Billy the Kid 1930  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Highwayman Rides
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane, Roscoe Ates, Wyndham Standing, Russell Simpson, Blanche Friderici, Warner Richmond, James A. Marcus, Nelson McDowell, Jack Carlyle, Chris-Pin Martin, John Beck, Marguerita Padula
A Marshal (Wallace Beery) is determined to capture and bring to justice the infamous Billy the Kid (Johnny Mack Brown) in this early talkie Western.
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Deadly Ray from Mars 1966 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World
Director: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Donald Kerr, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander, C. Montague Shaw, Warner Richmond, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Mulhall, Lane Chandler, Anthony Warde, Ben Lewis
This is a feature-length version of 1938's 15-episode serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" and was released in 1966. A deadly ray is sucking up Earth's nitrogen, so Flash (Buster Crabbe) and his crew must save the day. They find that Flash's enemy Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind it, working from Mars. Then, there's Ming's ally Queen Azara (Beatrice Roberts), who has the power to turn people into clay.
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Doomed at Sundown 1937 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Bob Steele, Lorraine Randall, Warner Richmond, Harold Daniels, David Sharpe, Earl Dwire, Horace B. Carpenter, Budd Buster, Jack C. Smith, Jack Ingram, Jack Kirk, Charles King
After his father is killed, practical joker Dave (Bob Steele) sets out to catch the killers. But he must use his joker expertise to survive.
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The Fighting Marines 1935  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Action
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Ann Rutherford, Robert Warwick, George J. Lewis, Pat O'Malley, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Frank Reicher, Robert Frazer, J. Frank Glendon, Richard Alexander
U.S. Marines work on establishing a landing field on Halfway Island in the Pacific Ocean, but their efforts are challenged by the villainous "Tiger Shark" who has been conducting his pirating business from the island. The low budget shows in this 12-episode serial.
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 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 1938  N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Donald Kerr, Richard Alexander, C. Montague Shaw, Warner Richmond, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Mulhall, Lane Chandler, Anthony Warde, Ben Lewis
The gang from the original 1936 "Flash Gordon" is back in this 15-episode serial that is still fun to watch. A deadly ray is sucking up Earth's nitrogen, so Flash (Buster Crabbe) and his crew must save the day. They find that Flash's enemy Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind it, working from Mars. Then, there's Ming's ally Queen Azara (Beatrice Roberts) who has the power to turn people into clay. A full-length feature was made from the serial, known as "Deadly Ray from Mars."
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The Gold Racket 1937 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Fuzzy Knight, Frank Milan, Jack Duffy, Charles Delaney, Karl Hackett, Albert J. Smith, Warner Richmond, William L. Thorne, Paul Weigel, Fred Malatesta
G-men Alan O'Connor and Bobbie Reynolds (Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt) take on the assignment of breaking up a gang of Mexican gold smugglers that is operating along the border. This is the third in a series of four "G-Man" films. The others are "Yellow Cargo," Navy Spy," and "Bank Alarm."
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Headin' for the Rio Grande 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor, Warner Richmond, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Forrest Taylor, William Desmond, Charles K. French, "Snub" Pollard, Budd Buster, Bud Osborne
Plenty of singing marks the second film appearance of Tex Ritter as Tex and his sidekick Chili (Syd Saylor) take on a gang running a protection racket in which if a rancher doesn't buy their "service" of protecting cattle, the cattle will be stolen.
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Huckleberry Finn 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Eugene Pallette, Jackie Searl, Clarence Muse, Clara Blandick, Jane Darwell, Oscar Apfel, Warner Richmond
Huckleberry Finn and Jim raft down the Mississippi in this Mark Twain classic about life on the Mississippi River. The same starring cast (Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, and Clara Blandick) appeared the previous year in "Tom Sawyer."
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The Lost Jungle 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Director: David Howard, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Clyde Beatty, Cecilia Parker, Syd Saylor, Warner Richmond, Edward LeSaint, Wheeler Oakman, Maston Williams, Lew Meehan, Max Wagner, Wes Warner, Slim Whitaker, Hal Taliaferro, Jim Corey, Ernie Adams
In this feature-length version of a 12-episode serial, famous animal trainer Clyde Beatty takes on the lead role as himself heading out on a trip in search of animals and his girlfriend, Ruth (Cecilia Parker), who is lost in the jungle. Beatty is accompanied by his assistant, Sharkey (Warner Richmond), and his press agent, Larry (Syd Saylor), and the action begins when Beatty's dirigible crashes on an island. The island is filled with animals of all sorts, as well as another group of men looking for gold. Before story's end, Sharkey proves to be on the wrong side, and Ruth is found.
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Missing Girls 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison, Ann Doran, George Cooper, Dewey Robinson, Wallis Clark, Vera Lewis, Warner Richmond, Lafe McKee, Ben Carter, Frank LaRue
After Dorothy (Muriel Evans) and her friend Ann (Ann Doran) witness gangster Ben Davis (Noel Madison) kill Dorothy's father Senator Benson (Wallis Clark), they are taken hostage. Newspaper reporter Jimmie Dugan (Roger Pryor) disguises himself as a tramp and sets out to rescue the girls from Ma Barton's (Vera Lewis) hideout.
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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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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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Smokey Smith 1935 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Bob Steele, George "Gabby" Hayes, Mary Kornman, Warner Richmond, Earl Dwire, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Phelps, Archie Ricks, Bob Card, Tex Palmer, Perry Murdock, Herman Hack, Bert Dillard
Smokey (Bob Steele) teams up with a gang led by Blaze (George "Gabby" Hayes) in order to capture the bad guys who killed his parents and, in the process, retrieve a ring stolen from them.
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Song of the Gringo 1936 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Old Corral
Director: John P. McCarthy
Cast: Tex Ritter, Joan Woodbury, Fuzzy Knight, Monte Blue, Warner Richmond, Al J. Jennings, Martin Garralaga, William Desmond, Forrest Taylor, Robert Fiske, Glenn Strange, Budd Buster
Marshal Tex (Tex Ritter) goes underground and infiltrates a gang that is using all means, including murder, to take over the local mines. Songs abound as Tex saves the day. This is Tex Ritter's film debut in a remake of 1930's "Oklahoma Cyclone."
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Wallaby Jim of the Islands 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Adventure / Musical / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: George Houston, Ruth Coleman, Douglas Walton, Wilhelm von Brincken, Mamo Clark, Juan Torena, Syd Saylor, Colin(2) Campbell, Warner Richmond, Nick Thompson, Wilson Benge, Ian Keith, Edward Gargan, Kenneth Harlan, Chris-Pin Martin
Wallaby Jim (George Houston) has problems involving associate Norman Brooks' (Douglas Walton) gambling problem, and danger also looms for Jim and his crew on a pearl fishing expedition as they sail the South Pacific. Jim's rival, Adolph Richter (Wilhelm von Brincken), jumps Jim's claim because of Norman's gambling, which has put the operation in jeopardy and, in true pirate fashion, tries to take control of the pearls.
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Where Trails Divide 1937  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, Warner Richmond, Lorraine Randall, David Sharpe, Charles K. French, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Richard Cramer, Jim Mason, Forrest Taylor, James Sheridan, Horace B. Carpenter
Lawman Tom (Tom Keene) poses as a lawyer in order to bring Blackie's (Warner Richmond) gang to justice, and he does just that in a low-action manner.
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| 1. Billy the Kid (1930)
aka: The Highwayman Rides
2. Deadly Ray from Mars (1966)
aka: Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World
3. Doomed at Sundown (1937)
4. The Fighting Marines (1935)
5. Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
6. The Gold Racket (1937)
7. Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
8. Huckleberry Finn (1931)
9. The Lost Jungle (1934)
10. Missing Girls (1936)
11. Phantom Empire (1935)
12. Quick Millions (1931)
13. Smokey Smith (1935)
14. Song of the Gringo (1936)
aka: The Old Corral
15. Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
16. Where Trails Divide (1937)
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