3 Bad Men 1926 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Western aka: Three Bad Men
Director: John Ford Cast: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Tom Santschi, Frank Campeau, Priscilla Bonner, Otis Harlan, Phyllis Haver, George(2) Harris
The three bad men (J. Farrell McDonald, Tom Santschi, and Frank Campeau) are outlaws who rescue a young woman (Olive Borden) after her father is killed and lose their lives protecting her. John Ford at his silent film best.
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out 1938 N/R, 68 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Wiles Cast: Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Toby Wing, Tully Marshall, Spencer Charters, Otis Harlan, Walter Byron, Peter Potter, Harry Tyler, Milburn Stone, Eddie Kane, Nora Cecil, Harrison Greene, Wilson Benge
After winning $1,500 in a bean-guessing contest, statistician Oliver Boggs (Stuart Erwin) quits his office job and moves to Peckham Falls where he buys a barrel factory and attracts the attentions of both Oleander Tubbs (Helen Chandler) and Irene Lee (Toby Wing). All goes well–until Oliver runs into trouble when conniving lawyer Dennis Andrews (Walter Byron) enters the scene with his own plans for the nearby pickle factory that uses Oliver's barrels.
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Outlaws of Sonora 1938 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall, Otis Harlan, Jean Joyce, Sterlita Peluffo, Tom London, Edwin Mordant, Ralph Peters, George Chesebro, Jack Ingram
The Three Mesquiteers return with Robert Livingston in the role of Stony (after John Wayne went on to bigger and better things). Stony and his cohorts (Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune) take on the job of delivering cattlemen's money to the bank. But gang leader Dude (also played by Livingston), knowing he is a Stony look-alike, captures Stony and disguises himself as Stony. After shooting a banker, Stony and crew get serious about bringing justice to the gang leader.
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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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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: David Hand Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Moroni Olsen, Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Eddie Collins, Marion Darlington, James MacDonald
This prototype for Disney animated films tells the story of Snow White (voice of Adriana Caselotti) who escapes the clutches of her evil stepmother and finds refuge with seven dwarfs–Grumpy, Happy, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, and Dopey. Walt Disney received an honorary Oscar (actually an Oscar and seven miniatures) for significant screen innovation. An all-time great–and still good.
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The Telegraph Trail 1933 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Western
Director: Tenny Wright Cast: John Wayne, Marceline Day, Frank McHugh, Otis Harlan, Albert J. Smith, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Clarence Geldart, Chief John Big Tree, Frank Ellis, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Artie Ortego, Ben Corbett
Army scout John Trent (John Wayne) investigates after a team working on America's first transcontinental telegraph line are attacked by Indians. He uncovers a plot by Gus Lynch (Albert J. Smith) who has stirred up High Wolf (Yakima Canutt) and his Indians by telling them that when the telegraph line is completed, their tribe will be wiped out by settlers. John does save the telegraph line and even wins beautiful Alice (Marceline Day) in the process.
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| 1. 3 Bad Men (1926) aka: Three Bad Men
2. Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
3. Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
4. Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6. The Telegraph Trail (1933)
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