King of the Pecos 1936 N/R, 54 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall, Jack Clifford, Arthur Aylesworth, J. Frank Glendon, Herbert Heywood, Earl Dwire, Mary MacLaren, Yakima Canutt
Law student John Clayborn (John Wayne) comes home to avenge the murder of his parents several years earlier by a ruthless landowner (and rustler). After failure in the court system, John must take matters into his own hands.
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Misbehaving Husbands 1940 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Dummy Trouble
Director: William Beaudine Cast: Ralph Byrd, Harry Langdon, Betty Blythe, Esther Muir, Gayne Whitman, Florence Wright, Luana Walters, Frank Hagney, Gig Young, Fred Kelsey, Mary MacLaren, Frank Jaquet
Henry Butler (Harry Langdon) is innocent of cheating on his wife, Effie (Betty Blythe), but she sues for divorce, and more than a few complications ensue.
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The Phantom Broadcast 1933 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Mystery aka: Phantom of the Air
Director: Phil Rosen Cast: Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne, Paul Page, Gail Patrick, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Rockliffe Fellowes, Arnold Gray, Carl Miller, George "Gabby" Hayes, Louise Beavers, Pauline Garon, Mary MacLaren
Grant Murdock (Arnold Gray) is known as a popular radio crooner, but, in fact, he can't sing. The real singer behind the mike is his hunchback pianist, Norman Wilder (Ralph Forbes). The music stops when Murdock is murdered, and Wilder becomes the chief suspect.
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Prairie Pioneers 1941 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Western
Director: Les Orlebeck Cast: Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis, Esther Estrella, Robert Kellard, Guy D'Ennery, Davison Clark, Jack Ingram, Kenneth MacDonald, Lee Shumway, Mary MacLaren, Yakima Canutt, Jack Kirk
The Three Mesquiteers (Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, and Rufe Davis) return, this time helping the Ortega family whose land is the target of a takeover. Among the problems to solve is that one of the Ortegas, Roberto (Robert Kellard), is framed for murder.
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Reefer Madness 1936 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Drama aka: Tell Your Children
Director: Louis J. Gasnier Cast: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White, Carleton Young, Warren McCollum, Patricia Royale, Joseph Forte, Harry Harvey Jr., Frank LaRue, Edward LeSaint, Mary MacLaren, Richard Alexander, Edmund Mortimer
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll (Joseph Forte) lectures PTA members through a story about how Mae (Thelma White) and Jack (Carleton Young) ruined their lives when they became involved with marijuana. Years later, this film was considered a cult classic among teen audiences in the 1960s and 1970s.
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The Three Musketeers 1921 N/R, 120 min. Genre: Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: Fred Niblo Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Leon Bary, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette, Boyd Irwin, Thomas Holding, Sidney Franklin, Charles Stevens, Nigel De Brulier, Lon Poff, Marguerite De La Motte, Adolphe Menjou, Willis Robards, Mary MacLaren, Walt Whitman
Adventure star Douglas Fairbanks plays D'Artagnan in this version of the Alexandre Dumas classic. D'Artagnan arrives in Paris hoping to join the King's (Adolphe Menjou) Musketeers (Leon Bary, George Siegmann, and Eugene Pallette). He does so, and soon the Musketeers are involved in preventing the plot of the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu's (Nigel De Brulier) attempt to take over the crown.
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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. King of the Pecos (1936)
2. Misbehaving Husbands (1940) aka: Dummy Trouble
3. The Phantom Broadcast (1933) aka: Phantom of the Air
4. Prairie Pioneers (1941)
5. Reefer Madness (1936) aka: Tell Your Children
6. The Three Musketeers (1921)
7. Westward Ho (1935)
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