A Matrimonial Boomerang
1915 ยท 12m ยท Western ยท Comedy
A couple of rowdy gamblers, a cowboy, and a woman undercover.
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The Mysterious Rider
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All Around Frying Pan
1925 ยท โ 10
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1927 ยท โ 7
Following the "no good deed goes unpunished" idiom, when after rescuing a group of settlers, hero Don Miguel Arguella is double-crossed by the group leader who files a claim on his land and makes a move towards his girlfriend. Sadly, this is a lost film.
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1929 ยท โ 9
A family of down-and-out vaudevillians discover that they are the last of the Van Revels, heirs to a Southern plantation and a blood feud with the Carstairs family that began 60 years earlier over a game of croquet. After Eddie falls in love with the neighbors' daughter, a mountaineer branch of the Carstairs clan resumes the feud with the intent of annihilating the Van Revels.
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Love Over Night
1928 ยท โ 7
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1922 ยท โ 9
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1920 ยท โ 10
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