3 Godfathers 1948  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Three Godfathers
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Jane Darwell, Ben Johnson, Mildred Natwick, Guy Kibbee, Dorothy Ford, Charles Halton, Hank Worden, Jack Pennick, Fred Libby, Michael Dugan
Three outlaws, Robert Marmaduke Hightower, Pedro "Pete" Roca Fuente, and William Kearney "the Abilene Kid" (John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, and Harry Carey Jr.), become godfathers to an orphaned baby. When two of them die, the remaining guardian, Hightower, undergoes a spiritual change and cares for the baby.
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Adventures of Marco Polo 1938  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Ernest Truex, Alan Hale, Binnie Barnes, Ward Bond, Lana Turner, Robert Greig, H.B. Warner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Henry Kolker, Stanley Fields
When 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) arrives in China on a trade mission, he falls in love with Princess Kukachen (Sigrid Gurie). But, the conniving Prime Minister Ahmed (Basil Rathbone) wants the princess for himself and schemes to have Marco Polo temporarily banished by sending him to the outlands, which are controlled by the bandit Kaidu (Alan Hale). When Marco Polo meets Kaidu, the two join forces to save Princess Kukachen's father, Kublai Kahn (George Barbier). To achieve their goal, they use gunpowder, and by story's end, Marco Polo and Princess Kukachen are on their way to Persia.
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Alias Jesse James 1959  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper, Will Wright, Bing Crosby, Ward Bond, James Arness, Roy Rogers
After insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) sells a life insurance policy to Jesse James (Wendell Corey), he must follow him into the West to guard his life. There are lots of stars playing the role that they are most famous for–James Garner plays Brett Maverick, Fess Parker Plays Davy Crockett, and even Jay Silverheels is there as Tonto.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Donald Crisp, Gale Page, Thurston Hall, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Ward Bond, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Bert Hanlon, Curt Bois, Vladimir Sokoloff, Billy Wayne
While trying to discover what makes the criminal mind work, the psychiatrist Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) cracks a safe while attending a party. He then contacts beautiful Jo Keller (Claire Trevor) who fences stolen gems, she introduces him to gangster "Rocks" Valentine (Humphrey Bogart), and Clitterhouse ends up becoming enthralled with the underworld–all of which will lead to murder. "Rocks" is his victim, and Clitterhouse uses his psychiatric expertise to make the jury members find that he is insane.
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 The Big Trail 1930 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr., Ward Bond, Helen Parrish, Frederick Burton, Ian Keith, Charles Stevens, Louise Carver, Iron Eyes Cody, David Rollins, DeWitt Jennings, William V. Mong
In John Wayne's first starring role, he plays Brick Coleman who guides a wagon train pioneering the Oregon Trail. Along the trek, the wagon train confronts desert heat, steep cliffs, a fierce storm, an Indian attack, and swollen rivers. Brick fearlessly leads the wagons while still finding time to romance Ruth Cameron (Marguerite Churchill)–despite competition from gambler Bill Thorpe (Ian Keith) and villain Red Flack (Tyrone Power Sr.).
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Black Fury 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan, Barton MacLane, John Qualen, J. Carrol Naish, Vince Barnett, Henry O'Neill, Ward Bond, Akim Tamiroff
An immigrant coal miner, Joe Radek (Paul Muni), becomes embroiled in battles between unionists and those who oppose labor protection.
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Born to Be Wild 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett, Charles Williams, Davison Clark, Byron Foulger, George Anderson, Edwin Stanley, Ben Hendricks Jr., Harrison Greene
Truckers Steve and Bill (Ralph Byrd and Ward Bond) set out on a trek to deliver a shipment of dynamite to a demolition site preparing to blow up a dam and put an end to plans by evil land barons to steal the land below.
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 Bringing Up Baby 1938  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, May Robson, Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Catlett, Fritz Feld, George Irving, Tala Birell, Virginia Walker, John Kelly, Leona Roberts, Ward Bond, Jack Carson
This is the movie classic in which Katharine Hepburn plays socialite Susan Vance who is raising a pet leopard, "Baby." Cary Grant takes on the role of a perfect foil as paleontologist David Huxley who is already engaged to be married to Miss Swallow (Virginia Walker), but he finds himself joining Susan in a hunt for the missing "Baby" and a priceless dinosaur bone–and, along the way, falling in love with Susan. A classy, hilarious comedy that remains timeless.
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Broadway Bill 1934 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson, Margaret Hamilton, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, Lynne Overman, Clara Blandick, Ward Bond
This is a Damon Runyon story about an inveterate gambler who bets everything on his own racehorse.
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Canyon Passage 1946 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Lloyd Bridges, Stanley Ridges, Hoagy Carmichael, Rose Hobart
Hoagy Carmichael sings "Buttermilk Sky" in this Western set in 1850s' Oregon. The owner of a thriving general store, Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews), vies with corrupt banker George Camrose (Brian Donlevy) for the attentions of the beautiful Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward).
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Chained 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Ward Bond, Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Paul Porcasi
A shipboard romance between Mike Bradley (Clark Gable) and Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) is rekindled while she waits for her lover to get his divorce.
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China Doll 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Victor Mature, Ward Bond, Lili Hua, Bob Mathias, Johnny Desmond, Stuart Whitman, Denver Pyle, Elaine Devry, Ann McCrea, Danny Chang, Don "Red" Barry, Tige Andrews
John Wayne was the executive producer of this film about U.S. Air Force Captain Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) who, while in China during World War II, marries a Chinese woman and fathers her child. The couple is killed, and 13 years later their daughter (Lili Hua) travels to the United States.
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College Coach 1933 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald Meek, John Wayne, Ward Bond
Corruption in college sports is part of the theme of this film in which Phil Sargent (Dick Powell) is a young chemistry major AND football player who wins the big game for Coach Gore (Pat O'Brien). Watch for USC player John Wayne in a bit part.
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Dakota 1945 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ona Munson, Hugo Haas, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Paul Fix, Grant Withers, Pierre Watkin, Olive Blakeney, Nick Stewart, Robert Livingston, Olin Howland
In this so-so Western, John Devlin (John Wayne) is in a territorial dispute over a railroad line. John's love interest, Sandy (Vera Ralston), is the daughter of the railway tycoon.
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Devil Dogs of the Air 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Frank McHugh, Ward Bond, John Arledge, Helen Lowell, Robert Barrat, Russell Hicks, William B. Davidson
Tommy O'Toole (Cagney) is a hot shot barnstorming pilot. He joins the Marine Air Corps and the flight training crew tries to reform him. There are some great aerial stunts.
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The Devil's Playground 1937 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Richard Dix, Dolores del Rio, Chester Morris, George McKay, John Gallaudet, Pierre Watkin, Ward Bond, Francis McDonald, Ann Doran, Stanley Andrews, Don Rowan, Eddie Fetherston, Si Jenks, Garry Owen, William Worthington
After deep-sea diver Jack Dorgan (Richard Dix) discovers his wife's, Carmen (Dolores del Rio), interest has strayed to another, Robert Mason (Chester Morris), events accelerate to an underwater battle of brains and brawn. This film is a remake of "Submarine" (1928).
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Dodge City 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, John Litel, Victor Jory, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond, Henry Travers, Henry O'Neill, Gloria Holden, Bobs Watson, Douglas Fowley
A cattle man, Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn), arrives in Dodge City in 1872 and is appointed sheriff. He tries to tame Dodge City and must diminish the influences of outlaw, saloon owner Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) to obtain legitimacy for business interests and citizens in the town. Hatton manages to clean up Dodge City, and, in the process, wins the heart of Abbie Irving (Olivia de Havilland).
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Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Eddie Collins, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhof, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, Francis Ford, Kay Linaker, Spencer Charters
As settlers encroached more and more on Indian lands, those on the frontier outskirts were often victims of Indian attacks. This is the sympathetic story of one young couple (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) who tried to start life anew on the fringes of American civilization during the Revolutionary War.
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The Falcon Takes Over 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, James Gleason, Helen Gilbert, Edward Gargan, George Cleveland, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Allen Jenkins, Ward Bond, Hans Conried
This entry in the "Falcon" series is one of the best as the Falcon (George Sanders) is helped by a reporter (Lynn Bari) to find a missing woman.
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Flesh 1932 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Vince Barnett, Herman Bing, Edward Brophy, Ward Bond, Nat Pendleton
A German wrestler (Wallace Beery) comes to America to seek fame in the ring but falls for a mobster's girlfriend, Lora (Karen Morley), which results in major problems.
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Fort Apache 1948  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Ward Bond, John Agar, George O'Brien, Shirley Temple, Irene Rich, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Pedro Armendariz, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Jack Pennick, Mae Marsh
Lt. Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) is annoyed because he has been sent out West to command Fort Apache in Arizona after serving valiantly during the Civil War. After his daughter Philadelphia (Shirley Temple) and Lt. Michael O'Rourke (Ward Bond) discover the bodies of mutilated soldiers murdered by the Apaches, Thursday decides to stir up the Indians for his own fame and fortune. One of his officers, Capt. Kirby York (John Wayne), tries to teach him the realities of co-existing with the Indians and tells him that the real problem is not the Apaches, but, instead, it is the corrupt Indian agents promoting the problems. York's words go unheeded, and Thursday leads his men into a disastrous situation after which he is labeled a hero by the press.
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Frontier Marshal 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Eddie Foy Jr., Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Si Jenks, Harry Woods
The O.K. Corral, with its gunfight involving the legendary Wyatt Earp and Doc Halliday, provides the climax of this story–a precursor to "My Darling Clementine."
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 The Fugitive 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo, Robert Armstrong, John Qualen, Fortunio Bonanova, Mel Ferrer, Chris-Pin Martin, Miguel Inclan, Fernando Fernandez, Mel Ferrer, Jack Pennick
From Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" comes this film adaptation of the story of a fugitive priest (Henry Fonda) who is on the run from Mexican authorities. He has baptized a baby in spite of a Mexican dictatorship that has made religious worship illegal. The Fugitive runs into a friend, James Calvert (Ward Bond), and an enemy who is a police enformer (J. Carrol Naish) during his fateful escape attempt. Very good–what else would you expect from John Ford?
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Fury 1936 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, Edward Ellis, Walter Brennan, Frank Albertson, Bruce Cabot, Raymond Hatton, Ward Bond, George Chandler
In a case of mistaken identity, Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy) is arrested for kidnapping and falls into the hands of a lynch mob. Narrowly escaping with his life, Joe plans to bring the perpetrators to trial. Still a winner.
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Gentleman Jim 1942 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, Ward Bond, William Frawley, Rhys Williams, Minor Watson, Arthur Shields, John Loder
This is the biography of boxing champ Jim Corbett who fought in the 1890s when boxing was not always considered an accepted sport. Errol Flynn plays the title role with understanding and a dash of comedy.
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 Gone with the Wind 1939 G, 219 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Hattie McDaniel, Ward Bond, Jane Darwell, Victor Jory, Butterfly McQueen, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Laura Hope Crews
Based on Margaret Mitchell's popular novel, this story takes place during the Civil War. When southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) learns that her beloved Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) is going to marry his cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland), she is crushed. Despite warnings from her faithful servant Mammy (Hattie McDaniel), Scarlett accosts Ashley at a barbeque. Charleston profiteer Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) listens in on the confrontation and falls in love with Scarlett. Their affair begins, and as Scarlett flirts, cries, struggles, and dances with Rhett, she manages to survive the changes brought on as the South fights to maintain plantation life. Ashley to Scarlett: "Isn't it enough that you've gathered every other man's heart today? You've always had mine. You cut your teeth on it." This film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Leigh), and Supporting Actress (McDaniel). It was also nominated for five other awards.
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 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Russell Simpson, Charley Grapewin, John Carradine, Frank Faylen, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Frank Sully, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, O.Z. Whitehead, Zeffie Tilbury, Frank Darien, Darryl Hickman
This is the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's moving novel about the plight of farmers escaping the Oklahoma "Dust Bowl" during the Great Depression. The Joad family packs up their belongings and moves to California in search of a better life. Although they are confronted with a whole new set of problems, Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) manages to hold her family together. John Ford won the Academy Award for Best Director, and Jane Darwell walked away with Best Supporting Actress honors. The film was also nominated for five other awards, including Best Picture and Actor (Henry Fonda).
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Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Three Broadway Girls
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Madge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Phillips Smalley, Sidney Bracey, Betty Grable, Louise Beavers, Ward Bond, Creighton Hale
Three New York City women–Polaire (Madge Evans), Schatze (Joan Blondell), and Jean (Ina Claire)–set out to find wealthy husbands. This story has been made several times, including "How to Marry a Millionaire."
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A Guy Named Joe 1943  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore, Barry Nelson, Esther Williams, Don DeFore, Henry O'Neill
After pilot Joe (Spencer Tracy) dies during World War II, he is sent back to earth as a guardian angel to look after a young flier, Ted (Van Johnson). Joe's ex-girlfriend, Dorinda (Irene Dunn), becomes romantically interested in Ted, and Joe has problems letting go until he realizes that if he truly loves Dorinda, he must set her free. 1 User Review
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The Headline Woman 1935 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Woman in the Case
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling, Conway Tearle, Franklin Pangborn, Jack Mulhall, Robert Gleckler, Russell Hopton, Ward Bond, Theodore von Eltz, Wade Boteler, Syd Saylor, Morgan Wallace, George "Gabby" Hayes
When star reporter Bob Grayson (Roger Pryor) learns that Myrna (Heather Angel) is going to be charged with murder, he kidnaps her in hopes of being the first one to get the story, and, too late, he realizes that she is his publisher's daughter. But, he falls in love with Myrna, believes in her innocence, and with help from Hugo (Ford Sterling) sets out to find the real killer.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence 1939 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ricardo Cortez
Cast: Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau, Glenn Ford, Ward Bond, Richard Conte, Eddie Collins, Irving Bacon, Kay Linaker
Joe (Glenn Ford) thumbs rides to Arizona, and along the way, he meets other Depression-era people with their own hard-luck stories.
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Hello Frisco, Hello 1943 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari, June Havoc, Ward Bond, Laird Cregar, Aubrey Mather, John Archer, Frank Orth, George Lloyd, Eddie Dunn, Frank Darien, Harry Hayden, Charles Cane
This film is about the romance of a honky-tonk saloon singer Trudy Evans (Alice Faye) on the Barbary Coast and her ambitious lover Johnny Cornell (John Payne). As Trudy rises to stardom, Johnny leaves Trudy for Nob Hill socialite Bernice Croft (Lynn Bari). Trudy then heads for Europe where she gains more success and then returns to the Bay area hoping to reunite with Johnny. The film's song "You'll Never Know" won the Oscar for Best Song.
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Heroes for Sale 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott, Robert Barrat, Grant Mitchell, Charley Grapewin, Douglass Dumbrille, Ward Bond, Frank Darien, Berton Churchill, Robert McWade, G. Pat Collins, Margaret Seddon, Arthur Vinton
As the country heads for the Great Depression in 1929, Tom and Ruth Holmes (Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young) manage to cope with Tom's morphine addiction that he got while recuperating from an injury suffered during World War I. Tom is treated and released from an asylum and finds work at a laundry. He becomes friends with Max Brinker (Robert Barrat) who has invented a washing machine, and they form a partnership. Later, the machines put Tom and his coworkers out of business, which results in a riot during which Ruth is killed. By story's end, Tom has donated his fortune from the washing machine business to Mary (Aline MacMahon) so that she can feed the hungry during the Depression, and Tom is out roaming the streets looking for a job.
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Hitler: Dead or Alive 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix, Russell Hicks, Bruce Edwards, Felix Basch, Bobby Watson, Frederick Giermann, Kenneth Harlan, Fee Malten, George Sorel
Ward Bond, Warren Hymer, and Paul Fix play three ex-convicts who try to cash in on a $1,000,000 reward offered by an American businessman for the capture of Adolf Hitler.
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Home in Indiana 1944 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood, Ward Bond, Charles Dingle, George Cleveland, Roger Imhof, Tom Dugan
Young Sparke Thornton (Lon McCallister) moves to the country where he and J.F. "Thunder" Bolt (Walter Brennan) raise a blind filly that becomes a prize-winning horse. This story was remade as "April Love."
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 Hondo 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Farrow
Cast: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, Lee Aaker, James Arness, Paul Fix, Rodolfo Acosta, Leo Gordon, Tom Irish
Set among the Apache Wars of 1874, Hondo (John Wayne) is an Army scout who leads frontierswoman Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page) and her young son (Lee Aaker) through dangerous territory on their trek to California. Geraldine Page was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in this film.
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 It Happened One Night 1934 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, Henry Wadsworth, Claire McDowell, Walter Connolly, Arthur Hoyt, Ward Bond, Milton Kibbee, Jameson Thomas, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson, Irving Bacon, Bess Flowers
This movie took a clean sweep of the Academy Awards with Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Writer. It relates the romance of a news reporter (Clark Gable) who is out for a story about a spoiled rich girl (Claudette Colbert) who is on the run from her father and fiance. Of course, they fall in love. Clark Gable, "Remember me? I'm the fellow you slept on last night."
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 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Frank Albertson, H. B. Warner, Todd Karns, Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Treen, Virginia Patton
When a businessman (James Stewart) is despondent and decides to end his life, he is saved by his "angel" (Henry Travers) who shows him that he has helped his family and neighbors over the years by giving them opportunities that changed their lives. Henry Travers: "Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives–and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"
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 Joan of Arc 1948 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, George Coulouris, Gene Lockhart, Jose Ferrer, Leif Erickson, John Ireland, Ward Bond, Cecil Kellaway, Frank Puglia, Rand Brooks
Ingrid Bergman plays the title role of the young woman from Lorraine who helps the dauphin attain the throne and becomes a martyr in the process. Bergman received an Academy Award nomination, as did Jose Ferrer. The film also won three Oscars: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and an honorary award for distinguished service by Walter Wanger for producing this moral story.
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 Johnny Guitar 1954 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Fix, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, John Carradine, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, Dennis Hopper
This psychologically based Western pits saloon owner Vienna (Joan Crawford) against Emma (Mercedes McCambridge), the head of a vigilante group. While critics did not care for this film when it was released, it has since developed a cult following, and through the added perspective developed with time, its value has been reconsidered.
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1950 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Paxton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond, Luther Adler, Barton MacLane, William Frawley, Steve Brodie, Rhys Williams, Kenneth Tobey
Shades of the B movie days, this fast-paced gangster film highlights Cagney as the ruthless gangster Ralph Cotter. Cotter and his cronies break out of jail and return to their life of crime.
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, John(2) Wood, Louis Calhern, David Holt, Frank Conroy, Ward Bond, John Davidson, Edward Van Sloan
This film, about a gladiator's love for a Christian girl in ancient Pompeii, culminates in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the city.
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Little Old New York 1940 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce, Andy Devine, Henry Stephenson, Fritz Feld, Ward Bond, Roger Imhof, Clarence Wilson
This is the fictionalized biography of Robert Fulton (Richard Greene), inventor of the steam engine. This story involves his romance with Pat O'Day (Alice Faye).
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The Long Gray Line 1955 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Wayne, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone, Martin Milner, Robert Francis, Philip Carey, William Leslie, Sean McClory
For 50 years, Irish coach Martin Maher (Tyrone Power) worked for, encouraged, and loved West Point's cadets from his vantage point in the athletic department. This is Maher's personal story interwoven with those of special cadets he coached over the years.
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The Long Voyage Home 1940 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, John Wayne, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, Mildred Natwick, John Qualen, Ward Bond, Arthur Shields, Rafaela Ottiano
Based on a story by Eugene O'Neill, this excellent film is about the men who go down to the sea in ships to transport cargo–not fight battles–and the dangers they encounter during wartime. The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Writing, Cinematography, and Music.
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Made for Each Other 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson, Eddie Quillan, Ruth Weston, Donald Briggs, Harry Davenport, Ward Bond, Esther Dale, Alma Kruger, Irving Bacon, Louise Beavers, Edgar Dearing, Mary Field
Having rushed into marriage, a young married couple–Jane and Johnny Mason (Carole Lombard and James Stewart)–finds many problems from all sides. First, Johnny's boss Judge Joseph Doolittle (Charles Coburn) is displeased because he wanted Johnny to marry his daughter (Ruth Weston) and calls him back to work immediately as a trial lawyer. Thus, the honeymoon must be skipped. Johnny's mother (Lucile Watson) moves in with the couple and is hypocritical of everything Jane does. Later, when their baby is born, more problems rise to the fore, and the marriage appears doomed. Then, on New Years Eve, their baby son becomes ill with pneumonia. Johnny appeals to Judge Doolittle for help in obtaining the needed medicine, and he comes to their aid–saving both the baby and the marriage as well.
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 The Maltese Falcon 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Walter Huston, Elisha Cook Jr., Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Gladys George, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton, Emory Parnell
Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), private eye, tries to find a mysterious bejeweled statue of a Maltese Falcon. Along the way, he encounters murder and intrigue. It's fun to watch how Sam Spade uses his wits to solve the mystery. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Sydney Greenstreet), and Writing-Screenplay (John Huston).
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A Man Alone 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Mary Murphy, Ward Bond, Raymond Burr, Lee Van Cleef, Alan Hale Jr., Arthur Space, Douglas Spencer, Thomas Browne Henry, Grandon Rhodes
Ray Milland made his directorial debut and also starred in this film about an innocent man, Wes Steele, who finds relative safety in the quarantined home of Nadine Corrigan (Mary Murphy) who helps him hide from a lynch mob.
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A Man Betrayed 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Wheel of Fortune
Director: John H. Auer
Cast: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford, Ward Bond, Harold Huber, Alexander Granach, Barnett Parker, Edwin Stanley, Harry Hayden
Lawyer Lynn Hollister (John Wayne) arrives in town to take on political corruption and ends up falling in love with a crooked politician's (Edward Ellis) daughter, Sabra Cameron (Frances Dee).
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Manpower 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Barton MacLane, Ward Bond, Joyce Compton
Two power-line workers (Edward G. Robinson and George Raft) are attracted to a nightclub hostess (Marlene Dietrich), and their fights for her attention get in the way of their relationship with each other.
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 Mister Roberts 1955 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, Nick Adams, Philip Carey, Harry Carey Jr., Ken Curtis, Perry Lopez, Robert Roark, Patrick Wayne, Frank Aletter, Buck Kartalian
Life on a military supply ship is VERY dull when compared to combat duty. Lt. Douglas Roberts (Henry Fonda) sends in a series of requests for transfer, and they are always denied by the captain (James Cagney). Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemmon) is Robert's friend and shipmate who steals the show as a bungling young Naval officer. Lemmon received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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The Moonlighter 1953 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John Dierkes, Morris Ankrum, Jack Elam, Charles Halton, Norman Leavitt, Sam Flint
Fred MacMurray plays cattle rustler Wes Anderson, and Barbara Stanwyck is his love interest in this run-of-the-mill Western.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Danger Island
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Cast: Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer, Richard Lane, Leon Ames, Douglass Dumbrille, Paul Harvey, Robert Lowery, Ward Bond
Peter Lorre again plays Japanese intelligence agent Mr. Moto in this story about diamond smuggling operations in Puerto Rico.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Tinling
Cast: Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Paul Fix
Ace detective Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) goes behind the scenes of the boxing world to unravel the truth behind a boxer's death.
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 My Darling Clementine 1946 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Ward Bond, Cathy Downs, Tim Holt, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell, Roy Roberts, Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Simpson
When his brother is killed, a cowpoke (Henry Fonda) takes the job as sheriff in a mining town. He plans to search for the killers and thinks he has found one (Victor Mature) when he runs into him in a saloon. Another fine John Ford film.
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Night Key 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Corrigan
Cast: Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Alan Baxter, Ward Bond, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Reicher, Charles C. Wilson
When elderly inventor Dave Mallory (Boris Karloff) sells his new alarm system to Steve Ranger (Samuel S. Hinds) of Ranger Protection Services, the company puts Dave's invention in mothballs so that no one can get it. Dave is a victim of the crooks–until he outwits them by inventing a new device that nullifies Ranger's current alarm system.
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The Oklahoma Kid 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Harvey Stephens, Hugh Sothern, Charles Middleton, Edward Pawley, Trevor Bardette
This is an odd movie. Cagney is the good guy and Bogey is the villain in this Western saga. Cagney is a feared gunman who seeks revenge on the men who hanged his innocent father. A highlight of the film is the interlude when Cagney sings "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" accompanied by a honky-tonk piano and a pair of six-shooters.
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On Dangerous Ground 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Sumner Williams, Gus Schilling, Frank Ferguson, Olive Carey, Richard Irving
Tough New York City cop Jim Wilson (Robert Ryan) is sent upstate to investigate a young girl's murder. While working on the case, Jim meets and falls in love with blind Mary Malden (Ida Lupino). There is one large hitch: Mary's brother Danny (Sumner Williams) is the prime suspect in the case. Mary begs Jim to bring Danny in alive, but problems lie ahead.
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Only the Valiant 1951 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Steve Brodie, Michael Ansara, Warner Anderson, Dan Riss, Terry Kilburn, Herbert Heyes, Art Baker, Hugh Sanders
Captain Richard Lance (Gregory Peck) is an officer who has chosen rebellious troops to guard an outpost against Apache attack, and now their lives hang in the balance while they wait for reinforcements to arrive. Will his decision prove his undoing?
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Operation Pacific 1951 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Waggner
Cast: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes, Martin Milner, Philip Carey, Milburn Stone, Paul Picerni, William Campbell, Kathryn Givney
This World War II submarine drama involves the love story of "Duke" Gifford (John Wayne) and Mary Stuart (Patricia Neal) whose romance must often be put on hold while Gifford is off testing torpedoes and fighting submarine battles.
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Pillars of the Sky 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Keith Andes, Lee Marvin, Sydney Chaplin, Willis Bouchey, Michael Ansara, Charles Horvath, Martin Milner
This Western film involves the efforts to bring peace between the U.S. Cavalry and the Indians with–of course–some romance thrown in for good measure.
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Prison Break 1938 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Paul Hurst, Constance Moore, Ward Bond, Edward Pawley, Edmund MacDonald, Guy Usher, Victor Kilian, George Cleveland, Frank Darien, Glenn Strange
Tuna fisherman Joaquin (Barton MacLane) is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison. He is up for early parole after being a model prisoner, but when he finds out that his movements will be limited, and he will not be allowed to marry his fiancee, he breaks out of prison and searches for the real killer.
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Professor Beware 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, Raymond Walburn, Lionel Stander, William Frawley, Thurston Hall, Cora Witherspoon, Sterling Holloway, Mary Lou Lender, Montagu Love, Etienne Girardot, Christian Rub, Spencer Charters, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond
Archaeologist Prof. Dean Lambert (Harold Lloyd) is scheduled to go on trial, but there is a delay in the court proceedings, and he will miss an expedition to Egypt if he waits. Instead, he skips bail and heads out from Los Angeles to New York City. And the chase is on when he hops a train for the trip to New York during which he evades police, meets and is attracted to Jane (Phyllis Welch), and has adventures with hoboes.
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Quick Millions 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland Brown
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, Robert Burns, John Wray, George Raft, Warner Richmond, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Ames, Ward Bond
"Bugs" Raymond (Spencer Tracy) turns his job of truck driving into illegal racketeering–only to lose out in the end.
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The Quiet Man 1952 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Mae Marsh, Eileen Crowe, Sean McClory, Jack MacGowran, Ken Curtis, Harry Tenbrook, James Lilburn
American ex-boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returns to his mother's village in Ireland. Once there, he falls in love with Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara) and must win her over from her family. John Ford won his fourth Best Director Academy Award for this film. An Oscar was also received for Best Cinematography along with five other nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Victor McLaglen).
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Riding High 1950 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Margaret Hamilton, Frances Gifford, James Gleason, William Demarest, Ward Bond, Gene Lockhart, Raymond Walburn
This is a musical remake of Damon Runyan's "Broadway Bill," which Frank Capra also directed. It is the story of a gambler (Bing Crosby) who owns a horse that can't seem to win.
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 Rio Bravo 1959 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) sits with his cohorts Dude, Stumpy, and Colorado Ryan (Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Ricky Nelson) while holding killer Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) in his jail and waits for the Marshal to come for him. Problems develop when Joe's brother Nathan (John Russell) sends in help for a jail escape. Followed by "El Dorado."
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The Santa Fe Trail 1940 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Van Heflin, Gene Reynolds, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond
Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn), who would later become Robert E. Lee's top cavalry scout, is given orders to bring in abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).
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 The Searchers 1956  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Adventure
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Vera Miles, John Qualen, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Wayne, Henry Brandon, Antonio Moreno, Lana Wood, Olive Carey, Hank Worden, Pippa Scott, Ken Curtis
Indians have captured nine-year-old Debbie (Lana Wood). During a five-year search, an embittered cowboy (John Wayne) and his partner (Jeffrey Hunter) search for Debbie (now played by Natalie Wood). One of the great Westerns and another John Ford treasure. 1 User Review
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| | Among the most complex Ford westerns, if not the best | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | Anyone who knows American movies knows this one. I don't think it is more quintessentially "American" than the Ford Cavalry Trilogy, but there is an edge to it which sets it apart. There is an emptiness in John Wayne's Ethan Edwards that marks him and separates him so fundamentally from everything around him that we are limited in our sympathy for him and find it only appropriate that he both begins and ends the film as the outsider and perhaps the outcast.
The movie is not without flaws. Structurally, we never see what it is that changes Ethan's intention to kill Debbie and, therefore, while we are willing to accept it emotionally, it doesn't really work in terms of the plot setup.
More seriously, the whole film sets us up for a confrontation between Edwards and Scar, and, in the end, we don't get that confrontation. That is a significant weakness.
But it is a great western. Monument Valley has rarely been used to better effect. Ford's stock company all acquit themselves well, and we have a chance to appreciate John Wayne in a more complex role than we usually get to see him. |
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Sergeant York 1941 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly, Noah Beery Jr., Ward Bond, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank Faylen
Gary Cooper won the Oscar for his portrayal of Sergeant York in this film based on a true story of York's single-handed killing of 25 and capture of 132 Germans during one day of battle. In addition to one other Oscar (Film Editing), nine nominations were received, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Walter Brennan), Supporting Actress (Margaret Wycherly), and Director.
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Shepherd of the Hills 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, Marjorie Main, Ward Bond, Marc Lawrence, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds, John Qualen
Based on Harold Bell Wright's penetrating book about young Matt (John Wayne), this is the story about a man who cannot figure why his father (Harry Carey) deserted the family.
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Singing Guns 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Jeff Corey, Harry Shannon, Billy Gray, Barry Kelley, Tom Fadden, Ralph Dunn, George Chandler, Denver Pyle
Singer Vaughn Monroe takes on the serious role of Rhiannon who, when cheated out of his gold mine, resorts to robbing that same mine to obtain what he believes is rightfully his.
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Slightly Dangerous 1943 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Florence Bates, Ray Collins, Ward Bond, Paul Stanton, Millard Mitchell, Pamela Blake
Peggy Evans (Lana Turner) leaves her small town and heads for New York City where she pretends to be a missing heiress and gets herself in a lot of trouble for her efforts.
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Son of Frankenstein 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Lawrence Grant, Ward Bond, Donnie Dunagan, Perry Ivins, Michael Mark, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), returns to the gothic mansion with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchins) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan). Wolf assures his doubting neighbors that he is not like his father. But, when the evil blacksmith Ygor (Bela Lugosi) asks him to bring the Monster back to life, Wolf agrees, revives the Monster (Boris Karloff), and the madness continues. After the Monster kidnaps Peter, Wolf tracks him down and knocks the Monster into a sulfur pit. Will this finally be the end of the Monster?
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Submarine Patrol 1938 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Ford
Cast: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Slim Summerville, John Carradine, Moroni Olsen, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Ward Bond, Warren Hymer
Naval activity during World War I is the background for this adventure about those who patrolled the deep seas looking for enemy submarines.
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The Sullivans 1944 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Fighting Sullivans
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Edward Ryan, Trudy Marshall, John Campbell, James Cardwell, John Alvin, George Offerman Jr., Ward Bond
This is the story of five brothers who, during World War II, enlisted in the Navy and wanted to stay together. They were assigned to the cruiser "Juneau," and all were lost when the ship was sunk at Guadalcanal. In the future, the Navy would not allow all family members to serve on the same ship. Also, a Navy destroyer was named for them.
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Swamp Water 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man Who Came Back
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Mary Howard, Eugene Pallette, Ward Bond, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Tom (Walter Brennan) is wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to death, but he escapes and hides in the Okefenokee Swamp, determined to clear himself. He is discovered by a hunter (Dana Andrews), who helps in the effort to clear Tom. Brennan played the same role in a 1952 remake, "Lure of the Wilderness," a rarity in casting. 1 User Review
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Tall in the Saddle 1944 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ward Bond, Ella Raines, Audrey Long, Elisabeth Risdon, Paul Fix, Raymond Hatton, Frank Puglia, George Chandler
Rocklin and Dave (John Wayne and "Gabby" Hayes) are the good guys who must fight against bad guy "Judge" Robert Garvey (Ward Bond) in an effort to clear Rocklin of false murder charges.
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Tap Roots 1948 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond, Richard Long, Arthur Shields, Griff Barnett, Russell Simpson
In the days before the outbreak of the Civil War, a plantation owner (Ward Bond) tries to talk his fellow Mississippians into seceding from the state if the issue of slavery results in war.
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: George Montgomery, John Sutton, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Victor Francen, Shepperd Strudwick, Ward Bond, Harry Davenport, Douglass Dumbrille, Esther Dale
West Point, with all of its traditions, is presented as the focus for this entertaining drama about the training of some of America's finest young men.
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They Made Me a Criminal 1939 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, May Robson, Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Ward Bond
After he thinks he has accidentally killed a man, a prizefighter (John Garfield) retreats to a children's home where he finds security.
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They Were Expendable 1945 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson, Paul Langton, Leon Ames, Cameron Mitchell, Donald Curtis, Arthur Walsh, Jeff York, Jack Pennick, Murray Alper, Harry Tenbrook
This is a good war film about American PT Boat crews battling the Japanese in the Pacific. Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) commands a Torpedo Boat Squadron in Manila Bay, an inlet of the South China Sea, at the beginning of World War II. The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and many U.S. ships are out of commission. The assignment of Brickley's PT Boats is to run messages, but they do manage to shoot down three Japanese planes. Fed up with message-running assignments, Brickley's executive officer Lt. Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) asks for a transfer to destroyer duties. This story does not glorify war; instead, it tells it like it is–warts and all. Vintage John Ford.
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 Thunderbirds 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John H. Auer
Cast: John Derek, John Barrymore Jr., Mona Freeman, Gene Evans, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Wally Cassell, Ben Cooper, Slim Pickens, Mae Clarke
This is the story of an Oklahoma National Guard unit and its service in Europe during World War II.
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The Time of Your Life 1948 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris, Jeanne Cagney, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond, Jimmy Lydon, Gale Page, Richard Erdman, James Barton
In this film adaptation of William Saroyan's prize-winning play, the interplay of people who frequent Nick's Saloon in San Francisco is examined as bar-room philosopher Joe (James Cagney) encourages the patrons to share their dreams. But problems do arise, and, by story's end, Nick says, "Enough is enough." William Bendix, who was part of the original Broadway cast, plays bartender Nick.
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Tobacco Road 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Ward Bond, Slim Summerville, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy, Grant Mitchell, Zeffie Tilbury, Russell Simpson, Spencer Charters, Irving Bacon, Harry Tyler, Charles Halton
Based on the Erskine Caldwell novel, this is a parody on the values of Depression Era Georgians–proud Jeeter Lester (Charley Grapewin), his long-suffering wife Ada (Elizabeth Patterson), and their family. Jeeter and Ada are hillbillies who find ways to hold their clan together in their Tobacco Road area home, despite suffering from a shortage of funds to pay bills and living under the threat of being thrown off their land for not paying the rent. 1 User Review
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| | Ex MAN 02/25/2007 | | This is an excellent movie. It is impossible to find anywhere! |
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Unconquered 1947 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Ward Bond, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Bridges, Marc Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Campbell, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon, Victor Varconi, Richard Gaines
During the French and Indian War, Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard) is sentenced to slavery in America. Slave master Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva) covets Abby and tries to buy her, but Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) outbids him. The treacherous Garth conspires with the Indians to rid the wilderness of the settlers, and, in turn, he will gain a monopoly on the fur trade. Many problems ensue and are settled before Abby and Holden realize that they are in love with each other and plan to live happily ever after. Another Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza.
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Up the River 1930 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart, William Collier Sr., Steve Pendleton, Morgan Wallace, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Bob Burns, Pat Somerset, Sharon Lynn, Noel Francis, Louise Mackintosh, Ward Bond
In this very early Humphrey Bogart vehicle, he plays wrongly convicted Steve whose plight is noted by St. Louis (Spencer Tracy) and Dannemora Dan (Warren Hymer) who, in turn, escape from prison to help Steve. Spencer Tracy's film debut.
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Wagon Master 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, Ward Bond, James Arness, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray, Jane Darwell, Kathleen O'Malley, Russell Simpson, Francis Ford, Jim Thorpe, Mickey Simpson, Ruth Clifford, Fred Libby
A Mormon wagon train, led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond), is headed for the Utah territory, and two horse traders–Travis (Ben Johnson) and Sandy (Harry Carey Jr.)–are hired to guide them there. Along the way they are joined by Dr. A. Locksley Hall (Alan Mowbray) and his medicine show troupe. Also joining them are Uncle Shiloh Clegg (Charles Kemper) and his family who have just murdered a clerk while robbing an express office. As if dealing with the outlaw Clegg family was not enough, the wagon train must also contend with the Indians along the trail in this great Ford film.
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Wild Boys of the Road 1933 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Ann Hovey, Grant Mitchell, Sterling Holloway, Charley Grapewin, Ward Bond, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell, Claire McDowell, Robert Barrat, Willard Robertson, Wade Boteler
California teenagers Eddie Smith (Frankie Darro) and Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) find their families suffering during the early Depression era and run away to find work. They hop a train and meet others on their trip east, including Sally (Dorothy Coonan Wellman) and Grace (Rochelle Hudson). The mobile group of teens turns into outlaws, and they become involved with other teens, just like themselves, in a quest for survival during desperate times.
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The Wings of Eagles 1957 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe, Kenneth Tobey, James Todd, Sig Ruman, Barry Kelley, Henry O'Neill, Willis Bouchey, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Trowbridge, Mae Marsh
This is the film biography of U.S. Navy aviator Frank W. "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) who became a writer. His marriage flounders after their baby's death, and Spig is crippled after a fall. However, World War II becomes the pivotal force in his life when he must choose between duty and the emotional needs of his wife (Maureen O'Hara).
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Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Donald Meek, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore
The innate wisdom and common sense of Abraham Lincoln are depicted with Henry Fonda in the title role. His struggles as a young lawyer include defense of a young man accused of murder in Springfield, Illinois. A fine John Ford effort.
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| 1. 3 Godfathers (1948)
aka: Three Godfathers
2. Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
3. Alias Jesse James (1959)
4. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
5. The Big Trail (1930)
6. Black Fury (1935)
7. Blowing Wild (1953)
8. Born to Be Wild (1938)
9. The Bride Walks Out (1936)
10. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
11. Broadway Bill (1934)
12. Canyon Passage (1946)
13. Chained (1934)
14. China Doll (1958)
15. College Coach (1933)
16. Dakota (1945)
17. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
18. The Devil's Playground (1937)
19. Dodge City (1939)
20. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
21. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
22. Flesh (1932)
23. Fort Apache (1948)
24. Frontier Marshal (1939)
25. The Fugitive (1947)
26. Fury (1936)
27. Gentleman Jim (1942)
28. Gone with the Wind (1939)
29. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
30. Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
aka: Three Broadway Girls
31. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
32. The Headline Woman (1935)
aka: The Woman in the Case
33. Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
34. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
35. Here Comes the Groom (1934)
36. Heroes for Sale (1933)
37. Hitler: Dead or Alive (1942)
38. Home in Indiana (1944)
39. Hondo (1953)
40. It Happened One Night (1934)
41. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
42. Joan of Arc (1948)
43. Johnny Guitar (1954)
44. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
45. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
46. Little Old New York (1940)
47. The Long Gray Line (1955)
48. The Long Voyage Home (1940)
49. Made for Each Other (1939)
50. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
51. A Man Alone (1955)
52. A Man Betrayed (1941)
aka: Wheel of Fortune
53. Manpower (1941)
54. Mister Roberts (1955)
55. The Moonlighter (1953)
56. Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
aka: Danger Island
57. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
58. My Darling Clementine (1946)
59. Night Key (1937)
60. The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
61. On Dangerous Ground (1952)
62. Only the Valiant (1951)
63. Operation Pacific (1951)
64. Pillars of the Sky (1956)
65. Prison Break (1938)
66. Professor Beware (1938)
67. Quick Millions (1931)
68. The Quiet Man (1952)
69. Riding High (1950)
70. Rio Bravo (1959)
71. The Santa Fe Trail (1940)
72. The Searchers (1956)
73. Sergeant York (1941)
74. Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
75. Singing Guns (1950)
76. Slightly Dangerous (1943)
77. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
78. Submarine Patrol (1938)
79. The Sullivans (1944)
aka: The Fighting Sullivans
80. Swamp Water (1941)
aka: The Man Who Came Back
81. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
82. Tap Roots (1948)
83. Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
84. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
85. They Were Expendable (1945)
86. Thunderbirds (1952)
87. The Time of Your Life (1948)
88. Tobacco Road (1941)
89. Unconquered (1947)
90. Up the River (1930)
91. Wagon Master (1950)
92. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
93. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
94. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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