Walter Shumway
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 26, 1884
Deathday: January 13, 1965
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Spell of the Circus
1930-11-13
Spell of the Circus
Overview: The manager of The Big Circus plots to marry the owner's daughter and gain control of the outfit.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-13
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Headin' North
1930-11-01
Headin' North
Overview: Having helped his father escape the law, Jim Curtis heads north with the Marshal chasing him. He and his pal Snicker elude the Marshall by changing clothes with two actors. Now forced to do vaudeville skits, Jim finds the man responsible for his and his father's problem working in the same saloon.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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The Thief Trapper
1927-03-31
The Thief Trapper
Overview: Last of the series of short films starring "Fearless the Famous Police Dog."
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-31
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Hi-Jacking Rustlers
1926-11-30
Hi-Jacking Rustlers
Overview: When Montana cowpuncher Larry Benson, riding his horse Starlight and accompanied by his dog Rex, tied up at the hitching post in front of McAvoy's hotel in Dam, Texas, he had little idea of the extraordinary series of adventures that were in store for him, Starlight and Rex.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-30
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Whirlwind Horseman
1938-04-29
Whirlwind Horseman
Overview: Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one of the prominent citizens is the real boss and sets a trap to find him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1938-04-29
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The Night Rider
1932-08-22
The Night Rider
Overview: Officer John Brown is after the outlaw known as the Night Rider. Posing as Jim Blake he takes a job on the Rogers ranch. He finds the secret passage from the Rogers mine to the Rogers house used by the Night Rider and also a note written by the Night Rider to his henchmen. Practicing his hand writing, he has a plan to trap him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-22
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Wine
1924-08-31
Wine
Overview: John Warriner, facing financial ruin, accepts the proposal of a bootlegger, Benedict, to underwrite the business of illegal wine-selling. His daughter, Angela, takes up with the jazz set and is caught in a raid, at a cafe owned by Benedict. Her former sweetheart, Carl Graham, comes to the rescue and saves her from notoriety, while the family struggles back to its former respectability following Warriner's prison term.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-31
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Six-Gun Rhythm
1939-02-17
Six-Gun Rhythm
Overview: Western - When football player Tex fletcher arives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity - Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay, Ralph Peters
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-17
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Outlaw Justice
1932-10-01
Outlaw Justice
Overview: A man accused of murdering a sheriff, escapes a posse and joins a gang at the Bar-O-Ranch. The mistress of the ranch is about to be cheated out of her land, but the wanted man helps her against the gang and bests the leader in a fight.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-01
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Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
Ball of Fire
Overview: A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-02
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A Wanderer of the West
1927-11-06
A Wanderer of the West
Overview: In a plot to take control of the Lazy Y ranch, which holds water rights to the local area, a rancher kidnaps the Lazy Y owner's daughter. The ranch foreman manages to eventually foil the plot and get the girl.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-06
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Wrangler's Roost
1941-06-04
Wrangler's Roost
Overview: The notorious outlaw Black Bart has reappeared and the Range Busters are sent to investigate. When they find that Black Bart is now a respectable citizen and that someone is impersonating him, they set a trap for the robber.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-04
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The Showdown
1940-03-08
The Showdown
Overview: European bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through theft. Hoppy and his sidekicks Lucky and Speedy must find and expose the horse thieves.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-08
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The Return of Grey Wolf
1926-01-01
The Return of Grey Wolf
Overview: Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-01
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North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
North West Mounted Police
Overview: Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
Genres: Action Western Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-22
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935-11-15
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Overview: A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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Girls of the Big House
1945-11-02
Girls of the Big House
Overview: A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman framed by a man whom she met in a nightclub in the big city. She is not welcomed by the inmates and immediately the prisoners are divided.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-02
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It Can't Last Forever
1937-07-15
It Can't Last Forever
Overview: Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-predicting cons gets out of hand.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-15
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King of the Arena
1933-06-01
King of the Arena
Overview: Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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The Avenging Rider
1943-05-20
The Avenging Rider
Overview: Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-20
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Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31
Pacific Blackout
Overview: Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-31
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Pretty Baby
1950-09-16
Pretty Baby
Overview: A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-16
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The Mystery Rider
1928-11-25
The Mystery Rider
Overview: Silent cowboy Western serial.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-25
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Pretty Ladies
1925-09-06
Pretty Ladies
Overview: Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-09-06
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Ghost City
1932-01-02
Ghost City
Overview: Newspaper editor Bill Temple arrives in Boom Town planning to expose Jim Blane as a crook. When Blane's henchman Buck fails to kill Temple, Blane prepares to flee with his money. But a sudden announcement of a gold strike empties the town. Blane heads after his henchmen who have taken his money and Temple heads after Blane.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-02
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