Zane Grey

Nacimiento : 1872-01-31, Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Muerte : 1939-10-23

Historia

Pearl Zane Grey was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage was his best-selling book.

Películas

El jinete púrpura
Novel
Jim Lassiter se desplaza de ciudad en ciudad en busca del hombre que llevó a su hermana al suicidio. Mientras viaja hacia un puerto de montaña, ve una heredera, Jane Withersteen, que está siendo acosada por unos matones y se para a ayudar. Una secta religiosa quiere casar a Jane con su líder, el Diácono Tull, para que puedan obtener la propiedad de su tierra. Cuando interviene para ayudar, Lassister poco a poco empieza a creer que un miembro de esta secta es el hombre que está buscando. (FILMAFFINITY)
Los indomables
Novel
La agencia Pinkerton quiere acabar con Butch Cassidy y Sundance Kid y su banda de forajidos llamada "Los indomables" que están causando estragos entre las granjas y ganaderos de la zona donde tienen su guarida. Además, Kit Banion, dueña del saloon "The Maverick Queen", parece que no es ajena a las andanzas de la banda de forajidos...
The Vanishing American
Novel
A woman arrives in New Mexico to claim property she's inherited and receives an education in the greedy exploitation of the local Navajo.
Nido de ladrones
Story
Jim "Tex" Wall, buscando a los últimos tres hombres que violaron y mataron a su esposa, se una a una banda de cuatreros liderados por Hank Hayes. Tanto los forajidos de Hayes como los de la banda rival de Heesman, han sido contratados como vaqueros por "Bull" Herrick, un lisiado que posee un gran rancho y desea llevar su gran manada al mercado. Piensa que ambas bandas estarán ocupadas vigilándose entre ellas y ninguna robará su ganado. Helen tiene poca fe en el artificioso plan de su hermano, y odia y desconfía de ambos grupos. Ella empieza a ablandarse con Jim, pero cambia abruptamente cuando ve un cartel de recompensa que dice que ha matado a dos hombres. (FILMAFFINITY)
Huracán
Novel
El joven Lin Sloane (Howard Duff) se interna en el agreste territorio de Colorado para capturar a Huracán, el guía de una manada de caballos salvajes. Allí conoce a Lucy Bostel (Ann Blyth), la hija del hacendado más poderoso de la región y enemigo acérrimo de la familia de Lin. (FILMAFFINITY)
Wild Horse Mesa
Novel
Dave and Chito are working for Melburn who is looking for wild horses. Olmstead has his men looking for then also. When Dave finds them first, Olmstead buys them from Melburn and then kills him. A clue leads Dave to Olmstead's where he breaks in and finds the murder weapon. When he takes his evidence to the Marshal he learns Olmstead has been murdered and he is the one under arrest.
Under the Tonto Rim
Novel
A stagecoach owner goes to jail to catch a holdup gang.
Pistoleros
Story
Un pistolero llamado Brazos Kane hace la promesa de no volver a utilizar más las armas y decide marchar a trabajar a un rancho, sin embargo varios sucesos pondrán en peligro su promesa.
Thunder Mountain
Novel
Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and tries to kill Hayden. When he fails he kills Chick Jorth with a rock. As Hayden does not carry a gun and the two had argued earlier, Hayden is arrested for the murder. With Hayden in jail, his friends Chito, Ginger, and his Lawyer Gardner now go to work to find the murderer.
Code of the West
Novel
Knowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in time to save Banker Stockton and his money from Carter's men. When Stockton then lends the ranchers money, Carter has them burned out. Bob knows Carter is responsible and when Carter's henchman Saunders is recognized, Bob goes into action.
Sunset Pass
Novel
A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he is rescued and reformed by his sister, and an undercover agent for the express company.
West of the Pecos
Novel
Viajando por motivos de salud hacia el oeste, el Coronel Lambeth y su hija Rill, se pierden en el desierto, de donde son rescatados por Pecos y Chito. El Coronel los contrata y pronto se ve involucrado en los problemas de Pecos, que ha matado al hermano de Sawtelle, el jefe de los vigilantes, quien le persigue.
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Novel
In this western, a young cowboy rides out to avenge his father's killer. Eventually, he finds the scoundrel, but by this time opts not to kill him for the cowboy has fallen in love with the outlaw's niece. Later, the killer ends up killed and the hero is blamed for the crime.
Nevada
Novel
Jim Lucy y sus compinches roban 7000 dólares en una partida. Huyendo de la justicia llega hasta Gold Hill, pero en esta población las cosas se le complicarán todavía más.
Lone Star Ranger
Novel
Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Novel
Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posing as vigilantes. This 1941 Fox production stars a young George Kennedy as Lassiter.
Last of the Duanes
Writer
Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to avenge his father's death.
Espíritu de conquista
Novel
Edward Creighton, ingeniero de la compañía telegráfica Western Union, se encarga de dirigir la instalación de una línea a través de los territorios del Oeste. Ayudado por su hermana Sue, recluta a los trabajadores en los pueblos más cercanos. Pero, como la región es peligrosa y está infestada de indios, la empresa tiene que ofrecer sueldos elevados para contratar al personal.
The Border Legion
Novel
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the Border Legion. When the gang's boss is wounded, they kidnap Kells and force him to remove the bullet. Not allowed to leave and being a wanted man, he joins the gang. Now wanted as a gang member also, he nevertheless plans a raid that will lead the entire gang into a trap.
The Light of Western Stars
Novel
Una chica del Este compra un rancho sin saber que Hayworth lo utiliza para pasar armas de contrabando a través de la frontera. Cuando empiezan los problemas, contrata al antiguo capataz, que dejó la zona después de enfrentarse al sheriff. Gene Hammond obliga a Hayworth a volar su cargamento, pero el sheriff, al no recibir su parte, mata a Hayworth y acusa del crimen a Gene.
Knights of the Range
Story
Russell Hayden, taking a break from playing Hopalong Cassidy pictures, stars as Renn Frayne, a college-educated youth heading westward who finds more than he bargained for. Following a terrifying run-in with an outlaw gang, Frayne aligns himself with the heroine Holly Ripple (Jean Parker), whose father's cattle ranch is in danger of falling into the hands of the villains. Victor Jory as Malcolm Lascallie, the wily gambler,
Heritage of the Desert
Novel
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.
The Mysterious Rider
Characters
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
La ciudad del infierno
Novel
Dare Rudd (John Wayne) es un vaquero adicto al juego que, de paso por Montana conduciendo ganado, se encuentra con su primo Tom Fillmore (Johnny Mack Brown), respetado e influyente vaquero. Los dos se convierten en rivales por el amor de la novia de Tom, Judy Rustoe (Marsha Hunt), al tiempo que deberán unirse contra unos cuatreros.
Thunder Trail
Story
A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.
Forlorn River
Novel
"Nevada" (Buster Crabbe) and "Weary" Pierce (Syd Saylor)hijack the loot taken in a bank hold-up by Les Setter (Harvey Stephens), and his gang. They escape from Sheriff Jim Henry Warner (Lew Kelly). U. S. government horse-buyer David Ward (Purnell Pratt)is killed by Settler's men and Settler takes his papers and goes to the ranch of Blaine (William Duncan) and asks for the horses Ward was to buy, promising payment from the government later. He also takes an interest in Ina Blaine (June Martel), much to the resentment of her sweetheart Ben Ide (John Patterson). "Nevada" and "Weary" are hired for the horse round-up but Setter has them and Ben arrested on a fake charge. Wil the aid of the camp cook, Millie Moran (Ruth Warren) they escape and start in pursuit of Setter and his gang.
Rangle River
Novel
Marion Hastings returns to her father Dan's cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father's foreman, Dick Drake, and her father's neighbour, Don Lawton.
Arizona Mahoney
Novel
When Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled cattle.
White Death
self
Zane Grey bets he can catch a fish bigger than one he sees at Watsons Bay. He hears about a large shark, nicknamed "white death", terrorising the Queensland coast and goes to catch it. He is thwarted by the comic attempts of Newton Smith, a representative of the Wallanga Branch of Fish Protectors, to persuade Grey not to harm fish. There is also a romance between two young people. Eventually Grey manages to catch the shark.
End of the Trail
Novel
In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on his feet. Just as he is ready to go straight, his girlfriend's younger brother is shot.
King of the Royal Mounted
Story
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant King protects a girl who has come to claim a mine left by her father. An evil lawyer plans to keep the mine for himself.
The Arizona Raiders
Novel
After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.
Desert Gold
Novel
Chet Kasedon is after the Indians hidden gold mine but Chief Moya will not reveal it's location. He has also hired mining engineers Gale and Mortimer to locate the mine. When Gale sees Kasedon's cruelty to Moya, he switches sides.
Drift Fence
Novel
Although Larry "Buster" Crabbe earns top billing, the hero of Drift Fence is former Western star Tom Keene as Jim Travis, who, at a rodeo, meets city dweller Jim Traft (Benny Baker), who has come west to erect a fence that will prevent Clay Jackson (Stanley Andrews) from continuing his cattle rustling business. A tough Western type, Travis suggests that he impersonate Traft and the building of the fence soon begins. But Travis is opposed by Slinger Dunn (Crabbe) and his family, whose small ranch will suffer from the division of the land. A romance between Travis and Slinger's sister, Paula (Katherine DeMille), paves the way for a meeting of the minds, however, and Slinger switches sides completely upon learning that Travis is a Texas Ranger in disguise. An in-house production (as opposed to Harry Sherman's Hopalong Cassidy Westerns), Drift Fence was the closest Paramount came to a B-Western in the mid-'30s. Zane Grey's original novel was published in 1932.
Nevada
Novel
A gambler (Larry "Buster" Crabbe) wins a ranch in a round of poker, then joins his neighbors on a rustler-ridden cattle drive to Texas.
Thunder Mountain
Novel
Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of cowboys who find a gold mine in "Thunder Mountain", but have no money to develop it. One of the cowboys rescues a girl on a stagecoach and her grateful father agrees to finance them. Along the way, she pretends to fall in love with one of the cowboys. Thinking he is about to be very rich, he sets out, but upon arrival, he finds that a bad man has stolen the claim and started a town. There, everyone turns on him, including the girl, but luckily, another pretty girl, a barmaid (who is secretly in love with him), sticks by him, and he ends up in a climactic shootout on the mountain where the gold is stashed.
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Novel
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold prospectors. Years later, he meets his wife and her gold-prospecting father as they have come there seeking their fortune, and not knowing the danger of the treacherous desert wastes, the poisoned-water holes and the outlaw bands of marauders who roam the desert in search of the gold found by others. He comes to their aid and, eventually, manges to clear his name of the false charge against him.
Rocky Mountain Mystery
Novel
A mining engineer teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve the mystery killings at an old mine where the owner's family waits for him to die, and where a valuable radium strike may have been made.
Home on the Range
Novel
Two men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted' gold mines to gullible newcomers. But the cold Far North gets too hot for them and they move to greener pastures in the western United States. Business is good until a young cattleman, Tom Hatfield, falls for their trap. But Georgia falls in love with him and this causes problems for her partners.
West of the Pecos
Novel
Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.
The Dude Ranger
Story
An Easterner Inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them.
Wagon Wheels
Novel
A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint Belmet. On board are feisty young widow Nancy Wellington and her toddler, Sonny, as well as the older Abby Masters, who begins a romance with scout Jim Burch. Along the way, the wagon train battles Indians led by Kenneth Murdock, a trapper who doesn't welcome competition for Oregon's lucrative fur trade. Wagon Wheels is a 1934 remake of 1931's Fighting Caravans, using stock footage from the original.
Hasta el ultimo hombre
Story
La historia de los enfrentamientos y venganzas entre dos clanes familiares de Kentucky, los Hayden y los Colby, durante varias generaciones. Justo antes de la Guerra Civil, Jed Colby fue enviado a prisión por asesinato. Los Hayden se marcharon a Nevada, pero cuando Colby salió de prisión partió tras ellos en busca de venganza.
The Last Trail
Novel
Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.
El hombre del bosque
Novel
El gobierno ha tomado la decisión de conceder títulos de propiedad de la tierras a quienes la trabajan. El desarraigado Jim Gaynor es uno de los afortunados pero, como es un ex presidiario, se las ingenia para ceder sus derechos a su sobrina Alice. El villano Clint Beasley, que codicia esas tierras, secuestra a Alice y asesina a su tío.
Life in the Raw
Novel
Adventure ensues as Judy Halloway arrives in Arizona to visit her brother, Tom.
El paso del ocaso
Novel
Un hombre vuelve a su pueblo en el lejano Oeste tras seis años fuera. El motivo de su marcha fue olvidar que mató a un hombre. Una vez llega al pueblo se encuentra que un hombre tiene atemorizada a la población, con el objetivo de hacer cumplir sus planes ganaderos.
Estaba escrito
Novel
Un peculiar western con elementos de comedia, lo protagoniza “Tonto” Daily (Stuart Erwin), que a pesar de su buena voluntad, no parece tener aptitudes de vaquero, incluso llega a poner en peligro la vida de la hija de su jefe conduciendo una carreta. Las cosas cambian cuando hereda una pequeña fortuna, y un par de colegas le animan a que invierta en su granja porcina.
La horda maldita (La Estampida de búfalos)
Story
Estados Unidos, 1874. En esta época, para cazar búfalos, los cazadores más osados debían internarse en parajes inhóspitos y llenos de peligros. Al adentrarse en territorio indio, un grupo de cazadores tendrá que enfrentarse no sólo a los pieles rojas, sino también a los bandidos y a las inclemencias del tiempo.
La mujer acusada
Author
Glenda O´Brien está viviendo una de las temporadas más felices de su vida en compañía de Jeffrey Baxter, el hombre de la que está enamorada. Su felicidad se ve amenazada con el retorno de un posesivo y violento ex-amante...
The Mysterious Rider
Writer
The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and Benton is jailed. To fight back, Benton escapes jail at night to become the Phantom.
La cueva de los bandidos
Novel
Jim Hall, fugitivo de la ley, se une a la banda de Hays, capataz del rancho Herrick, que se propone robar el ganado del ranchero. Jim se siente atraído por la hermana de éste y confiesa al sheriff el inminente robo, pero después cae prisionero de la banda.
End of the Trail
Story
Framed by Major Jenkins, Capt. Travers is kicked out of the Army. When Travers, now living with the Indians, is captured by Jenkins, the Indians attack the fort. With his men greatly outnumbered Colonel Burke realizes that Travers is their only chance.
La pradera salvaje
Novel
Un topógrafo que trabaja para una compañía ferroviaria se ve envuelto en un enfrentamiento entre ladrones de ganado. Además, un ranchero se opone al paso del tren por su propiedad.
The Golden West
Story
Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.
El legado de la estepa
Story
Un ranchero domina con mano de hierro una pequeña población del viejo Oeste. La familia Naab es una de las pocas que se resiste a ser controlada.
The Rainbow Trail
Story
The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Novel
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter. He immediately gets caught up in the ranch's struggle against rustlers. Trailing a rustled herd of horses leads him to the rustler's hideout and the missing daughter.
Camino del Oeste
Novel
Clint Belmet, un joven explorador que suele meterse en problemas con la justicia, resulta sentenciado a permanecer en prisión no menos de 30 días. Para evitar que ingrese en la cárcel, sus socios Bill Jackson y Jim Bridger elaboran un plan en el que engañarán a una joven francesa, Felice para que se haga pasar por la reciente esposa de Clint y así convencer al sheriff de que le deje libre.
The Last of the Vargas
Writer
A cowboy avenges his father's murder, but must flee the law as a result. He attempts the rescue of a young woman from an outlaw, but becomes entangled with the outlaw's wife.
Linaje de luchador
Novel
Buck Duane venga la muerte de su padre matando al asesino, pero debe huir de la ley. Encuentra a Ruth, el amor de su vida, en las garras del malvado Bland. Al rescatar a Ruth, queda atrapado en las redes de la esposa de Bland...
The Border Legion
Novel
Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. But when the Legion takes Joan Randall prisoner and leaves Cleve to guard her, he realizes that he cannot remain part of an outlaw band and decides to rescue Joan.
The Light of Western Stars
Novel
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
The Lone Star Ranger
Novel
After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence, he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win the approval and hand of Mary Aldridge, a girl from the East. He is assigned to round up a gang of cattle rustlers who are, unknown by Mary. led by her father.
Stairs of Sand
Novel
An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in love.
Sunset Pass
Novel
This Zane Grey adaptation stars square-jawed Jack Holt as a lawman going undercover to ferret out a notorious cattle rustler.
Avalanche
Novel
An otherwise honest gambler, played by Jack Holt, begins to cheat at cards in order to put his son John Darrow through mining school in this lavish Zane Grey adaptation produced by Paramount. The callow foster-son pays back the noble gesture by running off with Holt's mistress, Olga Baclanova.
The Water Hole
Story
Judith Endicott, the daughter of a wealthy eastern banker, vamps Philip Randolph, an Arizonan, when he comes east to talk business with her father. Philip proposes and discovers that Judith has only been kidding him along. He returns angrily to Arizona, and the elder Endicott, accompanied by his daughter, follows him west. With her father's permission, Richard "kidnaps" Judith and takes her to a deserted Indian cliff dwelling, where she must cook and care for him. Bert Durland, Judith's fiancé, follows after her, and his Indian guide steals all of the horses. Judith and Bert and Philip start back to civilization across the desert, and Bert goes berserk from the heat. They are rescued by cowboys, and Judith returns east, "kidnaping" Philip and taking him with her.
The Vanishing Pioneer
Novel
A western settlement of pioneer descendants is threatened with the loss of its water supply through the encroachments of nearby townspeople.
Under the Tonto Rim
Novel
Gold miner Edd Denmeade loves Lucy Watson, the sister of the official mining claim recorder. Denmeade suspects Watson of killing his father, who after a poker game was shot by a gambler "who shuffles with one hand." The real murderer, Sam Spralls, has convinced Watson that he killed Denmeade and threatens to expose him unless Watson assigns him all the gold claims. Spralls assembles a band of killers to jump the claims when Watson complies. Eventually, Denmeade learns the identity of the killer when he sees Spralls shuffle a deck of cards. He forms a vigilante party and rids the community of Spralls and his gang.
Nevada
Novel
Un pistolero de Nevada huye de la ley. Llega a un rancho donde se enamora de Todd, la hija del ranchero. Intentará redimir sus culpas ante la ley yendo tras una banda de ladrones de ganado, encabezada por Clan Dillon.
Lightning
Story
A film adaptation of the Zane Grey novel of the same name.
Drums of the Desert
Novel
John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.
The Mysterious Rider
Novel
Jack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness (Charles Sellon).
The Last Trail
Novel
The robberies on Jasper Carrol's stages have been so frequent that the stage line plans to hold a stagecoach race with the winner getting the new contract. Tom foils Cal Barker's attempt to kill him and gets a confession from him that Kurt Morley is behind the robberies. But first Tom must win the race for Carrol although Morley's stages have him greatly outnumbered.
Man of the Forest
Novel
Nancy Raynor (Georgia Hale) is arriving from the East to see her dying uncle. Clint Beasley (Oland) and his gang are determined to kidnap her before she reaches him.
Forlorn River
Novel
A wanted-fugitive, called "Nevada," is wounded by a pursuing posse of lawmen, and is left to die on the desert by his companion, Bill Hall. He is rescued by a young rancher, Ben Ide, who is in love with Ina Blaine, daughter of a neighboring rancher. While "Nevada" is recovering, he and Ina fall in love but, through his loyalty to Ben, he sends her away. Going home, Ina falls into the clutches of Bill Hall, now heading a gang of rustlers, but the real leader is Les Setter who is posing as an honest rancher, and he has designs on Ina himself.
Born to the West
Story
Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore have been enemies since early childhood, primarily over the affections of Nell Worstall. Dare, assuming the name of Holt, goes west to Colorado, as does most of his Kentucky friends and enemies. The feud between Dare and Bate is renewed, and Dare learns that Nell's father is in jail on a trumped-up charge made by Bate in order to force Nell to marry him.
Desert Gold
Novel
Desert Gold is a 1926 silent American Western film directed by George B. Seitz. According to silentera.com the film survives while Arne Andersen Lost Film Files has it as a lost film. Portions of the film were shot near Palm Springs, California.
El ocaso de una raza
Novel
Nophaie, un soldado que ha participado en la I Guerra Mundial, regresa a su reserva junto a otros soldados navajos. Una vez allí deberá presenciar las continuas peleas y la corrupción que ha enquistado la convivencia de su tribu en su ausencia.
Montería salvaje
Novel
Un ranchero decide atrapar caballos salvajes para venderlos, utilizando cepos. La tribu de los Navajos de la zona intenta persuadirle para que deje de hacerlo.
The Light of Western Stars
Novel
Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
The Rainbow Trail
Story
John Shefford is looking for his uncle Venters who years ago found a hidden valley and lived there with Jane Withersteen and young Fay Larkin. He finds Kay, now grown, who tells John that Willets and his men got into the nearly inaccessible valley and she has agreed to marry him to save the lives of the other two. John and Fay head for the valley with Willets and with his men right behind.
Code of the West
Novel
Code of the West (1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Novel
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
The Thundering Herd
Novel
Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.
The Border Legion
Novel
Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. But when the Legion takes Joan Randall prisoner and leaves Cleve to guard her, he realizes that he cannot remain part of an outlaw band and decides to rescue Joan.
The Last of the Duanes
Story
Buck Duane is on the run after killing his father's murderer. He rescues a beautiful young woman from an outlaw, but the outlaw's wife has eyes for the young cowpoke and makes trouble for him.
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Novel
Wanderer of the Wasteland is a 1924 American color silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove.
The Heritage of the Desert
Novel
The year is 1876 and Holderness "tyrant of the desert" is trying to force August Naab to sell his property. Naab's feisty daughter, Mescal has been pushed into a loveless marriage, and as she is trying to escape, she is captured by Holderness' men.
The Call of the Canyon
Story
Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His fiancee, Carley Burch, follows him to Arizona but soon decides she'd rather go back to New York. When Flo is badly hurt in an accident, Glenn decides to repay her for her help in bringing him back to health by proposing marriage.
To the Last Man
Novel
Feuding ranchers and sheepherders.
The Lone Star Ranger
Novel
An outlaw named Duane ( Tom Mix ), captured by the Texas Rangers, is promised a pardon if he rounds up a gang of cattle thieves. The man he suspects as the leader is revealed to be the father of Duane's sweetheart, Helen ( Billie Dove ). Duane captures the gang, gets a pardon for Helen's father, and marries Helen.
The Last Trail
Novel
The successful operations of a lone bandit known as "The Night Hawk" terrorize a frontier town, and when a stranger arrives riding a fine horse, suspicions are aroused and he is mistaken for the criminal.
The Mysterious Rider
Novel
Hell Bent Wade is the victim of an attack in which is wife is killed and daughter kidnapped. A couple of decades later, he is a sheriff known only as the "mysterious rider," because of his nighttime prowls in search of cattle rustlers.
The Man Of The Forest
Novel
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his heirs. Milt Dale, who lives in the forest (Gantvoort), comes down to help round up the cattle, and a romance springs up between him and Helen. This does not please Harvey Riggs (McKim), who is trying to get control of the ranch.
Riders of the Dawn
Novel
A young soldier returns from the war to find his western homeland despoiled by conflict between the wheat farmers and a crooked lawyer.
Desert Gold
Novel
In this adaptation of Zane Grey's novel, adventurer Dick Gale (E.K. Lincoln) is traveling through the Southwest. He helps rescue Mercedes Castanada (Margery Wilson) from the clutches of notorious outlaw Rojas (Walter Long). Mercedes' fiancé, Captain George Thorne (Edward Coxen), entrusts her to Gale's care when he returns to duty.
The Last of the Duanes
Story
Buck Duane guns down the man who killed his father and flees from the law. He rescues a girl he once loved from outlaws, but the wife of outlaw chief has her own designs on him.
The Lone Star Ranger
Novel
In this western, William Farnum plays yet another Zane Grey character. Duane Steele (Farnum) is a Texas Ranger who is determined to get the outlaws out of his part of the Lone Star state for good.
The Rainbow Trail
Story
Following in his dad's footsteps, Shefford devotes himself to freeing his community from the grip of a particularly despotic Mormon sect. In so doing, he rescues his foster sister Fay Larkin, who is coveted by lecherous Mormon elder Wagoner. As was the case in Riders of the Purple Sage, the Mormons are villains simply because they are Mormons.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Novel
Lassiter quits the Texas Rangers and spends his life in pursuit of a group of Mormons who kidnapped his married sister. In a town on the Utah border, he meets the Withersteens and falls in love with their daughter, Jane. He also befriends Venters, and helps him track down some bandits who have been rustling the Withersteens' cattle.
The Border Legion
Novel
Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. But when the Legion takes Joan Randall prisoner and leaves Cleve to guard her, he realizes that he cannot remain part of an outlaw band and decides to rescue Joan.
The Heart of Texas Ryan
Novel
To get in the good graces of his rancher boss’s daughter, cowboy Single Shot captures a cattle raider but then gets kidnapped by his gang of thieves.
Fighting Blood
Novel
After the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son quarrels with the father and leaves home. Riding in the hills, he spots a band of Indians attacking a neighboring homestead, and he races back to warn his family as the Indians chase him.