Barbara Fritchie, also known as Barbara Frietchie, and sometimes spelled Frietschie, was a Unionist during the Civil War. She became part of American folklore in part from a popular poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, cantankerous, but ever-loyal and brave comic sidekick of the cowboy stars Roy Rogers and John Wayne.
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is the American Film Institute's list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of American film history and is the second list of the AFI 100 Years... series.
Frances Drake was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in Les Misérables (1935).
Fredrick Louis Kohler was an American actor.
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western films.
Robert North Bradbury was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early "Poverty Row"-produced Westerns starring John Wayne in the 1930s, and being the father of noted "cowboy actor" and film noir tough guy Bob Steele.
Texas Terror is a 1935 American Monogram romantic Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes and Lucile Brown.
Morgan Wallace was an American actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1946, including W.C. Fields' It's a Gift (1934) where he persistently asks Fields for some "Kumquats". He supported Fields again in My Little Chickadee (1940).
The Headline Woman is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Heather Angel and Ford Sterling. Produced by Mascot Pictures it was distributed by the newly-formrd Republic Pictures. The film was also known by the alternative title of The Woman in the Case in the United Kingdom.
Albuquerque is a 1948 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Lon Chaney Jr. Based on the novel Dead Freight for Piute by Luke Short, with a screenplay by Gene Lewis and Clarence Upson Young, the film is about a man who is recruited by his corrupt uncle to inherit his freight-hauling empire in the southwest, and who eventually defects to his uncle's honest business rival.
Frances Grant was an American movie actress and dancer. She appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in Red River Valley (1936) and Oh, Susanna! (1936) and other B-films such as Thunder Mountain (1935). and Cavalry (1936).
Bar 20 Justice is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Arnold Belgard and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze, William Duncan and Pat J. O'Brien. The film was released on June 28, 1938, by Paramount Pictures. This was the 16th entry in the "Hopalong Cassidy" western series.
The Last Trail is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by James Tinling and written by Stuart Anthony. The film stars George O'Brien, Claire Trevor, El Brendel, Matt McHugh, J. Carrol Naish, and George Reed. The film was released on August 25, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation. The picture was a remake of a 1921 film of the same name starring Wallace Beery.
Racing Luck is a 1935 American action film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell and George Wallace Sayre. The film stars William Boyd, Barbara Worth, George Ernest, Esther Muir, Ernest Hilliard and Onest Conley. The film was released on November 19, 1935, by Republic Pictures.
The Man from Thunder River is a 1943 American Western film directed by John English and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, John James and Georgie Cooper. The film was released on June 11, 1943, by Republic Pictures.
Mojave Firebrand is a 1944 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, LeRoy Mason, Jack Ingram and Harry McKim. The film was released on March 19, 1944, by Republic Pictures.
The Throwback is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor, written by Frances Guihan, and starring Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, Bryant Washburn, Eddie Phillips and Paul Fix. It was released on October 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures.
Justice of the Range is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman, which stars Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, and Ward Bond.
Wild Mustang is a 1935 American Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Harry Carey, Barbara Fritchie, Del Gordon, Katheryn Johns, Bob Kortman, George Chesebro, Chuck Morrison, Dick Botiller, George Morrell and Milburn Morante. The film was released on October 22, 1935, by Ajax Pictures Corporation.
