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Clifford Smith (director)
Clifford Smith (1894–1937) was an American film director who also occasionally film actor, acted and film producer, produced. He directed over eighty films between 1915 and 1937 as well as several serial film, serials, doing much of his work for Universal Pictures. Primarily a director of western film, westerns he worked with leading genre stars such as William S. Hart. Selected filmography * ''The Apostle of Vengeance'' (1916) * ''One Shot Ross'' (1917) *''The Boss of the Lazy Y'' (1917) * ''The Learning of Jim Benton'' (1917) * ''The Medicine Man (1917 film), The Medicine Man'' (1917) * ''The Red-Haired Cupid'' (1918) * ''The Cyclone (1920 film), The Cyclone'' (1920) * ''3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * ''Crossing Trails'' (1921) *''Daring Danger (1922 film), Daring Danger'' (1922) * ''Ridgeway of Montana'' (1924) * ''The Back Trail'' (1924) * ''Singer Jim McKee'' (1924) * ''Fighting Fury'' (1924) * ''The Sign of the Cactus'' (1925) * ''A Roaring Adventure'' (1925) * ''Ridin' Thunder ...
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Richmond, Indiana
Richmond is a city in eastern Wayne County, Indiana. Bordering the state of Ohio, it is the county seat of Wayne County and is part of the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 36,812. Situated largely within Wayne Township, its area includes a non-contiguous portion in nearby Boston Township, where Richmond Municipal Airport is currently located. Richmond is sometimes called the "cradle of recorded jazz" because the earliest jazz recordings and records were made at the studio of Gennett Records, a division of the Starr Piano Company. Gennett Records was the first to record such artists as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael, Lawrence Welk, and Gene Autry. The city has twice received the All-America City Award, most recently in 2009. History In 1806 the first European Americans in the area, Quaker families from the state of North Carolina, settled along the East Fork of the Whitewater R ...
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3 Gold Coins
''3 Gold Coins'' is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Tom Mix. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It is believed to be a lost film. Plot Things are not going well for Bob Fleming. Then, while showing off for Betty Reed and her father (Frank Whitson), he shoots through three gold coins, which Bob keeps as lucky charms. J. M. Ballinger and Rufus Berry arrive in the township of Four Corners and proceed to plant oil on Fleming's property, with plans to sell stock to the townsfolk. Bob is implicated in the scheme and arrested for fraud. In the end, it turns out there really is oil on Fleming's land. Cast See also * 1937 Fox vault fire * Tom Mix filmography * List of American films of 1920 This list of American films of 1920 is a compilation of American films that were released in the year 1920. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T ...
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The Fighting Peacemaker
''The Fighting Peacemaker'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Lola Todd and Ted Oliver. Cast * Jack Hoxie as 'Peace River' Parker * Lola Todd as Jess Marshall * Ted Oliver as Jefferson Crane * William Steele as Clell Danert * Robert McKenzie as Hanna * Clark Comstock Clark Comstock (1862–1934) was an American film actor of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in around 50 films and serials between 1915 and 1930, many of them westerns.Katchmer p.69 Selected filmography * ''The Westerners'' (1919) * ... as Mr. Marshall - Jess's Father * Frank Rice as Sheriff References External links * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Clifford Smith American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ...
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The Call Of Courage
''The Call of Courage'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and written by Harold Shumate. The film stars Art Acord, Olive Hasbrouck, Duke R. Lee, Frank Rice, John T. Prince, and Turner Savage. The film was released on December 22, 1925, by Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri .... Cast References External links * * 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Clifford Smith American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ...
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The White Outlaw
''The White Outlaw'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and written by Isadore Bernstein. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Marceline Day, William Welsh, Duke R. Lee, Floyd Shackelford, and Charles Brinley. The film was released on September 6, 1925, by Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, when a rancher loses his trick horse, he vows his determination to recover the animal. One of the ranch hands is responsible for the runaway of the horse. The foreman of the ranch accuses the rancher of stealing horses, but it is found that the wild horse had released all the other horses. Jack captures the wild horse and saves a stampede, rescuing his sweetheart Mary. His honor and courag ...
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Bustin' Thru
''Bustin' Thru'' (also written as ''Bustin' Through'') is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Lynch and William Bailey.Munden, p. 100. Synopsis Jack Savage refuses to sell his ranch to millionaire John Merritt who has previously shown no interest in ranching. It becomes clear that he believes that there is gold beneath the property, and his lawyer manages to acquire it through a technicality. However, Jack has fallen in love Merritt's daughter Helen, and after marrying her he reclaims his ranch. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jack Savage * Helen Lynch Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress, mainly known for her roles playing gun molls and other morally dubious characters. Biography Lynch was born in 1900 in Billings, Montana, where she was also ra ... as Helen Merritt * William Bailey as Harvey Gregg * Alfred Allen as John Merritt * George Grandee as Rudolph Romano References ...
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Ridin' Thunder
''Ridin' Thunder'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 – March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in ..., Katherine Grant, and Francis Ford. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Frank Douglas creates a situation while shooting at a coyote that crosses his path, leading to his being accused and convicted of murdering a mysterious outlaw. His son Jack loves Jean, the daughter of the murdered outlaw. The tragedy of situations befalls the lovers, and then the real slayer is run down. Jack makes a desperate ride and saves his father from a shameful death. The way is paved for the lovers to marry. Cast References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. Exte ...
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A Roaring Adventure
''A Roaring Adventure'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Mary McAllister and Marin Sais. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Duffy Burns (Hoxie), easterner since college days, visits his father in the cattle country and learns that rustlers are depleting the stock. He obtains employment on his father's ranch without disclosing his identity, and falls in love with Gloria Carpenter (McAllister), daughter of one of the thieves. In league with him is Katherine Dodd (Sais), a widow he has befriended, and Gloria cannot understand their friendship. Duffy and a shriff's posse frustrate the thieves attempt to "clean up," Gloria's father reforms, and Duffy wins the affections of the young woman. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''A Roaring Adventure'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, publ ...
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The Sign Of The Cactus
''The Sign of the Cactus'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Holmes, and J. Gordon Russell. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, settler Old Man Hayes (Swickard) resists the attempt of the water company to secure his property and is killed. Years later, a mysterious champion known as Whitehorse Champion arises and helps the settlers in their fight to keep their cattle from dying of thirst. He is called that because of the color of his mount and because he leaves a bit of cactus as a sign of his visit. Lawyer John Henderton (Russell) is the representative of the water interests and his daughter Belle (Holmes), while riding through the woods, sees her horse run off to be with its mate, the horse of Whitehouse Cactus (Hoxie), who is really Hayes' son Jack (Hoxie). He discovers by a scar on the hand of Belle that she was the little girl playmate of his many years ago when he was a child, and they become f ...
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Fighting Fury
''Fighting Fury'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Holmes and Fred Kohler. Hoxie has a dual role portraying a father and son. Cast Preservation A fragment of ''Fighting Fury'' is held by the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is .... References Bibliography * Darby, William (1991). ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press. External links * * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Clifford Smith Universal Pictures films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films ...
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Singer Jim McKee
''Singer Jim McKee'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and written by William S. Hart and J.G. Hawks. Starring William S. Hart, Phyllis Haver, J. Gordon Russell, Bert Sprotte, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Edward Coxen, it was released on March 3, 1924, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, disguised as Spanish bandits, miners Singer McKee and Buck Holden hold up a stage coach. Buck is killed in an encounter with the sheriff's men. Jim escapes with Buck's baby, Mary, and rears her to womanhood. Because Mary needs clothes, Jim robs a motor bus. He is caught, but meanwhile he saves Mary from assault by a drunken suitor. Jim serves his sentence. At its expiration, he finds happiness with Mary. Cast Preservation Copies of ''Singer Jim McKee'' are held in the collections of the Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It ...
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The Back Trail
''The Back Trail'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by George Marshall and Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Eugenia Gilbert and Al Hoxie.Langman, p. 17 Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jeff Prouty * Al Hoxie as The Tramp * Eugenia Gilbert as Ardis Andrews * Claude Payton as Gentleman Harry King * William Berke as Jim Lawton * William McCall as Judge Jefferson Talent * Buck Connors as Shorty * Pat Harmon Plummer Hull Harman (February 3, 1886 – November 26, 1958), known professionally as Pat Harmon, was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1920 and 1947. In 1935, Harmon was the victim of a violent assault whic ... as Curry References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''A Guide to Silent Westerns''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. External links * 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Marshall Films directed by Clifford Smith Universal Pictures films Silent ...
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