Broadway to Cheyenne 1932  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Ellis, Huntley Gordon, Earl Dwire, Roy D'Arcy, John Elliott, Al Bridge
Detective Breezy (Rex Bell) is wounded by Butch (Robert Ellis) and his gang in New York. While Breezy recuperates at home in Wyoming, who should come along but Butch's gang with plans to run a protection racket on the ranchers? But, Breezy will have none of that.
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The Hurricane Express 1932  N/R, 225 min.
Genre: Action
Director: J.P. McGowan, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Tully Marshall, Conway Tearle, John Wayne, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Matthew Betz, James P. Burtis, Lloyd Whitlock, Joseph W. Girard, Edmund Breese, Al Bridge, Charles King
In this 12-episode serial, trains are being wrecked by "The Wrecker," a master of disguises. After pilot Larry's (John Wayne) father is killed in one of the wrecks, Larry is determined to find the culprit, despite the red herrings thrown up before him.
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The Law Commands 1938  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Tom Keene, Lorraine Randall, Robert Fiske, Budd Buster, Matthew Betz, John Merton, Carl Stockdale, Marie Stoddard, Horace B. Carpenter, David Sharpe, Allan Cavan
Iowa is the unlikely setting for this Western as a gang harasses homesteaders in an attempt to grab their land. When harassing turns into killing, something must be done, and the task falls on the town's doctor (Tom Keene).
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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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Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery 1935 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Great Air Mystery
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Delphine Drew, Noah Beery Jr., Bryant Washburn, Pat J. O'Brien, Herbert Heywood, Matthew Betz, Harry Worth, Manuel Lopez, Charles A. Browne, James P. Burtis
Despite anti-aircraft fire, bombs, and a volcano, Tailspin Tommy Tompkins (Clark Williams) and pal Skeeter Milligan (Noah Beery Jr.) prevent rebels from taking over a Latin American country's oil reserves. A 12-part serial for the 1930s' Saturday matinees.
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Tarzan the Fearless 1933 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Julie Bishop, E. Alyn Warren, Edward Woods, Philo McCullough, Frank Lackteen, Mischa Auer, Matthew Betz, Carlotta Monti, Al Kikume, Symona Boniface, Darby Jones, George DeNormand, Everett Brown, Philip Sleeman
After Dr. Brooks (E. Alyn Warren) is kidnapped by the followers of Zar, God of the Jeweled Fingers, his daughter Mary (Julie Bishop) and her boyfriend Bob (Edward Woods) team up with Tarzan (Buster Crabbe) to rescue him. Problems are inevitable because Mary's safari guides Jeff and Nick (Philo McCullough and Matthew Betz) have ulterior motives in the search for Dr. Brooks–including collecting a bounty for proof of Tarzan's death and stealing the lost treasure of the Zar.
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The Terror 1928 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis, Matthew Betz, Holmes Herbert, John Miljan, Otto Hoffman, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Austin, Conrad Nagel, Reed Howes
Edgar Wallace's play is brought to the screen in one of the first "talkies." A mysterious killer is on the loose and is now present at a dinner with assorted guests, including an undercover Scotland Yard investigator. Remade in 1938.
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The Whirlwind 1933 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Tim McCoy, Alice Dahl, Pat O'Malley, J. Carrol Naish, Matthew Betz, Joseph W. Girard, Lloyd Whitlock, Art Mix, Stella Adams, Mary Gordon, Theodore Lorch, Hank Bell, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne
Tim (Tim McCoy) and sidekicks Pat and "Injun" (Pat O'Malley and J. Carrol Naish) return to Tim's hometown and immediately become involved in uncovering a crooked Sheriff (Matthew Betz).
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| 1. The Big Chance (1933)
2. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
3. The Hurricane Express (1932)
4. The Law Commands (1938)
5. The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
6. Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (1935)
aka: The Great Air Mystery
7. Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
8. The Terror (1928)
9. The Whirlwind (1933)
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