The Auteur's Selection Complementing the Tone of The Terror: Cult Guide

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

Eileen is kidnapped.

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Tempest Cody Hits the Trail perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Edward LeSaint

When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Sister to Salome perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Alexander Butler

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Down But Not Out perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In Alberta, Canada, a Cornish emigrant unmasks a rustler posing as the girl's "blind" father.

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

Sheriff Buck Marston, Sr. and his wife are killed after he defies the bandit known as the Wolf. Years later, Marston's son Buck, reared by kind rancher Jack Remington, steps into his father's shoes and becomes sheriff, vowing vengeance for the death of his family. Eventually only the Wolf and his son remain, and although Buck finally succeeds in capturing the Wolf, the Whelp comes to his father's rescue and frees him. Meanwhile, when Remington overhears his younger daughter Dolly confide in her sister Barbara, Buck's fiancée, that she has been having an affair with the Whelp, Remington misunderstands and, assuming that Barbara has been betrayed, insists that she marry the outlaw. Returning from his pursuit of the Wolf, Buck learns of Barbara's fate and speeds to the Wolf's den where the Whelp has taken his bride. Buck saves Barbara, kills the outlaws. and succeeds in winning both revenge and his sweetheart.

Dir: Edgar Jones

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

A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

A daredevil flyer delivers the night mail despite threats from weather and robbers.

Dir: Jacques Jaccard

Unaware of the weakness of Bob Graham's character, Bess Dawson decides to marry him instead of the other cowboy who loves her, Cheyenne Harry. Before the wedding, however, some crooks induce Bob to take part in a hold-up. Then when Harry hears that a posse has been dispatched to catch Bob, he rides out to him and helps him escape. Determined to spare Bess from marrying a convicted criminal, Harry then lets the posse think that he himself, and not Bob, was involved in the robbery. Bess is horrified that Bob has let Harry take the blame and finally realizes that she picked the wrong cowboy. As a result, after Bob is killed in a gunfight and Harry has been cleared of the robbery charge, she quickly accepts his marriage proposal.