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The Monster Walks poster
Movie

Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it's her turn, as her deranged and relentless uncle targets her for death with the help of his wife and son, plus a very unhappy ape.

The Monster Walks

Feb 1932

Behind Stone Walls poster
Movie

Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes the son who receives a life imprisonment sentence. Jack Keene's butler Druggett knows the truth and blackmails Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper summons John Clay to the scene...

Behind Stone Walls

Mar 1932

The Meddlin' Stranger poster
Movie

Popular B-Western hero Wally Wales (later known as Hal Taliaferro) went up against none other than Boris Karloff in this primitive silent oater from poverty row studio Action Pictures.

The Meddlin' Stranger

Jun 1927

Thundering Romance poster
Movie

A cowboy sets out to help a pretty young girl who is about to lose her ranch when crooks plan to foreclose on it because she doesn't have enough money to make her mortgage payment. He puts together a cattle drive in order to sell the herd to raise the money to pay off the note, but when the crooks hear about this, they make plans to stampede the herd along the way.

Thundering Romance

Dec 1924

The Ballyhoo Buster poster
Movie

Bob Warner sells some cattle to two men who later drug him and rob him of the sale money. He takes a job with a medicine show as a barker, offering a reward to any spectator to last three rounds in fighting him. While in the ring, he notices in the audience the two men who stole his money. He knocks out his contestant, pursues the crooks, and recovers the money.

The Ballyhoo Buster

Jan 1928

Sin's Pay Day poster
Movie

A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.

Sin's Pay Day

Mar 1932

Twisted Triggers poster
Movie

Barely out of prison, Jim Regan is arrested once again, this time for the attempted shooting of Denver Dan Norris, the villain who framed him in the first place. With the assistance of his young friend Wally Weston Jim is released once again on the condition that he won't leave town.

Twisted Triggers

Jul 1926

The Fighting Cheat poster
Movie

A drifter befriends wounded outlaw Lafe Wells. Having promised to deliver a sack of gold to the man's family, Wales promptly falls for the daughter of the house.

The Fighting Cheat

Feb 1926

Double Daring poster
Movie

A timid bank clerk has to toughen up during the search for a gang of bank robbers.

Double Daring

Jun 1926

The Desert of the Lost poster
Movie

Chased by Detective Murray and the posse, a wounded Jim Drake heads across the border into Mexico where he recuperates with the Wolfes. When Murray arrives again, Jim heads into the desert. But in the night his guide sneaks off and leaves him without water or his horse.

The Desert of the Lost

Dec 1927

Thundering Through poster
Movie

Ruth Burroughs the daughter of a beleaguered rancher whose valuable property is threatened by a greedy railroad company

Thundering Through

Dec 1925

The Roaring Rider poster
Movie

A cowboy arrives to help a girl who has a note due. He plans to sell her cattle to raise the money but they are stampeded and most are killed. Knowing who stampeded them gives him another plan to get the money.

The Roaring Rider

Jan 1926

Code of the Cow Country poster
Movie

Jim West, foreman of John Calhoun's ranch, falls in love with Helen, the boss's daughter, after rescuing her from a runaway horse. Her brother, Ted, falls into the companionship of Bill Jackson, a notorious gambler and saloon keeper, who persuades Ted to sign I. O. U.'s while under the influence of alcohol. Jim, in company with Red Irwin, a tough deputy sheriff, confronts the gambler and forces a confession. Jackson plans a raid on the Calhoun cattle, forcing Ted to be his ally. Dolores, a dancehall girl, overhears the plot and tells Jim, causing Helen to misunderstand his motives.

Code of the Cow Country

Jun 1927

Malay Nights poster
Movie

The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by an unscrupulous ex-boyfriend.

Malay Nights

Nov 1932

Tearin' Loose poster
Movie

Jim Dorn, owner of the Bar X Ranch, is accused of crime he actually committed by Bud Deering, his girlfriend Ann's brother.

Tearin' Loose

Sep 1925

The Phantom Buster poster
Movie

Buddy Roosevelt, a notorious bandit known as the "Phantom," and his doppelgänger, drifter Jeff McCloud. Bull manages to throw suspicion on Jeff but is himself killed by Jim Breed (John Junior).

The Phantom Buster

Aug 1927

Ridin' Rivals poster
Movie

Attracted to a girl, a cowboy takes a job on the adjoining ranch hoping to see her again and he gets his chance when her horse becomes a runaway.

Ridin' Rivals

May 1926

The Ramblin' Galoot poster
Movie

The hero, cowpuncher Buddy Royle is not only handy around the cattle but a golfing enthusiast to boot. Buddy teaches the upscale sport to Pansy Price and her father, Colonel Price but is interrupted in the middle of teeing off by the nefarious schemes of crooked bank cashier Roger Farnley.

The Ramblin' Galoot

Nov 1926

The Hurricane Horseman poster
Movie

When a bank is robbed, the cashier is killed and suspicion for the murder unjustly falls on Jim Marden. He gives himself up, and his brother, Wally, promises to run down the killer. Wally, who suspects Mike Wesson, the foreman of the Flying X Ranch, of the crime, goes to the ranch and talks to him. While at the ranch Mike meets June Mathews, owner of the ranch, and he falls in love with her. When Wally and June are out riding, they are ambushed by Wesson, and Wally is wounded. One of Wesson's confederates later exposes Wesson's perfidy, and Wally brings the homicidal foreman to justice. Wally then weds June.

The Hurricane Horseman

Oct 1925

Bad Man's Bluff poster
Movie

Bad Man's Bluff is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James.

Bad Man's Bluff

Dec 1926

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