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Flying Lariats
''Flying Lariats'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and David Kirkland and starring Hal Taliaferro, Buzz Barton and Fred Church.Pitts, p. 69. Summary Wally Dunbar is trying to get his brother, Sam Dunbar to marry Bonnie. When he proposes for his brother, she believes it is for himself as does Sam who overhears. But before Wally can straighten things out, the Sheriff enlists their help in chasing Tex who has conned Mr. Appleby out of $5,000 of the banks money. Cast * Hal Taliaferro as Wally Dunbar * Sam Garrett as Sam Dunbar * Fred Church as Tex Johnson * Don Wilson as Mr. Appleby * Buzz Barton as Buzz Murphy * Joe Lawliss as 'Dad' Starr * Gus Anderson as Sheriff * Bonnie Jean Gray as Bonnie Starr * Tete Brady as Kate Weston * Etta Delmas as Mrs. Murphy * Lorraine LaVal as Telegraph Agent Writing and direction * Directed by Alan James and David Kirkland. * Written by Henry Taylor and Alan James Alan James (March 23, 1 ...
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Alan James
Alan James (March 23, 1890 – December 30, 1952) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1916 and 1943. He also wrote for more than 60 films between 1916 and 1951. He was born in Port Townsend, Washington, and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * '' Fighting Back'' (1917) * '' The Boss of the Lazy Y'' (1917) * '' The Medicine Man'' (1917) * '' The Learning of Jim Benton'' (1917) * ''The Crow'' (1919) * ''3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * '' Crossing Trails'' (1921) * ''Outlawed'' (1921) * ''The Firebrand'' (1922) * '' Back Fire'' (1922) * '' Dangerous Trails'' (1923) * '' The White Panther'' (1924) * '' The Cowboy and the Flapper'' (1924) * '' The Virgin'' (1924) * '' The Reckless Sex'' (1925) * ''Beyond All Odds'' (1926) * '' The Fighting Peacemaker'' (1926) * '' A Six Shootin' Romance'' (1926) * '' Bad Man's Bluff'' (1926) * '' The Demon'' (1926) * '' Hazardous Valley'' (1927) * '' Born to Battle'' (1927) * '' The Sk ...
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Tete Brady
Tete is the capital city of Tete Province in Mozambique. It is located on the Zambezi River, and is the site of two of the four bridges crossing the river in Mozambique. A Swahili trade center before the Portuguese colonial era, Tete continues to dominate the west-central part of the country and region, and is the largest city on the Zambezi. In the local language, Nyungwe, Tete (or Mitete) means "reed". History The region was an important Swahili trade center before the Portuguese colonial era. On the east coast of Africa the Portuguese were drawn to Mozambique and the Zambezi river by news of a local ruler, the Munhumutapa, who was said to have had fabulous wealth in gold. In their efforts to reach the Munhumutapa, the Portuguese established in 1531 two settlements far up the Zambezi – one of them, at Tete, some from the sea. The Munhumutapa Kingdom and gold mines remained autonomous and mostly isolated from the Portuguese. But in this region of east Africa – a ...
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Films Directed By David Kirkland
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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Films Directed By Alan James
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sens ...
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American Western (genre) Films
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1931 Western (genre) Films
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – Offi ...
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1931 Films
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 5: RKO acquires the producing and distribution arm of Pathé for $4.6 million. * June 20: Monogram Pictures releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''. * July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada. * November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of Fox Films replacing Harley L. Clarke. * December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved. Best money stars '' Variety'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking. The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked th ...
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Henry Taylor (writer)
Henry Taylor may refer to: Academics * Henry Charles Taylor (1873–1969), agricultural economist * Henry Kirby Taylor (1858–1934), college president in United States * Henry Martyn Taylor (1842–1927), English mathematician and barrister * Henry Osborn Taylor (1856–1941), American historian and legal scholar Arts * Henry Taylor (artist) (born 1958), American artist * Henry Taylor (dramatist) (1800–1886), English dramatist * Henry Taylor (organist) (1859–?), English organist and composer * Henry Fitch Taylor (1853–1925), American artist * Henry S. Taylor (born 1942), American poet * Henry E. Taylor III (born 1991), American actor and host Religion * Henry Taylor (priest) (1711–1785), Church of England priest and religious controversialist * Henry D. Taylor (1903–1987), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Henry Gordon Taylor (1908–1987), New Zealand Anglican priest and military chaplain Politics * Henry Taylor (polit ...
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Lorraine LaVal
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of Lotharingia, which in turn was named after either Emperor Lothair I or King Lothair II. Lorraine later was ruled as the Duchy of Lorraine before the Kingdom of France annexed it in 1766. From 1982 until January 2016, Lorraine was an administrative region of France. In 2016, under a reorganisation, it became part of the new region Grand Est. As a region in modern France, Lorraine consisted of the four departments Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges (from a historical point of view the Haute-Marne department is located in the region), containing 2,337 communes. Metz is the regional prefecture. The largest metropolitan area of Lorraine is Nancy, which had developed for centuries ...
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Etta Delmas
Etta may refer to: Places in the United States *Etta, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *Etta, Oklahoma, a census-designated place *Etta, South Dakota, a ghost town *Etta, Virginia, an unincorporated community Other uses *Etta (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or stage name *ETTA, an abbreviation for the English Table Tennis Association, now Table Tennis England Table Tennis England, formerly the English Table Tennis Association, is the Sports governing body, national governing body for table tennis in England, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing and developing the sport. M ...
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Bonnie Jean Gray
Bonnie, is a Scottish given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That is in turn derived from the Latin word "bonus" (good). The name can also be used as a pet form of Bonita. People named Bonnie Women * Bonnie Bartlett (born 1929), American actress * Bonnie Bedelia (born 1948), American actress * Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sportscaster * Bonnie Bianco (born 1963), American singer and actress * Bonny Blair (born 1964), retired American speedskater * Bonnie Bramlett (born 1944), American singer and sometime actress * Bonnie Crombie (born 1960), Canadian politician, formerly Member of the Canadian Parliament * Bonnie Curtis (born 1966), American film producer * Bonnie Dasse (born 1959), retired American track and field athlete * Bonnie Dobson (born 1940), Canadian folk music songwriter, s ...
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David Kirkland
David Kirkland (1878–1964) was an American actor and film director of the silent and early sound eras. He was cast as Dr. Dopem in the Snakeville comedy series and directed several Keystone Studios comedy films. He was a pallbearer at Virginia Rappe's funeral. Kirkland's 1920 film ''The Perfect Woman'' was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017. Partial filmography * ''The Crippled Hand'' (1916) * '' A Temperamental Wife'' (1919) * ''A Virtuous Vamp'' (1919) * '' In Search of a Sinner'' (1920) * ''The Love Expert'' (1920) * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1920) * '' The Perfect Woman'' (1920) * '' The Rowdy'' (1921) * ''The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) * '' The Veiled Woman'' (1922) * '' The Barefoot Boy'' (1923) * '' For Another Woman'' (1924) * '' The Tomboy'' (1924) * '' Who Cares'' (1925) * '' All Around Frying Pan'' (1925) * '' The Tough Guy'' (1926) * '' The Two-Gun Man'' (1926) * '' A Regular Scout'' (1926) * '' Hands Across the Border'' (1926) * '' The Gingham Girl'' (192 ...
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