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James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the 
He built
Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of conservation and environmentalism. He was appointed to the Michigan Conservation Commission in 1927. The change in his attitude toward wildlife is expressed in a quote from ''
* His writing studio, Curwood Castle, which he commissioned in a French chateau style, is listed on the
Hudson Bay
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area, the Yukon
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or Alaska
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and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to ''Publishers Weekly
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.'' At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid (per word) author in the world.
He built Curwood Castle
Curwood Castle is a small castle, now a museum, located in Owosso, Michigan, built by the author James Oliver Curwood.
History
James Curwood was born in Owosso, Michigan on June 12, 1878. He spent much of his early life out of doors, and at a ...
as a place to greet guests and as a writing studio in his hometown of Owosso, Michigan
Owosso () is the largest city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,714 at the 2020 census. It is located west of Flint, and northeast of Lansing. The city is mostly surrounded by Owosso Township on its we ...
. The castle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
and is now operated by the city as a museum. The city commemorates him with an annual Curwood Festival.
Biography and career
Curwood was born inOwosso, Michigan
Owosso () is the largest city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,714 at the 2020 census. It is located west of Flint, and northeast of Lansing. The city is mostly surrounded by Owosso Township on its we ...
, the youngest of four children. His great-grandmother was Mohawk and this influenced his later books which often feature First Nations characters and storylines. Attending local schools, Curwood left high school before graduation. He passed the entrance exam to the University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
and was allowed to enroll in the English department, where he studied journalism.
After two years, Curwood quit college to become a reporter, moving to Detroit
Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...
for work. In 1898, he sold his first story while attending the University of Michigan. In 1907 he was hired by the Canadian government to travel to the northern reaches of Canada to write and publish accounts of his travels to encourage tourism, his trips in Canada inspired his wilderness adventure stories. For many years he traveled to the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon
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and Alaska
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for several months each year for more inspiration. He wrote and published twenty-eight adventure/nature novels, two collections of short stories, one non-fiction volume (''The Great Lakes''), a volume of introspection (''God's Country: The Trail to Happiness''), and an autobiography, (''The Glory of Living'').
By 1922, Curwood had become very wealthy from the success of his writing. After a tour of Europe with his family where he toured old European castles, he came home and built his own, Curwood Castle
Curwood Castle is a small castle, now a museum, located in Owosso, Michigan, built by the author James Oliver Curwood.
History
James Curwood was born in Owosso, Michigan on June 12, 1878. He spent much of his early life out of doors, and at a ...
in Owosso, Michigan. Constructed in the style of an 18th-century French chateau, the castle is set on the Shiawassee River
The Shiawassee River ( ) in the U.S. state of Michigan drains an area of within Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland, Genesee County, Michigan, Genesee, Livingston County, Michigan, Livingston, Shiawassee County, Michigan, Shiawassee, Midland Coun ...
near downtown Owosso. In one of the castles two large turrets, Curwood set up his writing studio. He also owned a lodge on the Ausable River near Roscommon, Michigan that he used as a retreat for rest and relaxation from his rigorous writing career.
Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of conservation and environmentalism. He was appointed to the Michigan Conservation Commission in 1927. The change in his attitude toward wildlife is expressed in a quote from ''The Grizzly King
''The Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild'' is a 1916 novel by American author James Oliver Curwood. It was the inspiration for the director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud (; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screen ...
'': "The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live."
Curwood's daughter, Carlotta Curwood Tate, documented in an account in the Curwood Collector that in 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten or stung through hip waders by something, source unknown. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection developed. He died in Owosso at the age of 49, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery there in a family plot.
Literary and film legacy
Curwood's adventure writing followed in the tradition ofJack London
John Griffith London (; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors t ...
. Curwood set many of his works in the wilds of the Great Northwest and often used animals as lead characters (''Kazan''; ''Baree, Son of Kazan'', ''The Grizzly King,'' and ''Nomads of the North''). Many of Curwood's adventure novels also feature romance as primary or secondary plot consideration. This approach gave his work broad commercial appeal; his novels ranked on many best-seller lists in the early and mid 1920s. One of his most successful books was his 1919 novel, '' The River's End''. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to ''Publishers Weekly
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''.
Curwood's short stories and other pieces were published in various literary and popular magazines throughout his career. His bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories, and serializations. His work was also published in Canada and the United Kingdom. Some of his books were translated into French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Czech and Polish, and published in those respective countries.
Adaptations
Over one hundred and eighty movies have been based on or inspired by Curwood's novels and short stories. Curwood's story "Wapi the Walrus" was adapted for film three times. The first was as '' Back to God's Country'' (1919), starringNell Shipman
Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, writer, and director who was active in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. She used "the girl from God's country" as her sobriquet after starr ...
as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the North. Another version by the same title was released in 1927, and again by this title in 1953.
A young John Wayne
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and Noah Beery Jr. starred in the 1934 film ''The Trail Beyond
''The Trail Beyond'' is a 1934 Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr., and Noah Beery Jr. The motion picture was based on the novel ''The Wolf Hunters'' by James Oliver Curwood, which was also adapt ...
'', based on Curwood's novel '' The Wolf Hunters''. Filmmakers produced a film series
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This article explains what film series are and gives brief examples ...
featuring Kirby Grant
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as Mountie
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Corporal Rod Webb
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, assisted by his dog Chinook; they made a total of ten films.
In the late 20th century, French director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud (; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed ''Quest for Fire (film), Quest for Fire'' (1981), ''The Name of the Rose (film), The Name of the Rose'' (1986), ''The Bear (1988 film), ...
adapted Curwood's 1916 novel ''The Grizzly King'' as the film '' The Bear'' (1988). The film's success prompted a revival of interest in Curwood's books.
Legacy and honors
* His writing studio, Curwood Castle, which he commissioned in a French chateau style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
. It is preserved and operated as a historic house museum.
* The city of Owosso holds an annual Curwood Festival during the first full weekend in June, to commemorate him and celebrate the city's heritage.
* A mountain in L'Anse Township, Michigan
L'Anse Township is a civil township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,551. The township contains Mount Arvon and Mount Curwood, Michigans highest and second-highest points, as ...
was named as Mount Curwood in his honor.
* The L'Anse Township Park was renamed as Curwood Park.
List of his works
Filmography
* '' Fighting Chance'' (1913), a Vitagraph film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Anita Stewart, Rosemary Theby, Ned Finley, Courtenay Foote * ''Betty in the Lion's Den
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'' (1913), a Vitagraph film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring Clara Kimball Young, Darwin Karr, Josie Sadler and Etienne Giradot, from a scenario by Curwood.
* '' Diamond Cut Diamond'' (1913), a Lubin Mfg. Co. film directed by L. B. Carlton starring Isabelle Lamon. Scenario by Curwood
* '' Does Advertising Pay'' (1913), a Vitagraph film directed by Larry Trimble, starring Wally Van, from a scenario by Curwood
* '' Duty and the Man'' (1913), a Reliance film directed by Oscar Apfel starring James Ashley, Gertrude Robinson, Charles Elliott, Irving Cummings and George Siegmann. Likely based Probably based on ''Philip Steele''.
* '' The Feudist'' (1913), a Vitagraph film directed by Wilfred North and starring John Bunny, Sidney Drew, Flora Finch, Lillian Walker, Wallie Van, Kenneth Casey, Josie Sadler and Paul Kelly. Scenario by Curwood
* '' Fifth Man: The Wanderers Return'' (1914), a Selig film produced and directed by F. J. Grandon. Starring Bessie Eyton, Charles Clary, Lafayette McKee, Roy Watson and Charles Wheelock. Based upon a short story by Curwood.
* '' Battle of Frenchman's Run'' (1914), a Vitagraph film directed by Theodore Marsten Theodore may refer to:
Places
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People
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and starring Dorothy Kelly, George Cooper, Harry Carey, Albert Roccardi and Charles H. West, based on a screenplay by Theodore Marsten, from a script by Curwood.
* ''Caryl of the Mountains
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'' (1914), a Hearst-Selig film directed by Thomas Santschi and starring Kathlyn Williams, Thomas Santschi, Harry Lonsdae and Roy Watson, from a scenario by Curwood
* '' Children of Fate'' (1914), a Nestor film directed by Wallace Reid and starring Wallace Reid, Dorothy Davenport, Joe King, Phil Dunham, Frank Borzage and Billy Wolbert. Reissued as '' Love's Western Flight'', from a script by Curwood.
* '' The Dream Girl: an Ideal Realized'' (1914), a Selig film directed by Thomas Santschi starring Thomas Santschi, Bessie Eyton, Harry Lonsdale, Edith Johnson, Charles Wheelock and Lex Wilmouth. Scenario by Curwood.
* '' The Eugenic Girl'' (1914), a Selig film directed and produced by Thomas Santschi. Starring Elsie Greeson, Franklyn Hall, Harry McCabe and Thomas Santschi. Scenario by Curwood
* '' Fatal Note: Jealous of His Own Love Letter'' (1914), a Selig film directed and produced by E. A. Martin. Starring Adele Lane and Edwin Wallock. Scenario by Curwood. Also used as basis for ''Phantom Patrol
''Phantom Patrol'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison.
Plot
Cast
*Kermit Maynard as RCMP Sergeant Jim McGregor
*Joan Barclay as Doris McCloud
* Harry J. Worth as "Dapper" Dan Geary & Stephen Morris
*Paul Fix as H ...
'' in 1936
* ''The Awakening The Awakening may refer to:
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* Awakening (Finnish religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland
* Great Awakening, several periods of Anglo-American Christian revival
Film and television Film
* ''The Awakening'', a 1913 film starring ...
'' (1915), Vitagraph. Directed by Ralph Ince, screenplay by Ralph Ince from a script by Curwood.
* ''Beautiful Belinda
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'' (1915), Selig film directed by E. A. Martin and starring C. C. Holland, Lee Morris and Lillian Hayward, based on a scenario by Curwood.
* ''Cats
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'' (1915) by Selig, directed by Norval MacGregor from a scenario by Curwood
* '' The Coyote'' (1915) by Selig. Directed by Guy Oliver based on Curwood's short story of the same title.
* '' The Destroyers'' (1916) by Vitagraph. Directed by Ralph Ince and starring Lucille Lee Stewart. Based on Curwood's short story “Peter God”
* '' Fathers of Men'' (1916) starring Robert Edison. Scenario by Curwood
* '' Fiddling Man'' (1917), starring Jane Grey. Based upon the short story “The Fiddling Man” in ''Back to God's Country''
* '' Baree, Son of Kazan'' (1918), Vitagraph film starring Nell Shipman and Albert Whitman.
* '' Back to God's Country'' (1919), starring Nell Shipman
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. Based on the short story “Wapi, the Walrus".
* '' The River's End'' (1920), directed by Marshall Neilan
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and Victor Heerman
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. Starring Lewis Stone
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, Marjorie Daw and Jane Novak
Jane Novak (born Johana Barbara Novak; January 12, 1896 – February 3, 1990) was an United States of America, American actress of the silent film era.
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* ''The Courage of Marge O'Doone
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'' (1920), a Vitagraph film directed by David Smith. Starring Pauline Starke
Pauline Starke (January 10, 1901Some sources say she was born in 1900. – February 3, 1977) was an American silent-film actress.
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, Niles Welch
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and Boris Karloff
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. Adapted from Curwood's book with the same title.
* ''Nomads of the North
''Nomads of the North'' is a 1920 American drama film of the North Woods co-directed and co-written by David Hartford and James Oliver Curwood, and featuring Lon Chaney, Betty Blythe, and Lewis Stone. The film was based on Curwood's own 1919 ...
'' (1920), directed by David Hartford
David Hartford (1873–1932) was an American actor and film director best known for directing the movie ''Back to God's Country (1919 film), Back to God's Country'' (1919).
Selected filmography
*''The Dead End'' (1914)
*''Tess of the Storm Count ...
. Starring Lon Chaney
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, Betty Blythe
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and Lewis Stone
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* ''Isobel or The Trail's End'' (1920), directed by Edwin Carewe
Edwin Carewe ( Chickasaw Nation, March 3, 1883 – January 22, 1940) was a Native American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Early life and education
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. Starring House Peters and Jane Novak
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* ''God's Country and the Law
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'' (1921), directed by Sidney Olcott
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. Starring Gladys Leslie
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* ''The Golden Snare
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'' (1921), directed by David Hartford
David Hartford (1873–1932) was an American actor and film director best known for directing the movie ''Back to God's Country (1919 film), Back to God's Country'' (1919).
Selected filmography
*''The Dead End'' (1914)
*''Tess of the Storm Count ...
. Starring Lewis Stone
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, Ruth Renick
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and Wallace Beery
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* ''The Girl from Porcupine
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* Faire Binney as Hope Dugan
* William Collier Jr. as Jim McTvish
* Ja ...
'' (1921), directed by Dell Henderson
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. Starring Faire Binney
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and William Collier Jr.
* ''Kazan
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'' (1921), directed by Bertram Bracken
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. Starring Jane Novak
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* '' Flower of the North'' (1921), directed by David Smith. Starring Henry B. Walthall
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and Pauline Starke
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Early years
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* ''Jan of the Big Snows
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* Louise Prussing as ...
'' (1922), directed by Charles M. Seay. Starring Warner Richmond
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and Louise Prussing
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* ''Out ...
* ''The Broken Silence
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'' (1922), a Pine Tree Pictures film, directed by Dell Henderson
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and starring Zena Keefe, Robert Elliott, J. Barney Sherry
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and Gypsy O'Brien
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.
* ''The Man from Hell's River
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'' (1922), directed by Irving Cummings
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. Starring Irving Cummings
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, Wallace Beery
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and Rin Tin Tin
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* '' I Am the Law'' (1922), directed by Edwin Carewe
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. Starring Alice Lake
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, Kenneth Harlan
Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967) was a popular American actor during the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer roles. His career extended into the sound film era, but during that span he rarely c ...
and Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1 ...
. (Film disowned by James Oliver Curwood)
* '' The Valley of Silent Men'' (1922), directed by Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for his film ''7th Heaven ...
. Starring Alma Rubens
Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer.
Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas F ...
* ''Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers'' (1923), directed by Dell Henderson
George Adelbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, film director, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.
Biography
Born in the southwest ...
. Starring Marguerite Courtot
* ''Gold Madness'' (1923), directed by Robert Thornby
Robert Thornby (March 27, 1888 – March 6, 1953) was an American film director, director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed 75 films between 1913 and 1927. He also appeared in 48 films between 1911 and 1930. He was born i ...
. Starring Guy Bates Post
Guy Bates Post (September 22, 1875 – January 16, 1968) was an American character actor who appeared in at least 21 Broadway plays and 25 Hollywood films over a career that spanned more than 50 years. He was perhaps best remembered in the role ...
* ''The Alaskan
''The Alaskan'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent adventure drama film based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictu ...
'' (1924), directed by Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of Silent film, silent films through 1940.
Brenon was among the e ...
. Starring Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he made ...
* '' The Hunted Woman'' (1925), directed by Jack Conway. Starring Seena Owen
Seena Owen (born Signe Auen; November 14, 1894 – August 15, 1966) was an American silent film actress and screenwriter.
Early life
Born Signe Auen in Spokane, Washington, she was the youngest of three children raised by Jens Christensen and K ...
, Earl Schenck
Earl O. Schenck (13 May 1889 – 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 41 films between 1916 and 1946.
Career
After playing leading roles on Broadway and in Hollywood during the Silent era opposite such stars as Mae Murray, Ma ...
and Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and boxer.Obituary '' Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially ...
* '' Baree, Son of Kazan'' (1925), directed by David Smith. Starring Anita Stewart
Anita Stewart (born Anna Marie Stewart; February 7, 1895 – May 4, 1961) was an American actress and film producer of the early silent film era.
Early years
Anita Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Anna Marie Stewart on February 7, ...
* '' My Neighbor's Wife'' (1925), directed by Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart (June 9, 1867 – May 13, 1935) was an American film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1915 and 1936. He was sometimes credited as C.H. Geldart or Charles H. Geldart.
He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and died i ...
. Starring E. K. Lincoln
Edward Kline Lincoln (August 8, 1884 - January 9, 1958) was an American silent film actor and director. Lincoln appeared in over 65 silent films and was best known for movies like '' For the Freedom of the World'' (1917), '' The Light in the D ...
, Helen Ferguson
Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist.
Biography
Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, Ferguson graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was ...
and Herbert Rawlinson
Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...
* '' Steele of the Royal Mounted'' (1925), directed by David Smith. Starring Bert Lytell
Bertram Mortimer Lytell (February 24, 1885 – September 28, 1954) was an American actor in theater and film during the silent film era and early talkies. He starred in romantic, melodrama, and adventure films.
Background
Born in New York ...
* '' The Ancient Highway'' (1925), a Paramount film directed by Irvin Willat
Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film, silent film era. A short biography reprinted from ''Blue Book of the Screen'' (1923). He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early i ...
. Starring Jack Holt, Billie Dove
Lillian Bohny (born Bertha Eugenie Bohny; May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997), known professionally as Billie Dove, was an American actress.
Early life and career
Dove was born Bertha Eugenie Bohny in New York City in 1903 to Charles and Ber ...
and Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
* ''When the Door Opened
''When the Door Opened'' is a lost 1925 American silent Northern film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Jacqueline Logan, Walter McGrail, Margaret Livingston, Robert Cain, Frank Keenan, and Roy Laidlaw. It was written by Bradley Ki ...
'' (1925), directed by Reginald Barker
Reginald C. Barker (April 2, 1886 – February 23, 1945) was a pioneer film director.
Biography
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Barker's family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, ...
. Starring Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Medura Logan (November 30, 1902 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress and silent film star. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.
Early life
Logan was born in Corsicana, Texas, on November 30, 1902, the only child of Charles A. ...
and Walter McGrail
Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'', a 12-chapter serial.
McGrail was born in ...
* ''The Wolf Hunters'' (1926), directed by Stuart Paton
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. Starring Robert McKim, Virginia Brown Faire
Virginia Brown Faire (born Virginia Cecelia Labuna; June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American silent film actress, appearing in dramatic films and, later, in sound westerns.
Early years
Virginia Cecelia Labuna was born in Brooklyn, New Yo ...
and Alan Roscoe
Alan Roscoe (born John Albert Rascoe; August 23, 1888 – March 8, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent and early talking film eras. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1933.
Roscoe was born John Albert Rascoe o ...
.
* ''The Country Beyond The Country Beyond may refer to:
* ''The Country Beyond'' (1926 film), American drama directed by Irving Cummings
* ''The Country Beyond'' (1936 film), American drama directed by Eugene Forde
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'' (1926), a Fox Film Co. production directed by Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director.
Career
Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy''. His Broadway theatre, Broadway, p ...
. Starred Olive Borden
Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1907 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress who began her career during the silent film era. She was nicknamed "the Joy Girl", after playing the lead in the 1927 film of that same title. Borden ...
, Ralph Graves
Ralph Graves (born Ralph Horsburgh; January 23, 1900 – February 18, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and actor who appeared in more than 90 films between 1918 and 1949.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Graves had already ...
, Gertrude Astor
Gertrude Astor (born Gertrude Irene Eyster; November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone in a woman's band.
Early years
Astor was born on November 9, 1887, in ...
, J. Farrell MacDonald, Evelyn Selbie
Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 – December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films.
Biography
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which las ...
, Fred Kohler
Fredrick Louis Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor.
Career
Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to suppor ...
, Lawford Davidson
Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 – 1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Ch ...
, Alfred Fisher and at BFI He was born Ch ...
Lottie Williams Lottie Williams may refer to:
* Lottie Williams (actress, born 1866) (1866–1929), American actress
* Lottie Williams (actress, born 1874) (1874–1962), American actress
* Lottie Williams, an Oklahoma resident who is the only person to have been ...
. Based on the Curwood's book of the same title.
* ''Tentacles of the North
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'' (1926), directed by Louis Chaudet
Louis William Chaudet (March 20, 1884 – May 10, 1965) was an American film director of the silent movie era.
Biography
He was born on March 20, 1884, in Manhattan, Kansas. He died May 10, 1965, in Woodland Hills, California.
Louis was the s ...
. Starring Gaston Glass
Gaston Glass (born Jacques Gaston Oscar Glass; December 31, 1899 – November 11, 1965) was a French-American actor and film producer. He was the father of the composer Paul Glass (born 1934).
Selected filmography
* ''The Corsican Brothers ...
and Alice Calhoun
Alice Beatrice Calhoun (November 21, 1900 – June 3, 1966) was an American silent film actress.
Film star
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she made her film debut in an uncredited role in 1918 and went on to appear in another forty-seven films betw ...
* ''The Flaming Forest
''The Flaming Forest'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Antonio Moreno and Renée Adorée. The film is based on the novel of the same name by James Oliver Curwood, and was produced by Cosmopolitan Pr ...
'' (1926), directed by Reginald Barker
Reginald C. Barker (April 2, 1886 – February 23, 1945) was a pioneer film director.
Biography
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Barker's family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, ...
. Starring Antonio Moreno
Antonio Garrido Monteagudo (September 26, 1887 – February 15, 1967), better known as Antonio Moreno or Tony Moreno, was a Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.
Early life and silent fil ...
and Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée (; born Jeanne de la Fonte ; 30 September 1898 – 5 October 1933) was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love inte ...
* ''Prisoners of the Storm
''Prisoners of the Storm'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring House Peters, Peggy Montgomery, and Walter McGrail.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Bucky Malone and his elder partner, Pierre LeG ...
'' (1926), directed by Lynn Reynolds
Lynn Fairfield Reynolds (May 7, 1889 – February 25, 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914 and 1927. Reynolds was born in Harlan, ...
. Starring House Peters and Peggy Montgomery
Peggy Montgomery (1904–1989) was an American actress of the silent era.Munden p.180 She frequently played female leads in western films.
Selected filmography
* ''The Speed Demon'' (1925)
* ''The Dangerous Dub'' (1926)
* ''Looking for Trouble ( ...
* '' A Captain's Courage'' (1926), a Rayart Pictures
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film directed by Louis Chaudet
Louis William Chaudet (March 20, 1884 – May 10, 1965) was an American film director of the silent movie era.
Biography
He was born on March 20, 1884, in Manhattan, Kansas. He died May 10, 1965, in Woodland Hills, California.
Louis was the s ...
, produced by Ben Wilson Productions, and starring Edward Earle
Edward Earle (16 July 1882 – 15 December 1972) was a Canadian-American stage, film and television actor. In a career which lasted from the 1910s to 1966, he appeared in almost 400 films between 1914 and 1956. He was born in Toronto and died ...
, Dorothy Dwan
Dorothy Dwan (born Dorothy Belle Ilgenfritz; April 26, 1906 – March 17, 1981) was an American film actress.
Early years
Born Dorothy Belle Ilgenfritz in Sedalia, Missouri, Dwan was the daughter of Charles Melvin Ilgenfritz and Nancy Doro ...
and Lafe McKee
Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959) was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948.
Career
McKee began working in show business in 1893.
Part of his career was spent with Art Mix Pro ...
. Likely based on Curwood's ''The Courage of Captain Plum''
* '' Back to God's Country'' (1927), directed by Irvin Willat
Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film, silent film era. A short biography reprinted from ''Blue Book of the Screen'' (1923). He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early i ...
and starring Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée (; born Jeanne de la Fonte ; 30 September 1898 – 5 October 1933) was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love inte ...
.
* ''The Slaver
''The Slaver'' is a 1927 American drama film directed by Harry Revier and starring Pat O'Malley, Carmelita Geraghty and John Miljan.Munden p.732
Cast
* Pat O'Malley as Dick Farnum
* Carmelita Geraghty as Natalie Rivers
* John Miljan as Cyril ...
'' (1927), directed by Harry Revier
Harry Jack Revier (16 March 1890 – 13 August 1957) was an independent American director, producer and first generation exploitation film maker best known for his sound films ''The Lost City (1935 serial), The Lost City'' (1935), ''Lash of ...
. Starring Pat O'Malley and Carmelita Geraghty
Carmelita Geraghty (March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966) was an American silent-film actress and painter.
Early life
The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty, she was the sister of writers Maurice and Gerald Geraghty. Her father wrote scenario ...
* ''Hearts of Men'' (1928), directed by James P. Hogan. Starring Mildred Harris
Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. She began her career in the film industry as a child actress at age 10. She was also the first w ...
* '' Thundergod'' (1928), directed by Charles J. Hunt
Charles J. Hunt (April 8, 1881 – February 3, 1976) was an American film editor and director.Munden p.811 He also worked at various times as an actor, production manager and associate producer.
Selected filmography
* ''The Fate of a Flirt'' (1 ...
. Starring Cornelius Keefe
Cornelius Keefe (July 13, 1900 – December 11, 1972) was an American film actor.
Keefe was born in Boston. He attended Brookline High School and Newton High School.
Career
Keefe played in ''The Poor Nut'' on stage and was the only member o ...
and Lila Lee
Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel; July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.
Early life
The daughter of Augusta Fredericka App ...
* ''The Old Code
''The Old Code'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent historical film, historical drama film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Walter McGrail, Lillian Rich and Cliff Lyons (actor), Cliff Lyons. It is based on a story by James Oliver Curwoo ...
'' (1928), directed by Ben F. Wilson. Starring Walter McGrail
Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'', a 12-chapter serial.
McGrail was born in ...
, Lillian Rich
Lillian Rose Rich (1 January 1900 – 5 January 1954) was an English-born actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940.
Biography
Rich was born in Herne Hill, London, on 1 January 1900. I ...
and Cliff Lyons
Cliff Lyons (born 19 October 1961) is an indigenous Australian former international rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Clive Churchill Medallist and two-time Dally M Medallist, he made 309 first-grade appearances wi ...
* '' The Yellowback'' (1929), directed by Jerome Storm
Jerome Storm (November 11, 1890 – July 10, 1958) was an American film director, actor, and writer. He acted in 48 films between 1914 and 1941 and directed 47 films between 1918 and 1932. He was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Desert ...
. Starring Tom Moore
* '' River's End'' (1930), directed by Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; ; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silen ...
. Starring Charles Bickford
Charles Ambrose Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), '' The Fa ...
and Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp (born Evelyn Pauline Knapp; June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981) was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movies, B-movie Serial (film), serial actress in the 1930s. She was the you ...
* ''The Trail Beyond
''The Trail Beyond'' is a 1934 Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr., and Noah Beery Jr. The motion picture was based on the novel ''The Wolf Hunters'' by James Oliver Curwood, which was also adapt ...
'' (1934), directed by R. N. Bradbury. Starring John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a Pop icon, popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood' ...
* ''Fighting Trooper
''Fighting Trooper'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor.
The film is also known as ''The Trooper'' in the United Kingdom.
Cast
*Kermit Maynard as NWMP Trooper Burke
*Barbara Worth as Diane La Farge
*LeRoy Mason as Andre La ...
'' (1934), directed by Ray Taylor. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Northern Frontier
''Northern Frontier'' is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Barry Barringer. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Eleanor Hunt, Russell Hopton, J. Farrell MacDonald, LeRoy Mason, Gertrude Astor, Ben Hendricks Jr ...
'' (1935), directed by Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directin ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Wilderness Mail
''Wilderness Mail'' is a 1935 American adventure film
The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality ...
'' (1935), directed by Forrest Sheldon. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* '' The Red Blood of Courage'' (1935), directed by John English. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
and Ann Sheridan
Clara Lou "Ann" Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films ''San Quentin'' (1937), '' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), '' They Drive by Night'' (1940), '' ...
* '' The Test'' (1935), directed by Bernard B. Ray
Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and film director, director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involve ...
. Starring Rin-Tin-Tin Jr., Grant Withers
Granville Gustavus Withers (January 17, 1905 – March 27, 1959), known professionally as Grant Withers, was an American film actor. He began working in motion pictures during the last years of the silent era. Withers moved into sound films, ...
, Grace Ford and Monte Blue
Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...
* '' The Hawk'' (1935), directed by Edward Dmytryk
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s films noir, noir films and received an Academy Award for Best Director, Oscar nomination for Best Director for ...
. Starring Yancey Lane, Betty Jordan and Dickie Jones
Richard Percy Jones (February 25, 1927 – July 7, 2014), known as Dick Jones or Dickie Jones, was an American actor and singer who achieved success as a child performer and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns. In 1938, he played Artimer ...
* '' Code of the Mounted'' (1935), an Ambassador Pictures film directed and produced by Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directin ...
. Starred Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
, Lillian Miles
Lillian Miles (August 1, 1907 – February 27, 1972) was an American actress in several films in the 1930s.
Biography
Miles was born Lillian Bradley on a farm near Oskaloosa, Iowa, on August 1, 1907. She attended high school in Des Moines and g ...
, Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick (born Robert Taylor Bien; October 9, 1878 – June 6, 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances. A matinee idol during the silent film era, he also prospered after the introduction ...
, Syd Saylor
Syd Saylor (born Leo Sailor; March 24, 1895 – December 21, 1962) was an American comedic actor and movie cowboy sidekick who appeared in 395 films and television series between 1926 and 1962.
Early years
Saylor was born Leo Sailor in 18 ...
, Jim Thorpe
James Francis Thorpe (; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional American football, football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was ...
, Wheeler Oakman
Wheeler Oakman (born Vivian Eichelberger; February 21, 1890 – March 19, 1949) was an American film actor.
Early years
Oakman was born as Vivian Eichelberger in Washington, D.C., and educated in that city's schools—specifically Henry School ...
and Eddie Phillips. Adapted from silent the film ''Heels of Fate''
* '' Trails of the Wild'' (1935), directed by Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directin ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* '' Trails End'' (1935), directed by Albert Herman
Albert Herman (1887–1958) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Herman was a prolific director, working mainly on low-budget movies for companies such as Producers Releasing Corporation. He is sometimes credited as Al Herman.
...
. Starring Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle (born Frederick Conway Levy, May 17, 1878 – October 1, 1938) was an American stage actor who went on to perform in silent film, silent and early sound films.
Early life
Tearle was born on May 17, 1878, in New York City, the ...
, Claudia Dell
Claudia Dell (born Claudia Dell Smith; January 10, 1909 – September 5, 1977) was an American showgirl and actress of the stage and movies.
Early life
Dell moved with her mother to New York City in late 1924 or early 1925 to visit Dell ...
, Fred Kohler
Fredrick Louis Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor.
Career
Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to suppor ...
and Stanley Blystone
William Stanley Blystone (August 1, 1894 – July 16, 1956) was an American film actor who made more than 500 films appearances from 1924 to 1956. He was sometimes billed as William Blystone or William Stanley.
Early years
Blystone was born in ...
* ''His Fighting Blood
''His Fighting Blood'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by John English and starring Kermit Maynard, Polly Ann Young and Paul Fix.Goble p.102 It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1935), directed by John English. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Timber War'' (1935), directed by Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directin ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Skull and Crown
''Skull and Crown'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton. It was the final film of Molly O'Day.
Plot
Cast
* Rin Tin Tin Jr. as Rinty
*Regis Toomey as Bob Franklin posing as Rocky Morgan
*Jack Mulhall as Border Patrolm ...
'' (1935), directed by Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton Forsyth (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American director, screenwriter, and actor from the early silent days.
Early life
Elmer Clifton Forsyth was born in Toronto, Canada, to Cecil Carl Forsyth and Margaret Nicoll ...
. Starring Rin-Tin-Tin Jr., Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High Sc ...
and Molly O'Day
Molly O'Day (born Suzanne Dobson Noonan; October 16, 1909 – October 22, 1998) was an American film actress and the younger sister of Sally O'Neil.
Biography
Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, she was the youngest of 11 children of Judge Thoma ...
* ''Song of the Trail
''Song of the Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Russell Hopton and starring Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent and Andrea Leeds.Pitts p.35
Plot
Cast
* Kermit Maynard as Jim Carter
* Evelyn Brent as Myra
* Fuzzy Knight as Pudge
...
'' (1936), directed by Russell Hopton
Harry Russell Hopton (February 18, 1900 – April 7, 1945) was an American film actor and director.
Biography
Hopton was born in New York City, New York. He appeared in 110 films between 1926 and 1945, often playing streetwise characters f ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Caryl of the Mountains
''Caryl of the Mountains'' is a 1936 American northern film directed by Bernard B. Ray. It was made for Reliable Pictures and shot at Big Bear Lake, California.
The film is also known as ''Get That Girl'' in the United Kingdom.
Plot
Somewher ...
'' (1936), a Reliable film directed by Bernard B. Ray
Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and film director, director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involve ...
and starring Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. and Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Ralph Everly Bushman (May 1, 1903 – April 16, 1978) was an American actor who appeared in 55 films between 1920 and 1943. In his early film career, he often was credited as Francis X. Bushman Jr.
The son of notable silent film star Francis ...
* ''The Country Beyond The Country Beyond may refer to:
* ''The Country Beyond'' (1926 film), American drama directed by Irving Cummings
* ''The Country Beyond'' (1936 film), American drama directed by Eugene Forde
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'' (1936), a 20th Century Fox Film production directed by Eugene Forde
Eugene Forde (1898–1986) was an American film director.
Selected filmography
* '' Daredevil's Reward'' (1928)
* '' Painted Post'' (1928)
* '' Son of the Golden West'' (1928)
* '' Charlie Chan's Courage'' (1934)
* '' Charlie Chan in London'' ( ...
with Paul Kelly and Rochelle Hudson
Rochelle Hudson (born Rachael Elizabeth Hudson; March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972) was an American film actress from the 1930s through the 1960s.Wildcat Trooper'' (1936), directed by
James Oliver Curwood
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Works by James Oliver Curwood in the online library ARHEVE.org
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Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton Forsyth (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American director, screenwriter, and actor from the early silent days.
Early life
Elmer Clifton Forsyth was born in Toronto, Canada, to Cecil Carl Forsyth and Margaret Nicoll ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Phantom Patrol
''Phantom Patrol'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison.
Plot
Cast
*Kermit Maynard as RCMP Sergeant Jim McGregor
*Joan Barclay as Doris McCloud
* Harry J. Worth as "Dapper" Dan Geary & Stephen Morris
*Paul Fix as H ...
'' (1936), directed by Charles Hutchison
Charles Hutchison (December 3, 1879 – May 30, 1949) was an American film actor, film director, director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1914 and 1944. He also directed 33 films between 1915 and 1938. Though he ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Vengeance of Rannah
''Vengeance of Rannah'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray, produced by Ray and Harry S. Webb for Reliable Pictures, and starring Bob Custer and Rin Tin Tin, Jr.
Plot
Insurance investigator Ted Sanders is assigned to ...
'' (1936), directed by Bernard B. Ray
Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and film director, director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involve ...
. Starring Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. and Bob Custer
Bob Custer (born Raymond Anthony Glenn, October 18, 1898 – December 27, 1974) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films, mostly Westerns, between 1924 and 1937, including '' The Fighting Hombre'', '' Arizona Days'', '' The L ...
* ''Wild Horse Round-Up
''Wild Horse Round-Up'' is a 1936 American western film directed by Alan James from a screenplay by Joseph O'Donnell, based on a short story by James Oliver Curwood. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Betty Lloyd, and Dickie Jones.
Plot
Cast
*Ke ...
'' (1936), directed by 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 ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''God's Country and the Woman
''God's Country and the Woman'' is a 1937 American Technicolor lumberjack drama film directed by William Keighley and written by Norman Reilly Raine. The film stars George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, Alan Hale, S ...
'' (1937), directed by William Keighley
William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889 – June 24, 1984) was an American stage actor and Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood film director.
Career
After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of ...
. Starring George Brent
George Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor. He is best remembered for the eleven films he made with Bette Davis, which included ''Jezebel'' and ''Dark Victory ...
and Beverly Roberts
Beverly Louise Roberts (May 19, 1914 – July 13, 2009) was an American film and stage actress of the 1930s, as well as a singer and painter. She worked as a business executive in the entertainment industry through the 1970s.
Career
Born in ...
* ''Valley of Terror
''Valley of Terror'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by John T. Neville, Sherman L. Lowe and Stanley Roberts. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Harley Wood, John Merton, Jack Ingram, Roger Williams, Hank B ...
'' (1937), directed by Albert Herman
Albert Herman (1887–1958) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Herman was a prolific director, working mainly on low-budget movies for companies such as Producers Releasing Corporation. He is sometimes credited as Al Herman.
...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''The Silver Trail
''The Silver Trail'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray.
Plot summary
Cowboy Bob Crandall is trying to find his friend that apparently is a rich miner, with help of bandit Molly Welburn he learns the truth.
Cast
*R ...
'' (1937), directed by Bernard B. Ray
Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and film director, director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involve ...
. Starring Rex Lease
Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 – January 3, 1966) was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row Westerns.
Biography
Rex Lease arrived in Hollywood in 1924. He found bit and supporting parts at Film Booki ...
* ''Whistling Bullets
''Whistling Bullets'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by John English and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Harley Wood, Maston Williams, Karl Hackett, Jack Ingram, Bruce Mitchell and James Sheridan. The fil ...
'' (1937), directed by John English. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''The Fighting Texan
''The Fighting Texan'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Charles Abbott and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Elaine Shepard, Frank LaRue, Budd Buster, Ed Cassidy, Murdock MacQuarrie, Art Miles and Bruce Mitc ...
'' (1937), by Ambassador-Conn. Directed by Charles Abbott and starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
, Elaine Shepard
Elaine Elizabeth Shepard (April 2, 1913 – September 6, 1998) was a Broadway and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was also the author of ''The Doom Pussy'', a semi-fictional account of aviation in the Vietnam War.
Film and stage
Shepar ...
, Frank LaRue, Bud Buster, Ed Cassidy, Bruce Mitchell and Murdock McQuarrie, from a story by Curwood.
* '' Galloping Dynamite'' (1937), directed by Harry L. Fraser
Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 – 8 April 1974) was an American film director and screenplay writer.
Biography
Born in 1889 in San Francisco, Fraser directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film '' Randy Rides ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Rough Riding Rhythm
''Rough Riding Rhythm'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by J. P. McGowan and written by Arthur Everett. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Beryl Wallace, Ralph Peters, Olin Francis, Betty Mack, Curley Dresden and Cliff Parkinson. The film ...
'' (1937), directed by J. P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Roaring Six Guns
''Roaring Six Guns'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by J. P. McGowan and written by Arthur Everett. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Mary Hayes, Sam Flint, John Merton, Budd Buster, Robert Fiske and Ed Cassidy. The film was released on ...
'' (1937), directed by J. P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors ...
. Starring Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
* ''Call of the Yukon
''Call of the Yukon'' is a 1938 Americans, American action film, action adventure film produced and released by Republic Pictures, directed by John T. Coyle and B. Reeves Eason and starring Richard Arlen, Beverly Roberts and Lyle Talbot. The film ...
'' (1938), a Republic Pictures film, directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore, September 1, 1899 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor of film and television.
Early days
Arlen served in Canada as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I.
He later taught as ...
and Beverly Roberts
Beverly Louise Roberts (May 19, 1914 – July 13, 2009) was an American film and stage actress of the 1930s, as well as a singer and painter. She worked as a business executive in the entertainment industry through the 1970s.
Career
Born in ...
, from the story "Swift Lightning".
* '' River's End'' (1940), directed by Ray Enright
Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of Joa ...
. Starring Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan (born Earl Stanley Morner; December 20, 1908 – September 7, 1994) was an American actor-singer. He used the acting pseudonym Richard Stanley before adopting the name under which he gained his greatest fame.
According to one ob ...
and George Tobias
George Tobias (July 14, 1901 – February 27, 1980) was an American theater, film and television actor. He had character parts and supporting roles in several major films of Hollywood's Golden Age. He is also known for his role as Abner ...
* '' Law of the Timber'' (1941), directed by Bernard B. Ray
Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and film director, director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involve ...
. Starring Marjorie Reynolds
Marjorie Reynolds ( Goodspeed; August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film and television actress who appeared in more than 50 films, including the 1942 musical ''Holiday Inn'', in which she and Bing Crosby introduced the song " ...
, Monte Blue
Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...
and J. Farrell MacDonald
* ''Dawn on the Great Divide
''Dawn on the Great Divide'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton based on James Oliver Curwood's 1913 short story "Wheels of Fate". It was the final film of Buck Jones and the final film of Monogram Pictures ''Rough R ...
'' (1942), Monogram Pictures film starring Buck Jones
Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Early life, milit ...
, Raymond Hatton
Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures.
Biography
Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howe ...
, Rex Bell
Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western Film, Western films during his career. He also appeared in the 1930 movie ''True to the Navy'', star ...
, Mona Barrie
Mona Barrie (born Mona Barlee Smith; 18 December 1905 – 27 June 1964) was an English-born actress, active on stage in Australia before establishing a career in the US, and in Hollywood films.
Career
Born Mona Barlee Smith in London to comedi ...
, Harry Woods and Robert Frazer
Robert Frazer (born Robert William Browne, June 29, 1891 – August 17, 1944) was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death. He began in films with the Eclair company which released through Unive ...
. Directed by Howard Bretherton
Howard Bretherton (13 February 1890, in Tacoma, Washington – 12 April 1969, in San Diego, California) was an American film director and film editor.
Career
He began his career as a propman and then became a film editor during the early 1920s f ...
from the silent film ''Wheels of Fate'' and a screenplay by Jess Bowers.
* '' Northwest Trail'' (1945), directed by Derwin Abrahams
Derwin Abrahams (1903–1974) was an American film director. He directed four serials in the 1940s for Columbia Pictures, including ''Hop Harrigan'', ''Chick Carter, Detective'', ''Tex Granger'', and ''Son of the Guardsman'', followed by ''The Gr ...
. Starring John Litel
John Beach Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Litel was born in Albany, Wisconsin. During World War I, he enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. B ...
, Joan Woodbury
Joan Elmer Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.
Early life
Woodbury was born in Los Angeles, California on December 17, 1915. Her father was Elmer ...
, Bob Steele and Madge Bellamy
Madge Bellamy (born Margaret Derden Philpott; June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American stage and film actress. She was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Bellamy's career declined in the sound era and ended following ...
* '' God's Country'' (1946), directed by Robert Emmett Tansey
Robert Emmett Tansey (June 28, 1897 – June 17, 1951) was an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was active in cinema in various roles from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was credited under at least 15 pseudonyms, such as Ch ...
. Starring Robert Lowery, Helen Gilbert, William Farnum
William Farnum (July 4, 1876 – June 5, 1953) was an American actor. He was a star of American silent cinema, and he became one of the highest-paid actors during this time.
Biography
Farnum was born on July 4, 1876, in Boston, Massachuset ...
and Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently ...
* '''Neath Canadian Skies
''Neath Canadian Skies'' is a 1946 American Northern film about Mounties.
It was directed by B. Reeves Eason from a story by James Oliver Curwood. Filming took place in June 1946 through Golden Gate Pictures, in a studio that used to be a pin ...
'' (1946), a Golden Gate Pictures, Inc. film, directed by B. Reeves Eason and produced by William B. David. Starred Russell Hayden
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Lucky Jenkins in Paramount's popular Hopalong Cassidy film series.
Early ...
, Inez Cooper, Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley (born Daniel Vincent Fowley, May 30, 1911 – May 21, 1998) was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs. He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated m ...
and Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
, based on a story by Curwood.
* ''Kazan
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'' (1949), directed by Will Jason
Will Jason (June 23, 1910 – February 10, 1970) was an American film director, film and television director. He shot a number of short films for MGM during the early 1940s.Drew p.262
Selected filmography
* ''The Soul of a Monster'' (1944)
* ''Ta ...
. Starring Stephen Dunne and Lois Maxwell
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* ''Corporal Rod Webb
Corporal Rod Webb and his faithful dog Chinook were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1949 and 1954. Webb was played by the actor Kirby Grant in eight films, while in two others (''Trail ...
and Chinook the Wonder Dog'' (film series with 10 films)
** ''Trail of the Yukon
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'' (1949), directed by William Beaudine
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He is best know ...
. Starring Kirby Grant
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** '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949), directed by Budd Boetticher
Oscar Boetticher Jr. ( ; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001), known as Budd Boetticher,
was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott.
Early life
Boet ...
. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
** ''Snow Dog
''Snow Dog'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo and Rick Vallin. It was the third of a series of ten films featuring Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225.
Plot
Cast
* Kir ...
'' (1949), directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
** ''Call of the Klondike
''Call of the Klondike'' is a 1950 American Northern (genre), Northern film directed by Frank McDonald (director), Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, and Lynne Roberts (actress), Lynne Roberts. The film was the fourth in the C ...
'' (1950), a Monogram Pictures film, starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
, Anne Gwynne
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, Lynne Roberts, Tom Neal
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, Russell Simpson, and Chinook the Wonder Dog. Directed by Frank McDonald from story by Curwood.
** ''Northwest Territory
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'' (1951), directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
** ''Yukon Manhunt
''Yukon Manhunt'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gail Davis and Margaret Field. The film was the sixth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225 ...
'' (1951), directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
** '' Yukon Gold'' (1952), directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
** ''Fangs of the Arctic
''Fangs of the Arctic'' is a 1953 American Northern film directed by Rex Bailey and starring Kirby Grant, Lorna Hanson and Warren Douglas. The film was the eighth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p ...
'' (1953), an Allied Artist Production film released by Monogram Pictures. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
and Warren Douglas
Warren Douglas (born Warren Douglas Wandberg; July 29, 1911 – November 15, 1997) was an American actor, novelist, lyricist and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Minneapolis, Douglas was a 1929 graduate of Minneapolis South High School. He later ...
, directed by Rex Bailey from a story by Curwood
** ''Northern Patrol
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'' (1953), directed by Rex Bailey. Starring Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series '' Sky King''. B ...
** ''Yukon Vengeance
''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Monte Hale and Mary Ellen Kay.Marshall p. 346 It was the tenth and final film featuring Grant as Mountie Corporal Rod Webb, assisted by ...
'' (1954), directed by William Beaudine
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He is best know ...
. Starring Kirby Grant
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* ''Timber Fury
''Timber Fury'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring David Bruce, Laura Lee and Nicla Di Bruno.Pitts p.357
Plot
Cast
* David Bruce as Jim Caldwell
* Laura Lee as Phyllis Wilson
* Nicla Di Bruno as Y ...
'' (1950), directed by Bernard B. Ray
Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and film director, director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involve ...
. Starring David Bruce
* '' Back to God's Country'' (1953), starring Rock Hudson
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and Hugh O'Brian
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* ''Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
''Nikki: Wild Dog of the North'' is a 1961 adventure film directed by Jack Couffer and Don Haldane. The plot, based on the novel ''Nomads of the North'' by James Oliver Curwood, centers around the adventures of a malamute dog named Nikki.
Plo ...
'' (1961), directed by Jack Couffer
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and Don Haldane Donald Alexander Haldane (December 3, 1914 – September 21, 2008) was a Canadian film and television director, most noted as the director of the films '' Nikki: Wild Dog of the North'' and '' Drylanders''. Tom McSorley"Don Haldane" '' Canadian Film ...
. Starring Jean Coutu, Émile Genest
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Career
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, as a young man Genest served with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. At war's end, he worked for a time in radio in his hometow ...
, Uriel Luft, Robert Rivard and Jacques Fauteux.
* '' The Bear'' (1988), by RCA-Columbia, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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, based on the novel published as ''The Grizzly King'' (1916).
* ''Aventures dans le Grand Nord'' (French-Canadian TV series, 5 films based on stories by James Oliver Curwood)
** ''L'Honneur des grandes neiges'' (1994, TV film), directed by Gilles Carle
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. Starring Jürgen Prochnow
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He is also known for his r ...
** ''Bari'' (1994, TV film), directed by Arnaud Sélignac. Starring Neve Campbell
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and Jeff Fahey
Jeffrey David Fahey (, born November 29, 1952) is an American actor. His notable roles include Duane Duke in ''Psycho III'' (1986), Pete Verill in Clint Eastwood's ''White Hunter Black Heart'' (1990), Jobe Smith in ''The Lawnmower Man'' (1992), ...
** ''Kazan'' (1995, TV film), directed by Arnaud Sélignac. Starring Jeff Fahey
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** ''Chasseurs de loups, chasseurs d'or'' (1995, TV film), directed by René Manzor. Starring Lukas Haas
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and Daniel Gélin
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor.
Early life
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin.
When he was ten, ...
** ''Le Sang du chasseur'' (1995, TV film), directed by Gilles Carle
Gilles Carle, (July 31, 1928As fully funny, Carle had pleasure to always give himself one year less, and to let people think wrongly that he was born in 1929, "The Year of the Big World Crash": see on the Quebec French newspapers that many write ...
. Starring Michael Biehn
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and Vincent Cassel
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Notes
References
* Eldridge, Judith A. ''James Oliver Curwood: God's Country and the Man''. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1993. *James Oliver Curwood
. Shiawassee County, Michigan History. Retrieved on February 7, 2012.
External links
*Works by James Oliver Curwood in the online library ARHEVE.org
and in the fre
ARHEVE app
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curwood, James Oliver 1878 births 1927 deaths 20th-century American novelists Deaths from sepsis People from Owosso, Michigan Writers from Yukon People from the Territory of Alaska People of the Klondike Gold Rush University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Novelists from Michigan American adventure novelists American male journalists American male novelists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American expatriate writers in Canada