Albert J. Smith
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 15, 1894
Deathday: April 11, 1939
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Shakedown
1936-07-17
Shakedown
Overview: A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business, and, via his engineering skills, discovers a plot to kidnap Edith.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-17
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Man Trackers
1921-07-08
Man Trackers
Overview: Molly Killbride, daughter of the inspector in the Royal Mounties, is in love with trooper Jimmy Hearn, but her father prefers that she marry Harry Morgan, a wealthy young civilian. Morgan, however, is allied with a gang of outlaws headed by Hanley, and when Morgan taunts Jimmy into a fistfight the gang causes him to be railroaded to prison for felonious assault.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-07-08
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Whispering Sage
1927-03-20
Whispering Sage
Overview: This silent Western featured a group of Basque settlers terrorized by a greedy land baron (Joseph W. Girard). Jones played Buck Kildare, who, after falling for Basque beauty Natalie Joyce, comes to the aid of the settlers. On his sterling horse Silver, Kildare goes after the villain, who, it turns out, is the very same man who murdered his brother Tom (William A. Steele).
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-20
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The Call of the Wilderness
1926-12-05
The Call of the Wilderness
Overview: In a small western town, a man meets a girl whose father is a land agent. To please her, he buys a plot of land from her father. Next thing he knows, he's mixed up in a plot to drive him off his land.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-05
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Taming the West
1925-03-01
Taming the West
Overview: John Carleton is living a carefree jazz lifestyle, much to the annoyance of his father. When he can take it no longer, Carleton senior sends John to his ranch in the West, hoping that the experience will make a man of him. John's ability to ride a bucking bronco wins the friendship of the cowhands, but trouble's a-brewin' when he falls in love with Beryl King.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-01
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Prescott Kid
1934-11-08
Prescott Kid
Overview: Cowboy Tim Hamlin arrives in a town plagued by a gang of cattle rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-08
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The Saddle Tramp
1926-10-02
The Saddle Tramp
Overview: The Saddle Tramp is a silent Western
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-02
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The Scarlet Streak
1925-12-20
The Scarlet Streak
Overview: A group steals a death ray in order to terrorise the world into peace. The inventor and his daughter try to retrieve the death ray with the aid of a government agent.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-20
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The Circus Cyclone
1925-10-04
The Circus Cyclone
Overview: Steve Brant, an ex-pugilist who owns a small circus, makes crude advances toward Doraldina, a lovely equestrienne; and when she resists him, he angrily beats her horse.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-04
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The Western Rover
1927-06-05
The Western Rover
Overview: Returning to the family ranch after a spell as a circus performer, Art Hayes finds that a crooked ranch foreman has forced his father into bankruptcy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-05
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Branded
1931-09-01
Branded
Overview: A cowboy looking to sell an inherited ranch changes his mind after a female neighbour arrives on the scene.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-01
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Hello Trouble
1932-07-15
Hello Trouble
Overview: After killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the Kenyon ranch just as Jonathan Kenyon apparently commits suicide. He and Janet Kenyon then become the new half owners. At first, he refuses to wear a gun and is believed to be a coward, but as trouble mounts, he straps it on once again.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-15
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The Last Mile
1932-08-17
The Last Mile
Overview: Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-17
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Hills of Peril
1927-05-01
Hills of Peril
Overview: Sheriff is aided by Laramie who pretends to be an outlaw to infiltrate a gang of bootleggers. Laramie is attracted to Ellen, who is trying to activate an old mine. He helps her with the mine and captures the bootleggers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-01
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The Telegraph Trail
1933-03-18
The Telegraph Trail
Overview: A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-18
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Border Devils
1932-04-03
Border Devils
Overview: Jim Gray is looking for the gang leader known as the General. When Neil Denham is murdered, Jim assumes his identity. He and his pal Squint Saunders then try to join the gang. But they get captured and Jim is told he can join up only if he kills his friend.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-03
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Wolf Tracks
1923-04-01
Wolf Tracks
Overview: Poverty-row Western story of two young strangers -- Jack Hastings and Jean Meredith -- inheriting one-half of a map to a hidden gold mine. A villain, Wolf Santell, steals Jack's half of the map, which is enclosed in a locket, only to lose it again in the river.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-01
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Perils of the Jungle
1927-07-01
Perils of the Jungle
Overview: A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-01
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Straight Through
1925-04-05
Straight Through
Overview: O'Day, the terror of Red Gulch, wins the entire stake of a gambler named Granger in a poker game but gives it all to Denver Nell, a dancehall girl, when she tells him her sad story. O'Day later discovers that she has returned the money to Granger, and he decides to reform. He goes to another town, where (now known as Good Deed O'Day) he meets an old friend, a wealthy rancher with whose sister, Mary, he is in love. Snowden takes a trip to Denver and returns with Nell, whom he has married.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-05
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The Burning Trail
1925-05-10
The Burning Trail
Overview: A professional boxer known as "Smiling Bill Flannigan" accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. He gives up the sport and heads west. He gets a job on a ranch as a cook, and before he knows it he finds himself involved in a war between ranchers and sheepherders.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-10
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The Meddler
1925-06-28
The Meddler
Overview: Richard Gilmore, a staid Wall Street broker, is jilted by Dot Parkhurst when he fails to provide her with the romance and adventure that she wants out of life. Richard then goes west in an effort to prove himself a man and becomes a highwayman known as "The Meddler," robbing people only to return to them all that he stole, keeping only a valueless memento for himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-28
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In the Days of Daniel Boone
1923-06-25
In the Days of Daniel Boone
Overview: Presumed lost. 15-episode serialized Western directed by William James Craft. A trailer is included in the DVD More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931: 50 Films.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-25
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The Strings of Steel
1926-06-28
The Strings of Steel
Overview: The Strings of Steel is a silent Action serial. Episode titles: 1. The Voice on the Wire 2. The First Central 3. Fighting for Love 4. The Power of Might 5. Kings of the Wire 6. Voice of the Continent 7. Telephone Poles 8. War of the Wire 9. When Lightning Strikes 10. Love and Victory.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-28
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The Gold Racket
1937-04-10
The Gold Racket
Overview: At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the U.S. and then selling it to the U.S. government.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-10
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Dynamite Ranch
1932-07-07
Dynamite Ranch
Overview: Howell breaks up a train robbery only to find that it's a fake. However the money is missing and he is blamed. He escapes and sets out to find the real thieves. He must also avoid being caught visiting the Collins ranch to see Doris.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-07
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Honor of the Range
1934-04-15
Honor of the Range
Overview: After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-15
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Between Fighting Men
1932-10-15
Between Fighting Men
Overview: Ken not only has to fight with his brother Wally over the girls, he has to try and stop the conflict between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. It gets worse when Butch kills Judy's father.
Genres: Action Western Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-15
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Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01
Sutter's Gold
Overview: Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-01
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Forbidden Trail
1932-11-18
Forbidden Trail
Overview: Karger is behind all the cattle rustling. After Tom Devlin catches his man Burke in the act, Burke hides evidence against Karger in his jail cell. Later when Tom is jailed he accidentally finds the evidence, but the Karger encited mob has jailed the Sheriff and is already on the loose.
Genres: Action Western Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Shadow Ranch
1930-09-27
Shadow Ranch
Overview: Summoned to Shadow Ranch by his friend Ranny Williams, Sim Baldwin arrives to find Ranny has been ambushed and murdered. Sim learns ranch owner Ruth Cameron is under pressure to sell out to Dan Blake, as the dam on the ranch controls the town's water supply. Vowing to avenge his old friend's death, Sim takes up Ruth's fight and incurs Blake's hostility.
Genres: Action Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-27
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The Thrill Hunter
1933-04-30
The Thrill Hunter
Overview: A blowhard cowboy talks himself into a job as a movie stunt man.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-30
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Blue Wing's Revenge
1924-06-21
Blue Wing's Revenge
Overview: A short melodrama. A girl is held hostage in an Indian village, but is rescued by Tom, after which they are chased by Indians. The Indian girl Blue Wing is also in love with Tom, but she puts a stop to the chase when she sees how strong the love between Tom and the girl actually is.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-06-21
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Overland Bound
1929-11-23
Overland Bound
Overview: Trying to trick Ma (Lydia Knott) and Mary Winters (Allene Ray) into selling their rundown ranch, which will be in the path of a future railroad, Underwood (Charles K.French) hires Keno Creager (Albert Smith) to impersonate Jimmy Winters, not seen by his mother and sister for many years.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-23
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Prairie Thunder
1937-09-10
Prairie Thunder
Overview: To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-10
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The White Gorilla
1945-07-12
The White Gorilla
Overview: A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-12
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Barriers of the Law
1925-03-26
Barriers of the Law
Overview: When a woman who belongs to a bootlegging gang asks the gang for help when her father is arrested, they refuse. She quits the gang, but the gang's leader locks her up in a brothel. She escapes and hides in the apartment of a man who turns out to be the chief of the government agents pursuing her gang. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-26
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Outlawed
1929-01-21
Outlawed
Overview: In this his third film for FBO (Film Booking Office), Mix plays Tom Manning, a cowboy framed for murder and bank robbery by bandit leader Ethan Laidlaw. As always, justice prevails, but Mix has to make a daring escape from jail to right the wrongs done to him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-21
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Hard Fists
1927-04-24
Hard Fists
Overview: The story is about a fake army colonel who blackmails Alvord into doing his bidding, including smearing a rancher and his pretty daughter .
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-24
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Alibi for Murder
1936-09-23
Alibi for Murder
Overview: A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them do the detecting. This proves impossible when a famed scientist is murdered in Perry’s studio, right in the middle of the interview. All evidence points to Perry, and he sets out to clear his name before the Shadow-like villain roaming the hallways of the radio station gets away with murder.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-23
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The Sunset Trail
1924-11-02
The Sunset Trail
Overview: On a passenger train passing through the desert, Louise offers to pay the fares of Happy Hobo and Collie. The boy Collie accepts, but Happy continues on foot and finds on a dying man a map to a gold mine and a photograph of his daughter, who is none other than Louise.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-02
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The Drifter
1929-03-18
The Drifter
Overview: Silent cowboy western starring Tom Mix, Bernard Bolden, Dorothy Dwan, Barney Furey, Albert J. Smith, and Ernest Wilson. Also, note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-18
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The Silent Flyer
1926-01-01
The Silent Flyer
Overview: This movie was billed as a thriller with ice boats, dynamite, and a dog that saves the day. The original movie has been lost. It survives as a 90 second trailer. This trailer is also available on "More Treasures of the AFA" without the video game music.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-01
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The Secret Code
1922-02-28
The Secret Code
Overview: A lost silent Western short.
Genres: Western Thriller
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1922-02-28
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Mills of the Gods
1934-12-15
Mills of the Gods
Overview: Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-15
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The Ace of Spades
1925-10-19
The Ace of Spades
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-19
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The Measure of a Man
1924-10-14
The Measure of a Man
Overview: Overcoming his addiction to drink, John Fairmeadow leaves the Bowery for a western logging camp posing as a minister. His fistic ability and his gentle manner reform the town drinkers and put the saloon out of business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-14
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The Fast Express
1924-03-10
The Fast Express
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Genres: Action Drama Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-10
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