKenzie, Laura Puente, Jim Corey, Chuck Baldra, Bud Pope, Frankie Marvin, Wes Warner, Al Taylor
Gene Autry shares the spotlight with his horse Champion as a horse race and bullfight are highlights of this film. Meanwhile, Gene helps rancher Dolores Moreno (Ann Rutherford) regain her stolen mortgage money, rescues the wild horse El Diablo from wolves, and rides Champion in a spectacular, 10-mile horse race.
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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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Hit the Saddle 1937 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Rita Hayworth, J.P. McGowan, Ed Cassidy, Sammy McKim, Yakima Canutt, Eddie Boland, Jack Kirk, Russ Powell
Dastardly rancher Rance (J.P. McGowan) steals horses from federally protected land. When the sheriff homes in on Rance, he murders the sheriff and blames it on the one of the wild horses. The Mesquiteers (Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune) are nearby to prove the horse's innocence while bringing Rance to justice. A young Rita Hayworth plays a saloon singer.
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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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Randy Rides Alone 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry L. Frazer
Cast: John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George "Gabby" Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortego, Tex Phelps, Horace B. Carpenter, Mack V. Wright, Tex Palmer, Murdock MacQuarrie, Herman Hack, Tommy Coats, Perry Murdock
The express office has been robbed, and Randy (John Wayne) rides into the town of Peyote Pass where he finds a saloon filled with dead bodies. Randy is falsely accused of the murders and is taken to jail. The saloon owner's niece, Sally Rogers (Alberta Vaughn), helps Randy escape so that he can find the real culprits. Randy finds the killers hiding in a cave with their leader Marvin Black (George "Gabby" Hayes) who poses as Peyote Pass shop-keeper Matt the Mute while plotting to take control of the town. Randy joins the gang members as part of his plan to bring them to justice.
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The Riders of the Whistling Skull 1937 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Golden Trail
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Mary Russell, Roger Williams, Fern Emmett, C. Montague Shaw, Yakima Canutt, Chief Thundercloud, Iron Eyes Cody, John Van Pelt, John Ward
The Three Mesquiteers, Stoney, Tuscon, and Lullaby (Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune) are back in the saddle–this time in search of an archeologist who is being held captive in a lost Indian city. A well made film with good audio and video effects.
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Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island 1937 N/R, 260 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Cast: Mala, Mamo Clark, Herbert Rawlinson, William Newell, John Ward, Selmer Jackson, John Dilson, John Picorri, George Chesebro, Bob Kortman, George Cleveland, Lloyd Whitlock, Tracy Roebuck, Herbert Weber, Anthony Pawley
A U.S. Intelligence Agency sends Agent Mala (Mala) to a South Pacific island to investigate the destruction of a dirigible, which had stopped for refueling. Mala finds that spies on the island are using their technology to cause volcanic eruptions to keep the natives in line while they do their spy work. A 14-episode serial.
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Singing Cowboy 1936 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lois Wilde, Ann Gillis, Earle Hodgins, Frankie Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Harvey Clark, John Van Pelt, Earl Eby, Ken Cooper, Harrison Greene, Wes Warner, Jack Rockwell, Tracy Layne
After his boss is murdered by Martin (Lon Chaney Jr.) and the boss's daughter is injured, Gene Autry puts on a broadcast in the Big City so he can raise money for an operation to allow a little girl to walk again.
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Somewhere in Sonora 1933 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Henry B. Walthall, Shirley Palmer, J.P. McGowan, Ann Fay, Paul Fix, Frank Rice, Billy Franey, Ralph Lewis, Slim Whitaker, Blackie Whiteford, Jim Corey, Frank Ellis, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne
John (John Wayne) is accused of tampering with a rival's stagecoach before the stagecoach race. After being jailed, he is sprung by his employer, Bob Leadly (Henry B. Walthall), and ranch hands who are sure that John is innocent. John heads to Sonora, Mexico, to clear Leadly's son Bart (Paul Fix) from a charge of murder. Not only does he do that, he also clears his own name.
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The Vigilantes Are Coming 1936 N/R, 226 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Cast: Robert Livingston, Fred Kohler, Kay Hughes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton, Robert Warwick, William Farnum, Bob Kortman, John Merton, Lloyd Ingraham, William Desmond, Yakima Canutt
Russians, under the leadership of General Burr (Fred Kohler), set out to colonize California using Cossack soldiers. But, there is resistance out there in the person of a church organist (Don Loring) who dons a black mask, calls himself "The Eagle," and leads a gang of misfits in pursuit of the Russians. There are plenty of cliffhangers in this 12-episode serial.
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Winds of the Wasteland 1936 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Phyllis Cerf, Lew Kelly, Yakima Canutt, Douglas Cosgrove, Lane Chandler, Sam Flint, Bob Kortman, Ed Cassidy, Jon Hall, Merrill McCormick, Christian J. Frank, Jack Rockwell, Arthur Millett, Horace B. Carpenter
John Blair and Larry Adams (John Wayne and Lane Chandler) buy an old stagecoach line in hopes of getting a government mail contract. But they must win a race with a rival line, and the rivals Cal Drake (Douglas Cosgrove) and his henchman Smokey (Yakima Canutt) will do anything to knock the good guys out of the running. A good early Wayne effort that helped launch him to stardom.
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| 1. The Big Show (1936)
2. Comin' Round the Mountain (1936)
3. Haunted Gold (1932)
4. Hit the Saddle (1937)
5. The Man from Monterey (1933)
6. Randy Rides Alone (1934)
7. The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
aka: The Golden Trail
8. Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1937)
9. Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937)
10. Singing Cowboy (1936)
11. Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
12. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
13. Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
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