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Bad Men's Money
''Bad Men's Money'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Yakima Canutt, Peggy Montgomery and John Lowell. Cast * Yakima Canutt as Jim Donovan * Peggy Montgomery as Helen Saunders * J.P. McGowan as Sheriff Bud Jennings * Slim Whitaker as Percival McGinnis * Bud Osborne as Take a Chance Harris * John Lowell as George Masters * Lew Meehan James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anon ... as Bluff Hardcastle Production Bad Men's Money was the first of three movies that McGowan wrote for Yakima Canutt. References External links * 1929 films 1929 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by J. P. McGowan Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakima Canutt
Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman, and action director. He developed many stunts for films and the techniques and technology to protect stuntmen in performing them. Early years Born Enos Edward Canutt in the Snake River Hills near Colfax, Washington, he was one of five children of John Lemuel Canutt, a rancher, and his wife Nettie Ellen Stevens. He grew up in eastern Washington on a ranch near Penawawa Creek, founded by his grandfather. His father operated the ranch and also served a term in the state legislature. Canutt's formal education was limited to elementary school in Green Lake, then a suburb of Seattle. He gained the education for his life's work on the family ranch, where he learned to hunt, trap, shoot, and ride.World Bio. 2001. Canutt first broke a wild bronco when he was 11. As a 16-year-old, he started bronc riding at the Whitman County Fair in Colfax in 1912, and at 17 he won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Osborne
Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, on February 20, 1884. Osborne attended Oklahoma City schools and was a rancher in Oklahoma's Indian Territory before he became an entertainer. After working with the 101 Ranch Show for five years, he worked with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show for one year in 1912. He became a member of Thomas H. Ince's film company in 1915. Osborne specialized in westerns, and was also noted for his skill as a stage driver, and was thus much in demand from his first film in 1912 right through the early 1950s. He was working as a stunt man as late as 1948, in Ray Enright's ''Return of the Bad Men.'' As he grew older Osborne played small character parts in such television western series as ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''Bonanza'', ''Bat Masterson'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Western (genre) Films
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Films Directed By J
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American Black-and-white Films
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1929 Western (genre) Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Films
The following is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1929 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on. * February 1 – ''The Broadway Melody'' is released by MGM and becomes the first major musical film of the sound era, sparking a host of imitators as well as a series of ''Broadway Melody'' films that will run until 1940. * February 18 – The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are announced for the year ended August 1, 1928. * March 3 – William Fox announces that he has taken control of Loews Inc., including its subsidiary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, buying shares from Marcus Loew's widow and sons and Nicholas Schenck for $50 million. The acquisition eventually falls through. * May 16 – The first Academy Awards are distributed at The Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Meehan
James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anonymous henchman". Meehan was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Meehan's daughter, Jean Stratton, was an actress. Selected filmography * ''Crossing Trails'' (1921) * ''By Right of Birth'' (1921) * '' Blazing Arrows'' (1922) * ''The Radio King'' (1922) * '' Silver Spurs'' (1922) * '' Daring Danger'' (1922) * ''Back Fire'' (1922) * ''The Greatest Menace'' (1923) * ''Ridgeway of Montana'' (1924) * ''Thundering Romance'' (1924) * ''Walloping Wallace'' (1924) * ''The Eagle's Claw'' (1924) * '' West of Hot Dog'' (1924) * '' Full Speed'' (1925) * ''The Empty Saddle'' (1925) * ''Red Blood'' (1925) * ''Fighting Luck'' (1925) * '' White Thunder'' (1925) * ''Lord Jim'' (1925) * '' Beyond All Odds'' (1926) * '' The Road Agent'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Whitaker
Charles Orbie "Slim" Whitaker (July 29, 1893 – June 27, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 340 films between 1914 and 1949. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack. Partial filmography * ''The Man from Bitter Roots'' (1916) * ''Eyes of Youth'' (1919) * ''The Radio King'' (1922) * '' Full Speed'' (1925) * '' On the Go'' (1925) * '' A Streak of Luck'' (1925) * ''Galloping On'' (1925) * ''The Bandit Buster'' (1926) * ''The Bonanza Buckaroo'' (1926) * ''The Fighting Cheat'' (1926) * ''Double Daring'' (1926) * ''The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * '' The Ramblin' Galoot'' (1926) * ''Crossed Signals'' (1926) * ''Bucking the Truth'' (1926) * ''Ace of Action'' (1926) * ''The Twin Triggers'' (1926) * '' Rawhide'' (1926) * ''Vanishing Hoofs'' (1926) * ''The Phantom Buster'' (1927) * ''The Obligin' Buckaroo'' (1927) * ''Soda Water Cowboy'' (1927) * ''The Ridin' Rowdy'' (1927) * ''The Desert of the Lost'' (1927) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' (1926) * ''Prisoners of the Storm'' (1926) * ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (1926) * ''Forest Havoc'' (1926) * ''Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed'' (1927) * ''The Desert of the Lost'' (1927) * ''Sensation Seekers'' (1927) * ''The Sonora Kid'' (1927) * ''Splitting the Breeze'' (1927) * ''Hoof Marks'' (1927) * ''Saddle Mates'' (1928) * '' Arizona Days'' (1928) * ''Silent Trail'' (1928) * '' West of Santa Fe'' (1928) * '' On the Divide'' (1928) * '' Fighters of the Saddle'' (1929) * '' Wyoming Tornado'' (1929) * ''Bad Men's Money ''Bad Men's Money'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Yakima Canutt, Peggy Montgomery and John Lowell. Cast * Yakima Canutt as Jim Donovan * Peggy Montgomery as Helen Saunders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California Press
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868, and has been officially headquartered at the university's flagship campus in Berkeley, California, since its inception. As the non-profit publishing arm of the University of California system, the UC Press is fully subsidized by the university and the State of California. A third of its authors are faculty members of the university. The press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print. It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos open access (OA) initiatives. The University of California Press publishes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, Manifest Destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. History The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Edison's Black Maria, Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. These featured vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
