William Boyd
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor who is best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy. Boyd was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio, and reared in Cambridge, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of a day laborer, Charles William Boyd, and his wife, the former Lida Wilkens (aka Lyda). Following his father's death, he moved to California and worked as an orange picker, surveyor, tool dresser and auto salesman. In Hollywood, he found work as an extra in Why Change Your Wife? and other films. During World War I, he enlisted in the army but was exempt from military service because of a "weak heart". More prominent film roles followed, including his breakout role as Jack Moreland in Cecil B. DeMille's The Road to Yesterday (1925) which starred also Joseph Schildkraut, Jetta Goudal, and Vera Reynolds. Boyd's performance in the film was praised by critics, while movie-goers were equally impressed by his easy charm, charisma, and intense good-looks. Due to Boyd's growing popularity, DeMille soon cast him as the leading man in the highly acclaimed silent drama film, The Volga Boatman. Boyd's role as Feodor blew critics away, and with Boyd now firmly established as a matinee idol and romantic leading man, he began earning an annual salary of $100,000. He acted in DeMille's extravaganza The King of Kings (in which he played Simon of Cyrene, helping Jesus carry the cross) and DeMille's Skyscraper (1928). He then appeared in D.W. Griffith's Lady of the Pavements (1929). Radio Pictures ended Boyd's contract in 1931 when his picture was mistakenly run in a newspaper story about the arrest of another actor, William "Stage" Boyd, on gambling and liquor charges. Although the newspaper apologized, explaining the mistake in the following day's newspaper, Boyd said, "The damage was already done." William "Stage" Boyd died in 1935, the same year William L. Boyd became Hopalong Cassidy, the role that led to his enduring fame. But at the time in 1931, Boyd was virtually broke and without a job, and for a few years he was credited in films as "Bill Boyd" to prevent being mistaken for the other William Boyd.
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian,...
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The King of Kings
as Simon Of CyreneThe King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In...
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Stick to Your Guns
as Hopalong CassidyBuck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends...
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The Movie Orgy
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
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It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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Santa Fe Marshal
as Hopalong CassidyU.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a...
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The Affairs of Anatol
as GuestSocialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of...
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Lost Canyon
as Hopalong CassidyBurton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends...
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Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Hopalong CassidyA crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town...
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Two Arabian Knights
as Daingerfield PhelpsDuring World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...
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Leather Burners
as Hopalong CassidyAs rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy...
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Three Men from Texas
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.
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The Big Gamble
as Alan BeckwithA gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a...
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The Road to Yesterday
as Jack MorelandMalena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an...
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The Painted Desert
as Bill HolbrookWestern pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and...
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Emergency Call
as Joe BradleyA surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
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North of the Rio Grande
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes...
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Outlaws of the Desert
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a...
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Hidden Gold
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are...
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The Frontiersmen
as Hopalong CassidyThe local school is causing Hoppy problems. First Bar 20 cattle are stolen when Hoppy...
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High Voltage
as BillA busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church,...
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Lady of the Pavements
as Karl Von ArnimKarl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him....
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The Eagle's Brood
as Hopalong CassidyWhen the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
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Border Patrol
as Hopalong CassidyWhen three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the...
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Old Wives for New
as (uncredited)Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest...
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Doomed Caravan
as Hopalong CassidyStephen Westcott and Ed Martin scheme to put Jane Travers' wagon line out of business. They want...
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Suicide Fleet
as BaltimoreThree US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally...
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Officer O'Brien
as Bill O'BrienBill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello,...
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The Showdown
as Hopalong CassidyEuropean bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through...
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Bar 20 Justice
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy's friend Dennis owns a rich gold mine. Frazier who owns the adjoining mine and wants the...
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Hollywood
as William BoydAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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Partners of the Plains
as Hopalong CassidyLorna Drake has inherited a ranch. Hoppy teaches her a bit about ranching and handles Scar...
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Range War
as Hopalong CassidyBuck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from...
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Hop-a-long Cassidy
as Hopalong CassidyAn evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other...
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Cheaters
as Steve MorrisA criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of...
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Flaming Gold
as Dan MantonTwo friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
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Unexpected Guest
as Hopalong CassidyAt the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among...
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Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Hopalong CassidyPosing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their...
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Borderland
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to...
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Rustlers' Valley
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle...
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Heart of the West
as Hopalong CassidyProblems come in the form of one of Hopalong Cassidy's neighbors, but the matter is settled when...
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Saturday Night
as Party GuestThough betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to...
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Trail Dust
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from...
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Sunset Trail
as Hopalong CassidyDisguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude...
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Manslaughter
as (uncredited)Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...
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Silent Conflict
as Hopalong CassidyOne of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after...
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Heart of Arizona
as Hopalong CassidyBelle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue...
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Twilight on the Trail
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude...
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Renegade Trail
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce...
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Sinister Journey
as Hopalong CassidyLee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage....
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Moran of the Lady Letty
as Ramon's Friend at HomecomingWealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a...
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Beyond Victory
as Bill ThatcherFour battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
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Stagecoach War
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy is busy chasing stagecoach bandits who sing as they rob.
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Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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False Paradise
as William "Hopalong" CassidyA banker is trying to cheat people out of their silver-rich land. Hoppy learns that the banker...
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Fool's Gold
as Hopalong CassidyThe son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the...
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Mystery Man
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.
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Eve's Leaves
as Bill StanleyAfter forming his own studio in 1925, Cecil B. DeMille produced this exuberant blend of...
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The Yankee Clipper
as Hal WinslowA race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the...
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The Flying Fool
as Bill TaylorA man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see...
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False Colors
as Hopalong CassidyBefore he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to...
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers,...
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Go-Get-'Em, Haines
as Steve HainesReporter Steve Haines, on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean...
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Cassidy of Bar 20
as Hopalong CassidyHopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New...
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The Volga Boatman
as FeodorDuring the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to...
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The Leatherneck
as William CalhounA film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and...
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Texas Masquerade
as Hopalong CassidyA young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy,...
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Carnival Boat
as Buck GannonBuck is a hard working lumberjack, but likes to have fun. Buck's father is the foreman and wants...
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Riders of the Deadline
as Ranger William "Hopalong" CassidyWhen Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to...
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Three on the Trail
as Hopalong CassidyAn evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must...
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Hills of Old Wyoming
as Hopalong CassidyAn evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the...
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Lucky Devils
as Skipper ClarkTwo Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.
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Wide Open Town
as Hopalong CassidyBelle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the...
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Silver on the Sage
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown...
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In Old Colorado
as Hopalong CassidyJoe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have...
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The Dead Don't Dream
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, California and Lucky arrive at a remote inn, where Lucky expects to be married - but...
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Texas Trail
as Hopalong CassidyThe U.S. Army needs more horses for the Spanish-American War. Hoppy must turn his Bar 20...
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In Old Mexico
as Hopalong CassidyEscaped criminal "The Fox" hates Hoppy and a Rurales colonel for imprisoning him and lures...
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Pride of the West
as Hopalong CassidyCaldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching...
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The Young Rajah
as Stephen Van KovertA young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken...
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Call of the Prairie
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy returns to find Johnny in trouble. Buck Peters has been shot by Porter who made it look...
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Undercover Man
as Hopalong CassidyA bandit who robs both Americans and Mexicans is causing each side of the border to blame the...
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The Temple of Venus
as Stanley DaleVenus, the Goddess of Love (Celeste Lee) sends Cupid to Earth to look for romance.
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The Marauders
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, California and Lucky take refuge from a storm inside a supposedly abandoned church...
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Forbidden Fruit
as Billiards PlayerMary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has...
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Pirates on Horseback
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from...
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Border Vigilantes
as Hopalong CassidyA town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante...
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Forty Winks
as Lt. Gerald Hugh ButterworthThe Butterworth family attorney Gaspar Le Sage, and a suitor for the hand of Eleanor...
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Law of the Pampas
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt...
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Lumberjack
as Hopalong CassidyJulie's husband has been murdered and land agents want her to sign away her property rights....
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Secret of the Wastelands
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy is leading a scientific expedition and the Chinese who have a hidden settlement nearby are...
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Bar 20
as Hopalong CassidyStagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and...
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Riders of the Timberline
as Hopalong CassidyHopalong Cassidy and Johnny Nelson ride to the mountains to help a man and his daughter save...
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Changing Husbands
as Conrad BardshawA bored rich housewife wants to go on the stage, but her husband won't let her. When she meets a...
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Forty Thieves
as Hopalong CassidyWhen he runs for sheriff, Hoppy is beaten by Jerry Doyle, the gutless wonder voted for by every...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
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Dress Parade
as Vic DonovanAn amateur boxing champion stops at West Point to see a dress parade and falls for the...
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Colt Comrades
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who...
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Federal Agent
as Bob WoodsA federal agent sets out to track down his partner's killers.
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Brewster's Millions
as HarrisonMonte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then...
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as William BoydAndy Clyde plays football with the Sennett girls; Mary Pickford's miniature golf course is shown.
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Strange Gamble
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and...
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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its...
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Something to Think About
as (uncredited)Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns...
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The Night Flyer
as Jimmy BradleyJimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the...
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Borrowed Trouble
as Hopalong CassidyFinishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the...
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The Devil's Playground
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy finds a wounded girl and later finds Judge Morton who claims the girl is his daughter and...
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Power
as HuskyTale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular...
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The Midshipman
as SpudProduced under the supervision of the U.S. Navy. James Randall, an upperclassman at the Naval...
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Nice People
as Oliver ComstockTeddy Gloucester, one of the group of jazz age "nice people," is caught in a farmhouse during a...
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Bar 20 Rides Again
as Hopalong CassidyCattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys...
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His First Command
as Terry CulverA playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
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Bobbed Hair
as Dick BartonA young woman spurns her too conventional fiancé and flees to an artists' colony.
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The Cop
as Pete SmithPete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor...
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The Six Best Cellars
as Holsappel (uncredited)Henry Carpenter and his wife Millicent are the envy of their exclusive suburban set because of...
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Hoppy's Holiday
as Hopalong CassidyHoppy, California, and Lucky travel to Mesa City for a short vacation. California buys new...
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Dangerous Venture
as Hopalong CassidySue Morgan gets Hoppy and his friends to join their expedition looking for Indian artifacts....
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After the Show
as (uncredited)After the Show was adapted from Rita Weiman's story "The Stage Door." Lila Lee plays Eileen, a...
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New Lives for Old
as Soldier (uncredited)Olympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She...
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Racing Luck
as Dan MorganRacehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a...
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A Wise Fool
as Gerard FynesJean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty...
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Her Man o' War
as Jim SandersonDuring World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However,...
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Port of Lost Dreams
as Lars ChristensenA gangster's girlfriend on the run from the police, who suspect her of helping her boyfriend...
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Skyscraper
as BlondyBlondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he...
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Men Of America
as Jim ParkerBank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.
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Hopalong Rides Again
as Hopalong CassidyOn a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an...
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Feet of Clay
as Young Society Man (uncredited)Kerry Harlan (La Rocque) is unable to work because he was injured in a battle with a shark, so...
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On the High Seas
as Dick DeverauxThree castaways all from differing levels of society reach and board a deserted schooner in...
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Burning Gold
as Jim ThorntonJim Thornton is an independent wildcat driller in Califonia who hits a gusher and overnight...
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A City Sparrow
as Hughie RayA drama starring Ethel Clayton. Milly West (Clayton) is a dancer who has her heart bent on...
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Western von gestern
as Bill Holbrook (archive footage)Western von gestern is a German television series.
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Hopalong Cassidy
as Hopalong CassidyHopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared...
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