Del Andrews (October 5, 1894 – October 27, 1942), born Udell Endrows, was an American film director and screenwriter in the 1920s. He primarily worked on low budget westerns, writing and directing films starring Hoot Gibson, Fred Thomson, 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 La ...

. He shared an Academy Award nomination with Maxwell Anderson for the script to Universal's 1930 film ''

All Quiet on the Western Front ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (german: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit=Nothing New in the West) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma du ...

''.

Selected filmography

*'' Judgment of the Storm'' (1924) * '' His Forgotten Wife'' (1924) * '' The Wild Bull's Lair'' (1925) * ''

Ridin' the Wind ''Ridin' the Wind'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Fred Thomson, Jacqueline Gadsdon Jacqueline Gadsden (August 3, 1900 – August 10, 1986) was an American film actress during the silent era. ...

'' (1925) * '' The Ridin' Streak'' (1925) * '' Collegiate'' (1926) * '' Lone Hand Saunders'' (1926) * '' The Yellow Back'' (1926) - as director * ''

The Hero on Horseback ''A Hero on Horseback'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and directed by Universal Pictures. A copy is held in the Library of Congress collection. Plot summary Billy Ga ...

'' (1927) * '' The Racket'' (1928) * ''

The Rawhide Kid The Rawhide Kid (real name: Johnny Bart, originally given as Johnny Clay) is a fictional Old West cowboy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A heroic gunfighter of the 19th-century American West who was unjustly wanted ...

'' (1928) * '' Betrayal'' (1929) * ''

'' (1930)

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