Author Archive: Retro

Rancher has a scheme to own all the land in the valley: by drawing up phony Spanish Land Grants and having his mexican cohort come to claim ownership. Produced by Stan Laurel and Jed Buell. Dir. Sam Newfield

Horse trader Randall suspects that a competitor is selling stolen horses and undertakes his own investigation. Produced by Harry S. Webb. Dir. Bernard B. Ray (Raymond K. Johnson)

An alliance between two longtime friends is in danger when a mutual enemy comes into possession of a damning secret. Setting: Chihuahua, Mexico. After a Prologue in 1905, the action moves forward to 1915.

American representative in the Spanish territory of Louisiana is outraged by the Spaniards’ attempts to halt river trade. He travels to Washington to talk with the President, but the Spanish have other plans. Dir. Irvin Willat

Hoot claims to have no interest in avenging the murder of his brother, but at night he masquerades as “El Capitan”, a Robin Hood-like bandit who rights the wrongs in his hometown. Dir. Otto Brower

The Texas Rangers go undercover to try to bring down a gang of outlaws who are terrorizing a quiet ranching community. Dir. Harry L. Fraser

Story of the famous frontiersman and his skirmishes with Indians.

Curley Thompson purchases a ranch near the town of Douglas and is surprised
to find that his inherited, happy-go-lucky foreman, Sam Hawkins, can’t even
ride a horse. Freight owner Hatch Bolton is boss of the town and is out to
ruin the local ranchers in order to get their ranches and sell to a Chicago
grain combine. After Sheriff Tom Gordon is ambushed, his brother Walter and
Alice Rhodes join Curley in his fight against Bolton. A rancher is murdered
and Bolton tries to frame Curley, but Gordon lets him out of jail. Curley
learns that the murdered man had been trying to tell him that a pair of
steer horns over the bar contain the evidence needed against Bolton. Written by Les Adams