Rex Lloyd Lease was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row Westerns.
The Vanishing Shadow is a 1934 Universal science fiction film serial directed by Lew Landers. It features what is believed to be the first appearance of a hand-held ray gun in film.. Many science fiction gadgets, including a robot and The Destroying Ray, are also featured in the serial.
The Red Rider is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film The Range Feud.
Rustlers of Red Dog is a 1935 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures based on the book The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. It was a remake of the earlier, 1930 serial The Indians are Coming.
Frank Rice was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and died in Los Angeles, California of hepatitis. Rice was educated in Portland, Oregon.
Stuart Paton was a British director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. Paton mostly worked with Universal, and is accredited with directing 67 films between 1915 and 1938. He also wrote for 24 films between 1914 and 1927.
Frank Clark was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1910 and 1938. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Shirley Grey was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935.
Chinatown After Dark is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Carmel Myers, Rex Lease and Barbara Kent.
The Four Just Men, also known as The Secret Four, is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Edward Chapman and Frank Lawton. It is based on the 1905 novel The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace. There was a previous silent film version in 1921. This version was produced by Ealing Studios, with sets designed by Wilfred Shingleton.
The Girl in 419 is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and written by Allen Rivkin, Manuel Seff and P.J. Wolfson. The film stars James Dunn, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, William Harrigan, Shirley Grey and Jack La Rue. The film was released on May 26, 1933, by Paramount Pictures.
Branded Men is a 1931 American pre-Code Western comedy film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures.
The Bounty Killer is a 1965 American Technicolor and Techniscope Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, written by Ruth Alexander and Leo Gordon, and starring Dan Duryea and Rod Cameron. The supporting cast features Audrey Dalton, Richard Arlen, Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight, Johnny Mack Brown and Tom Kennedy. Broncho Billy Anderson, the cinema's first Western film star, makes his final appearance in the film. The film was released on July 31, 1965, by Embassy Pictures.
Private Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Russell Mack and written by Prescott Chaplin, Bill Cohen, George Jessel, William N. Robson and Sam Spewack. The film, which stars Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Donald Cook, Emma Dunn, Shirley Grey and Frank McHugh, was released by Universal Pictures on March 25, 1933.
The Call of the Heart is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Francis Ford and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Dynamite the Dog, Joan Alden, Edmund Cobb, William Steele, Maurice Murphy and George Plues. The film was released on January 29, 1928, by Universal Pictures.
Man from Montana is a 1941 American western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Billy Lenhart, Kenneth Brown, Jean Brooks and Nell O'Day. The film was released on September 5, 1941, by Universal Pictures. This movie should not be confused with the 1917 silent movie called The Man from Montana.
Fangs of Destiny is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Stuart Paton and written by George Morgan and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Dynamite the Dog, Edmund Cobb, Betty Caldwell, George Periolat, Carl Sepulveda and Al Ferguson. The film was released on December 4, 1927, by Universal Pictures.
The Four-Footed Ranger is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Stuart Paton and written by Cromwell Kent, Paul M. Bryan and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Dynamite the Dog, Edmund Cobb, Margerie Bonner, Pearl Sindelar, Francis Ford and Patrick Rooney. The film was released on March 25, 1928, by Universal Pictures.
Young Whirlwind is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Edmund Cobb and Frank Rice.
Dynamite the Dog was a canine actor who starred in several Universal films in the late 1920s and early 1930s. According to some reports, he was a police dog. It is unknown what became of him after his last credited role in 1930's The Indians Are Coming.
