Francis Xavier Bushman was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. He gained a large female following and was one of the biggest stars of the 1910s and early 1920s.
John Paterson McGowan was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors Guild.
The Three Musketeers is a 1933 American pre-Code film serial directed by Armand Schaeffer and Colbert Clark, and produced by Nat Levine for Mascot Pictures. The film serial was very loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, with the musketeers changed into three soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and d'Artagnan being reconfigured as Lt. Tom Wayne, a pilot in the United States military.
The Spell of the Circus (1931) is a Universal 10-chapter movie serial. Francis X. Bushman Jr. played the trick horseback rider/hero Jack Grant. This is considered to be a lost film.
Ralph Everly Bushman, was an American actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1920 and 1943. In his early film career, he often was credited as Francis X. Bushman Jr.
The Poacher's Pardon is a 1912 American silent film produced by Kalem Company and distributed by General Film Company. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Alice Hollister, Jack J. Clark and J.P. McGowan in the leading roles.
Below the Deadline is a 1929 American silent crime film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Frank Leigh, Barbara Worth and Arthur Rankin.
The Dude Wrangler is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Lina Basquette, Tom Keene and Clyde Cook.
Once a Gentleman is a 1930 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson and Francis X. Bushman. A butler goes on vacation, where he is wrongly supposed to be a wealthy man.
Mary Mayberry was an American film actress of the silent era. She was also billed as Mary Mabery in five films.
A Son of the Plains is a 1931 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Custer, Doris Phillips and J.P. McGowan.
The Cyclone Kid is a 1931 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buzz Barton, Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Caryl Lincoln.
Human Targets is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buzz Barton and Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Tangled Fortunes is a 1932 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buzz Barton, Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Caryl Lincoln.
Lawless Valley is a 1932 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger and Richard Cramer.
Theresa "Terry" Norberg, later known as Alice Dahl, was an American film and stage actress. She had roles, including as the female lead, in Western B movies. She later went by the stage name Terry Walker.
Mark of the Spur is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Lillian Rich and George Chesebro.
The Outlaw Tamer is a 1935 American Western film directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Lane Chandler, Blanche Mehaffey and George 'Gabby' Hayes.
Breezy Bill is a 1930 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Steele, Edna Aslin and Bud Osborne. It was produced as an independent second feature on Poverty Row.
Deadwood Pass is a 1933 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Tom Tyler, Alice Dahl, and Wally Wales. The film was shot in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California and was the third of four Tom Tyler Westerns made by John R. Freuler.
