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77
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78
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4.1
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cc age 8+

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
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Kanopy
82
7.6
/47134/
74
/935/
74
/660/
3.7
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97
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81
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85
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cc age 10+

Shane (1953)
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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81
7.8
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76
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74
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3.8
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94
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88
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cc age 8+

You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Criterion Channel
82
80
7.6
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75
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73
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4.1
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100
/32/
82
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86
/10/

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
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80
7.8
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75
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75
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3.9
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90
/21/
86
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cc age 9+

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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79
72
7.6
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73
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68
/86/
3.8
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100
/18/
82
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The More the Merrier (1943)
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
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72
7.3
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73
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71
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/14/
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75
/7/

A Foreign Affair (1948)
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
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fuboTV
78
71
7.5
/9800/
74
/149/
73
/119/
3.7
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89
/18/
85
/119/

The Talk of the Town (1942)
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
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The Roku Channel
78
69
7.6
/5127/
73
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77
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3.7
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90
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The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
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67
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74
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71
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82
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Easy Living (1937)
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
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77
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7.3
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74
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68
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3.6
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100
/13/
76
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The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
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Criterion Channel
77
57
7.4
/2867/
69
/52/
66
/50/
3.9
/6497/
100
/14/
75
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History Is Made at Night (1937)
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
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47
6.8
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63
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3.3
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The Plainsman (1936)
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
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64
41
6.9
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70
/42/
62
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3.3
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54
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
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6.8
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3.3
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56
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Arizona (1940)
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.
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32
6.5
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64
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63
/18/
3.4
/1204/
44
/229/

Too Many Husbands (1940)
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
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67
29
7.0
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67
/21/
74
/18/
3.4
/1229/
56
/13/

If You Could Only Cook (1935)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
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56
22
6.3
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65
/44/
56
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3.2
/683/
34
/15/

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
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The Roku Channel
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21
6.0
/1167/
61
/32/
56
/26/
2.9
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27
/18/

The Canary Murder Case (1929)
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.
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MGM Plus
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15
5.8
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53
/16/
53
/14/
3.1
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The Silver Horde (1930)
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
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14
6.5
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57
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3.2
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12
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Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing a lovely young actress who's in a play that also happens to be the cover for massive jewel job. Art connoisseur and criminologist George Melville is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton and goaded by Phil Bane, the roaring newspaper editor who has employed him. The mastermind poses as a theatrical impresario and stages a war drama, replete with loud explosions, to divert attention from his band of thieves, who are cracking safes in a bank adjacent to the theater.
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MGM Plus
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14
6.1
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41
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59
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14
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Danger Lights (1931)
Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended but focuses instead on running the railroad.
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12
6.3
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63
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/11/
3.1
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The Greene Murder Case (1929)
Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.
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11
6.4
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64
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66
/9/
3.2
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Street of Chance (1930)
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
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48
10
5.6
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45
/2/
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/8/
3.1
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20
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Paramount on Parade (1930)
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
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55
9
5.7
/384/
52
/7/
52
/14/
3.0
/241/

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)
The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
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57
9
6.0
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60
/13/
56
/12/
3.0
/328/

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.
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56
8
5.8
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60
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44
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3.2
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The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.
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?
6.4
/29/

The Poor Nut (1927)
N/A
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?
6.8
/11/
10
/1/

The Masked Menace (1927)
The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton, is being terrorized by the masked menace of the title known as "Still Face". The women are helped by a man named Keats Dodd. The masked villain's identity is revealed in the final chapter.
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?
6.3
/39/

Flying Luck (1927)
A naive young man joins the Army in order to become a pilot.
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?
5.8
/18/

Wallflowers (1928)
Sandra and her sister Dody (Theodora) leave the Virginia countryside to join Washington's social set. Dody determines to marry wealth, while Sandra wants romance. Both girls' fortunes are reversed when Sandra falls in love with wealthy Rufus Fisk, whose stepmother threatens to cut him off if he marries her. Dody loves Gale Markham, an ex-soldier, once wealthy, in whom the beautiful Stephanie Moore also takes an interest. Gale returns Dody's affection, but he is reluctant to propose marriage because of his depleted finances. Both girls find happiness when Rufus sacrifices his wealth for Sandra, and Dody her desire to marry money for Gale.
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?
7.6
/8/
10
/1/

Hello Lafayette (1927)
A salmon taster enlists and is put to work passing out salmon to the troops. When he is assigned to take the salmon in the lines he gets absent minded and throws hand grenades over to the hungry buddies. With the aid of a battalion of chorus-girls dressed like Anzacs and who appear for no reason at all, the recruit captures a company of Germans and is decorated by the Colonel.
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?
7.4
/27/
60
/1/

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (1938)
A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't Take it With You', director Frank Capra and stars James Stewart and Jean Arthur celebrate Lionel Barrymore's sixtieth birthday; a ski meet is held at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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36
?
6.7
/169/
10
/1/
33
/3/

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
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?
8.2
/25/

Bigger and Better Blondes (1927)
Charley is mistakenly assumed to be a thief
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?
5.0
/21/
10
/1/

Yesterday and Today (1953)
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
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?
5.7
/20/

Warming Up (1928)
Bert, a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae, the league's leading home-run hitter. In addition, he falls for the team owner's daughter, who McRae has designs on.
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?
7.2
/14/

A Man of Nerve (1925)
While romancing the millinery store owner, Custer finds himself falsely accused of murdering his boss and is soon fleeing from a vicious lynch mob.
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?
6.0
/19/
100
/1/

The College Boob (1926)
Ally Appleby is a country boy headed for the college campus, courtesy of his Aunt Polly and Uncle Lish. They're financing his education providing that he stay away from sports. Before his train even arrives at its destination, he earns the enmity of senior Horatio Winston. Winston is determined to make Appleby into the college boob and his plan is working until pretty coed Angel Boothby reveals the plot.
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?
6.4
/15/

Tearin' Loose (1925)
Jim Dorn, owner of the Bar X Ranch, is accused of crime he actually committed by Bud Deering, his girlfriend Ann's brother.
poster
?
2.8
/31/

Thundering Romance (1924)
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.
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?
6.7
/30/

Born to Battle (1926)
Dennis Terhune, ranch foreman for John Morgan, an eastern capitalist, discovers that there is oil on Morgan's ranch shortly after Morgan has deeded the ranch to Daley, western manager for the Morgan properties. Dennis rides after Daley and retrieves the deed, saving Morgan's ranch and securing for himself the love of the financier's daughter, Eunice.
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?
7.2
/16/

Biff Bang Buddy (1924)
Buddy Walters is a cowboy falsely accused of a crime actually committed by nasty Al Richmond.
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?
7.2
/20/

The Fighting Smile (1925)
A cowboy who has been away from home for a long time returns, only to find that the area he grew up in has been taken over by a vicious gang of cattle rustlers--and that his closest friend from boyhood is one of them.
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?
7.8
/15/

Under Fire (1926)
Lt. Tom Brennan is cashiered from the 7th Cavalry on two charges, both unjust: that of deserting his men in the face of a cruel Indian attack, and of entertaining a married woman in his quarters after hours. Tom wanders into the desert and is picked up half-dead by Yuba Bill, a prospector with whom he goes into partnership. The Indians go on the warpath, and Tom rides to the fort and warns the colonel. Tom's innocence is established by the confession of an enlisted man, and Tom is reinstated to the service with full honors, renewing his engagement with Margaret Cranston.
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?
8.2
/13/

Somebody Lied (1923)
Two reeler served as Jean Arthur's screen debut.
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?
6.2
/15/

Ridin' Rivals (1926)
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.


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