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Dir: Forrest Sheldon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Law of the Rio Grande perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Escaping from the Sheriff, Jim and Cookie decide to go straight. But when they meet their old cohort, The Blanco Kid, he tells their new boss they are outlaws and they are in trouble again.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

John Farnum returns from India with the 'secret of the jewels', two small chains that turn sand into jewels. Outlaws know about the chains and are after them. But Tom, sidekick Bud, and the wonder dog King are there to repeatedly fight off their attempts.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Sign of the Wolf perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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 sheep men. It gets worse when Butch kills Judy's father.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are after him and he must hide both himself and the horse until race time.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Between Fighting Men perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Sam Stallings kills and robs Lynn Durant. The Man from Oklahoma arrives and he and Stallings quickly become enemies. The Oklahoman eventually learns who killed Durant and avoiding the trap on his life by Stalling's henchman, sends his dog for the Sheriff while he goes after Stallings.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

Wealthy Alice Stanton is engaged to professional gambler Ken Lansing. Alice's parents, however, are unimpressed with him. They hire a gorgeous vamp, Yvette, to distract Ken and trick Alice into thinking her fiancé is a two-timer. If he can survive the advances of the vivacious Yvette, the befuddled young man may win back the woman he loves.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Hell-Fire Austin perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Don Endicott and his Negro servant, Sam, are thrown off a moving train by three cardsharps who have cheated Don. Without funds, they ask for hospitality at the Atwood Ranch, but the daughter, Millie, has them chased off when Don mentions his name. In town, Don finds the cardsharps and recovers his money. He attempts to aid Millie and her family when he finds them in desperate financial straits, but she refuses his aid, believing him to be Big Tim Endicott, Don's father, the president of the oil syndicate that has been hounding the Atwoods and has burned their oil derrick in an attempt to get their land. The father shows up to close the deal but is frustrated. Endicott's henchman, Boyer, beats Don unconscious in a fight. Boyer relates matters to Endicott, who is disappointed in the apparently cowardly behavior of his son. Don recovers and defeats Boyer in a second fight, winning the respect of his father and approval of his love for Millie.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Forrest Sheldon

Fired from his job for shirking his duties, the 'Knight of the Plains' Bart Miller stumbles across a would-be stagecoach robbery and he rescues damsel in distress Betty Taylor. He takes Betty and her pretty girlfriends to the ranch of her father Bill Taylor. Meanwhile Taylor's foreman Luke Hatton is plotting to rustle his boss' herd with the aid of the corrupt lawyer Harkness.