Rex Lloyd Lease was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row westerns.
Reliable Pictures was an American film production and distribution company which operated from 1933 until 1937. Established by Harry S. Webb and Bernard B. Ray, it was a low-budget Poverty Row outfit that primarily specialized in Westerns. After its demise, the company's studios were taken over by Monogram Pictures.
Chinatown After Dark is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Carmel Myers, Rex Lease and Barbara Kent.
Riders of the Sage is a 1939 American Western film produced and directed by Harry S. Webb starring Bob Steele. The film is a remake of Ridin' Law (1930) and Rusty Rides Alone (1933).
Million Dollar Racket is a 1937 American crime film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay and Bryant Washburn.
Ridin' Thru is a 1934 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Ruth Hiatt and Lafe McKee.
Fighting Hero is a 1934 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler and Edward Hearn.
Tracy Rides is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Virginia Brown Faire and Edmund Cobb.
Fast Bullets is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Rex Lease and Margaret Nearing. It was the 14th of Tom Tyler's 18 Westerns for Reliable Pictures.
Rose Gordon was an American screenwriter who wrote a number of B movies in the 1930s. She served as vice president of Reliable Pictures, which was owned by her husband, Harry S. Webb. She was sometimes credited as Harry Gordon or Homer King Gordon.
The Riding Kid is a 1931 American Western film directed by Jack Irwin and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Jean Kay and Fred Church. The title is sometimes spelled The Ridin' Kid.
Wings of Adventure is a 1930 American action adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease, Armida and Clyde Cook. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures.
The Lone Trail is a 1932 American pre-Code western film directed by Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb and starring Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire and Jack Mower. It was produced as a second feature on Poverty Row. According to a modern source it partly used edited footage from the earlier serial The Sign of the Wolf, although no contemporary confirmation of this exists. It has strong similarities to the plot of the 1935 film Skull and Crown which was based on an earlier story James Oliver Curwood.
Midnight Morals is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and E. Mason Hopper and starring Alberta Vaughn, Rex Lease and Charles Delaney. It was distributed by the independent Mayfair Pictures.
A Scarlet Week-End is a 1932 American mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Dorothy Revier, Theodore von Eltz and Phyllis Barrington. It was made as a second feature on Poverty Row by the independent producer Willis Kent. It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel The Woman in Purple Pajamas by Wilson Collison.
Her Splendid Folly is a 1933 American comedy drama film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Lilian Bond, Theodore von Eltz and Beryl Mercer. It was produced as a second feature by the independent producer Willis Kent.
The Iron Master is a 1933 American drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Reginald Denny, Lila Lee and J. Farrell MacDonald. It was distributed by the independent Allied Pictures. It was adapted by Adele Buffington from the 1882 novel The Ironmaster by Georges Ohnet, with the setting changed to modern-day America. An earlier American adaptation was the 1917 silent film American Methods.
Night Cargo is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Lloyd Hughes, Julie Bishop and Walter Miller. It was the final film produced by the low-budget Peerless Pictures studio.
House of Danger is a 1934 American mystery thriller film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Onslow Stevens, Janet Chandler and James Bush. It was produced by the Poverty Row outfit Peerless Pictures.
Riddle Ranch is a 1935 American western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring David Worth, June Marlowe, and Julian Rivero. It was made as an independent second feature on Poverty Row. It was primarily designed as a vehicle for the horse Black King.
