Cinematic Discoveries Following the Footsteps of The Jack of Hearts: Cult Guide

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

Carleton goes off to the mountains after failing to win Mary, who fancies herself in love with another whom she marries. Carleton and some newly-found friends establish a health resort to make money and Mary, a widow, after a time brings her small son there to regain his strength. Carleton's enemies plan to get hold of the property and try to steal his horse before the race, but Carleton is too clever for them and succeeds in saving the race, the property and winning Mary.

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

The struggle of a group of homesteaders against an unscrupulous band that desires to profit through obsolete Spanish land grants.

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

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

Ranger Job "Blue Streak" McCoy helps a miner and his pretty young daughter who are trying to protect their valuable mine from a gang leader who wants to take it.

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

Texas Ranger Joe Wellard is assigned to bring in an outlaw known as Phillip Gerard, who turns out to be Joe's brother using an assumed name. Phillip is apparently killed when he falls over a cliff in a struggle with Joe. Later, Joe discovers that Texas Ranger Captain Robert Maitland is allowing Angus Bland, a notorious gang-leader, to move illegal goods across the Mexican border, because he is indebted to him for his daughter's education. Joe is in love with the daughter, Mary. Joe resigns from the Rangers and goes after Bland, who has kidnapped Mary. Along the way, he finds that his brother is still alive.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Blue Streak McCoy perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

Patches, a kindhearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his stepfather, Old Whiskers, for whose support he is forced to steal. Stowing away in a freight car with his dog, he escapes to a neighboring town where he is given a home by Mrs. Lane, sister of the town judge. The stepfather, having turned hobo, kidnaps the boy and holds captive Sally, the judge's daughter, when she finds him. But Patches escapes and returns with a posse to the rescue.

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

Pinto Peters and his pal Chuckwalla Bill acquire a newspaper in the town of Cinnabar, which is run by the mayor and boss Joe Reedly, guardian of Jane, with whom Pinto is in love. They decide to wage a reform campaign and are elected sheriff and mayor respectively, through the efforts of Judge Fay, who speaks in their behalf. Jane, however, is won over by Blackie, owner of a gambling house. Pinto thrashes Reedly for bothering the judge's daughter Eliza and orders him from town. When Reedly is mysteriously killed, Eliza's fiance' Nathan is blamed, but Pinto suspects Blackie and catches him trying to abscond with Jane and her fortune. He is jailed, and Jane is reunited with Pinto.

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

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

An Eastern boy is sent to the West to run the family's sheep ranch. The presence of sheep angers nearby cattlemen, who don't want to share their cattle's grazing lands with them, and their leader has no compunctions about resorting to drastic measures to protect his interests.

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

Partners "Smilin' Bob" Corey and Jim O'Neil are forest rangers sent to peacefully "penetrate" Paradise Valley, which is scheduled to become part of a nati8onal park. Although the townspeople are sullen about their presence, they manage to befriend Marie Roselli, an Italian girl whose brother Wolf owns a cattle ranch and from they obtain supplies. Before they; know it, Bob and Jim get caught up in a kidnapping, an illegal logging ring and a murder.

Dir: B. Reeves Eason

En route to apply for a job as horse-trainer for Colonel Doon, ex-jockey Billy Decker rescues a girl on a runaway horse and discovers that she is Jennie Doon, the late colonel's daughter and manager of the stables. Jennie hires Billy to train Moonstone for the Kentucky Derby and approves of her brother, Johnny, as jockey. While the Doons work with Moonstone, Harvey Boyd places his hopes on his horse, Bluebell, the derby favorite, so that he may satisfy the demand of Amos Snivens that he repay certain loans. Boyd unsuccessfully offers to buy Moonstone and attempts to bribe Billy. While Billy and Johnny guard the stable, Boyd's men drug them and set fire to the building. Moonstone is rescued, Johnny is injured, and Jennie herself dons the family silks and arrives at the track in time to ride to victory. Boyd must answer to the sheriff for his tactics.