The Border Legion 1930  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Eugene Pallette, Stanley Fields, E.H. Calvert, Ethan Allen, Syd Saylor, Hank Bell, Jim Corey
This remake of Zane Grey's story uses footage from an earlier silent film as it tells the story of the an outlaw (Jack Holt) who puts his life on the line when he comes to aid of Jim (Richard Arlen) and his love (Fay Wray) after Jim is falsely accused of murder.
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Clearing the Range 1931  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Otto Brower
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley, George Mendoza, Robert Homans, Edward Peil Sr., Edward Hearn, Eva Grippon, Maston Williams, Jack Byron, Tex Driscoll, Ben Corbett, Fred Gilman, Jim Corey, Milton Brown
Bank cashier Lafe Kildare (Hooper Atchley) has been stealing from the bank, and when the bank president Jim Fremont (Edward Hearn) begins to suspect Lafe, Lafe kills Jim and becomes the bank president. Jim's brother Curt (Hoot Gibson) arrives in town posing as a cowardly drifter to investigate his brother's murder. He does his investigating at night, posing as Mexican bandit El Capitan in order to solve the murder, which he does, bringing Lafe to justice. Meanwhile, he wins the affections of a rancher's daughter, Mary Lou Moran (Sally Eilers–Hoot Gibson's wife at the time).
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Fighting Caravans 1931  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Blazing Arrows
Director: Otto Brower, David Burton
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Fred Kohler, Eugene Pallette, Roy Stewart, May Boley, James A. Marcus, Eve Southern, Charles Winninger, Frank Campeau
After young scout Clint (Gary Cooper) avoids jail for troublemaking by talking Felice (Lily Damita) into pretending to be his wife, Clint and Felice head west on a wagon train. As an apprentice scout working for seasoned scouts Bill and Jim (Ernest Torrence and Tully Marshall), all goes well for Clint until Bill and Jim are killed during an Indian raid orchestrated by gunrunner Lee (Fred Kohler). Now it's up to Clint to get things back on track.
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Hard Hombre 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Lina Basquette, Mathilde Comont, G. Raymond Nye, Jessie Arnold, Jack Byron, Christian J. Frank, Rosa Gore, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Frank Winkeman, Glenn Strange, Tiny Sanford, Buck Connors
Timid, mama's boy "Peaceful" Patton (Hoot Gibson) vowed not fight. He takes a job at Senora Martini's (Lina Basquette) ranch and is routinely mistaken for a notorious gunman, "Hard Hombre." He even uses the mistaken identity to break up a dispute between ranchers over water rights. When the real "Hard Hombre" (Frank Winkleman) comes to town and slugs "Peaceful's" mother (Jessie Arnold), "Peaceful" becomes enraged and takes care of "Hard Hombre."
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 The Light of Western Stars 1930  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Fred Kohler, Harry Green, Regis Toomey, William Le Maire, George Chandler, Syd Saylor, Guy Oliver, Gus Saville
Ranch foreman Dick Bailey's (Richard Arlen) best friend and owner of the ranch was killed, and when the sister (Mary Brian) of his friend arrives to take over the ranch, she fires him and then rehires him to fight the crooked sheriff (Fred Kohler) who has his own plans for the ranch property. Adapted from a Zane Grey story.
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Men with Steel Faces 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Radio Ranch
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jack Carlyle, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, William Moore, Dorothy Christy, J. Frank Glendon, Wheeler Oakman, Edward Peil Sr.
This is an edited version of the serial "The Phantom Empire" and is a Western science fiction story concerning an advanced civilization under the earth, which Gene Autry "unearths" while singing.
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Mystery Mountain 1934 N/R, 223 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Edward Earle, Al Bridge, Tom London, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hooper Atchley, Edward Hearn, George Chesebro
This movie is part of a longer serial in which the hero, Ken (Ken Maynard), is searching for the identity of "The Rattler," a master of disguises and a wrecker of railroad and other transportation vehicles. Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette, in their second movie appearance, are stagecoach drivers.
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Phantom Empire 1935 N/R, 245 min.
Genre: Western / Sci-Fi / Musical
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Warner Richmond, Dorothy Christy, Smiley Burnette, Wheeler Oakman, Charles K. French, J. Frank Glendon, Peter Potter, Edward Peil Sr., Jack Carlyle, Hal Taliaferro, Lane Chandler
In this early science fiction serial of 12 episodes, Gene Autry discovers a subterranean empire that has existed since an ancient continent, Mu, sank beneath the sea. It is under his ranch, and Gene tries to keep peace between this peaceful civilization and the greed from above.
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Postal Inspector 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Brower
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Patricia Ellis, Michael Loring, Bela Lugosi, Wallis Clark, Arthur Loft, David Oliver, Guy Usher, Spencer Charters, Hattie McDaniel, Harry Beresford
Gambling debts force nightclub owner Gregory Benez (Bela Lugosi) into a life of crime. When he hires a beautiful singer (Patricia Ellis) to perform in his club, she and Benez are put under the watchful eye of U.S. Postal Inspector Bill Davis (Ricardo Cortez).
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The Santa Fe Trail 1930 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Law Rides West
Director: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Hooper Atchley, Luis Alberni, Lee Shumway, Chief Yowlachie, Blue Cloud, Chief Standing Bear, Jack Byron
Sheep rancher Stan Hollister (Richard Arlen) is falsely accused of murdering an Indian, but two children saw the real killer, which also aids Stan in stopping a land grabber.
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| 1. The Border Legion (1930)
2. Clearing the Range (1931)
3. Fighting Caravans (1931)
aka: Blazing Arrows
4. Hard Hombre (1931)
5. The Light of Western Stars (1930)
6. Men with Steel Faces (1940)
aka: Radio Ranch
7. Mystery Mountain (1934)
8. Phantom Empire (1935)
9. Postal Inspector (1936)
10. The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
aka: The Law Rides West
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