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- Dave Denton, the young owner of a large ostrich farm near Phoenix has had the good fortune to save the life of Sylvia Ford, the daughter of the prominent banker of the town, and in observance of the customary rule in such cases, falls in love with her, which feeling is returned in kind. Paternal opposition is for a time a serious obstacle, but Western men as a rule get what they set their minds on obtaining and Dave, who is full of red Western blood, 'is a worthy representative of the type. He takes the law into his own hands and the girl at the same time. They are married and in due time persuade the old gentleman that it is up to him to grant his blessing.
- Upon a mighty desert pioneers constantly toiled, clearing the ground and erecting homes, planting seed and conserving their little stream of water, and out of their efforts was born a fertile valley, and God's handiwork stands today as a monument represented by the children of Arizona. Then Statehood came and their Governor built a stupendous dam, which backed up the waters of plenty, that the children of the coming ages might look upon this great work and with faces raised toward heaven, devoutly thank him who had made all this possible. We see Governor W.P. Hunt, the present governor of Arizona, seated at his desk, ruling wisely and charitably. The sheriff enters, speaks to the Executive, and with a hearty laugh bids him goodbye. Coming to his own office, he finds his deputies much perturbed that the horse thieves, with White-Mask, their leader, have again stolen and escaped. The sheriff determines to permit no one excepting his faithful deputy to know of the still-hunt which he takes up after this notorious gang. They finally come upon the rustler's camp. Monte Red, one of the rustlers, shoots and kills the deputy. The sheriff attacks them, getting the drop on the body of the men, who are assisted by their outlaw leader, the Mask. The sheriff calls the leader to his side, and drawing the mask from over his head, discovers it to be his own son. Robert, the son, is accused by Monte Red of the shooting of the deputy. He is tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The boy's mother, his sister, Beth, and his baby sister, Pinky, in turn visit the Governor, pleading for the life of the one they hold most dear. The Governor, gently but firmly resists the mother's heart-breaking words, also those of the big sister Beth, but when the little Baby Pinky calls upon him, and in her innocence throws out to the Governor the spiritual warning of truth, this man of the people listens with kindly attitude, and as the innocent child goes on with her chatter, telling of her "Bruvver Bobbie," the Governor calls his car, and with the child hastens to the penitentiary, arriving just in time to save the son who is being hanged by the sheriff, the father's hand. He reprieves the boy and five minutes later a deputy sheriff rides madly into the jail yard, and delivers to the sheriff a signed confession of Monte Red. Thus "A Western Governor's Humanity" proved the saving of an innocent life, and in the after days, rounded by charity and truth, he gave unto his people health, happiness and success.
- Dave Saulter (Gary Cooper), a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold shipment is leaving by stagecoach. Two different people plan to rob the stagecoach...Buck O'Hara (Jack Dougherty, the driver who is very trusted, and a stranger,Texas Jack (Christian J. Frank). Dave gets involved and is accused of being one of the robbers.
- Bob Norton, seeking his brother's killer, tangles with outlaws, wild horses, and a "wild" boy.
- A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
- Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretending. But he follows her to England.
- While the railroad advances westward, agent Jim Knox chooses expedite ways to obtain the land he needs, aided by his fierce Irish lieutenant Mulligan. Everybody expects homecoming lawyer Steve Logan will stop him, but he chooses instead an alliance, to even his sweetheart's rejection. Only a good friend finds the truth and will help him act this double role to restore freedom and dignity.
- Advertised as the first movie shot entirely in Arizona, which it wasn't (the first movie shot in Arizona, that is) by several country miles and years, and featuring Arizonians such as ten-year-old Ruth Reece, a singer on radio station KOY, and Doc Pardee, a horse trainer who also had the reputation as the fastest talking rodeo announcer in the profession, the story takes place on the Coburn Ranch (played by the real Gillespie Ranch in southern Arizona), a cattle empire that stretches over many thousand of acres, but has fallen on hard times because the owner, "Wild Bill" Coburn, owes the government $80,000 in back taxes. Coburn sees two solutions to the problem; one is for his thoroughbred, Sky Lancer, to win the Arizona Derby, and the other is to have his daughter Georgia marry the wealthy "Van" Van Wyck, whose horse, "The Gem" is Sky Lancer's only rival for the derby purse. Roving cowhands Pokey and Pee Wee arrive at the ranch and are given jobs because Pokey is the only man who can ride Sky Rex (Rex Jr., who may or may not have been the son of the original Rex, King of the Wild Horses), an outlaw horse just brought in from the range. Pokey falls in love with Georgia, and makes friends with little Juanita, Coburn's other daughter. Pokey and Georgia accidentally discover that Sky Rex can beat Sky Lancer but keep the information to themselves. Van Wyck, determined that Sky Lancer lose the race so that Georgia will have to marry him to save the old homestead, poisons Sky Lancer on the morning of the race. Georgia and Pokey race to the track with Sky Rex. Can an untrained wild horse of the range win the Arizona Derby racing against thoroughbreds? Does Tarzan go bare-footed in the jungle?
- Shirley Martin finds that Weylan has diverted the water from the valley and her cattle are dying. First she and her foreman Bob Lawson go to court. This fails when Weylan's men keep the ranchers from testifying.
- Bill, a wrongly imprisoned doctor, escapes jail and finds refuge in an Arizona town, but his freedom is threatened when the gangster who framed him forces Bill to guide his criminal crew across the desert.
- B-movie actresses board a TWA flight to Albuquerque, NM, Phoenix, AZ, and Boulder City, NV. The women don new outfits for every activity when staying at a dude ranch and exploring Native American ruins. A narrator comments on their style.
- Myra Harding, owner of the Harding Ranch, is the latest victim of a ruthless band of rustlers. In desperation, she sends for the State Inspector, whom she has never met but who is reputed to be one of the most fearless men in the country. While out riding the range one day, Myra's brother Buzzy and his friend, Dude Bates, come across a lost prospector, Ken Blair. They take him back to the ranch, where he is cared for by Myra, who cannot understand why the investigator has not yet arrived. In the meantime, Fred Ames, owner of the neighboring Rolling S ranch, expresses his affection for Myra and his intense dislike of Ken. Ken, having fallen in love with Myra, decides to make his recuperation a slow one, much to Ames's displeasure. When Buzzy tells Ken that he overheard Fred's ranch hands boasting that their boss lied about his cattle losses, Ken enlists the boy's aid in apprehending the rustlers. Ken then rides to the Rolling S, where he discovers that Fred has ordered three high speed trucks to transport the stolen cattle. Ken had suspected that trucks were being used, and with Buzzy's help, he goes to work and traps the rustlers in their box canyon hideout. Much to the surprise of Myra, Ames is unmasked as the head of the rustlers, and Marshal Ken Blair, who had used the lost prospector identity to get to the ranch in the most inconspicuous manner, is now free to tell Myra that he has won the battle against the thieves but lost his heart to her.
- Rancher Timothy Wade (Milburn Morante)is ambushed by a masked man riding a pinto horse. His young son, Buzzy Wade (Robert 'Buzz' Henry) and the loyal ranch foreman, Dude Bates (George Morrell), are mystified as to who anyone would kill Wade. But, Jim Dana (Dave O'Brien (I)'), a U.S. government undercover agent, has his suspicions that the reason may have been in order to acquire the ranch from Buzzy and his older sister, Ruth (Dorothy Short). Dana thinks the ranch may have a large deposit of a mineral useful to a foreign country. His suspicions are confirmed when a couple of guys with heavy-accents show up inquiring about the property.
- A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
- A veteran American flyer trains new recruits, including the acrophobic son of his dead war buddy. Complications arise when the younger man falls in love with his mentor's girl.
- During the Japanese invasion of China, a cynical, macho profiteer meets a compassionate, beautiful schoolteacher.
- A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.
- A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
- In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then foils the crooked Sheriff's attempt to have Red killed excaping jail. When Hannah Rogers gives the Sheriff a note, Red sees her give him a signal. Gabby lifts the note and Red decodes it. The Duchess then gets a confession from Hannah enabling Red to set out after the outlaws.
- The drive from Riverside, California to Phoenix, Arizona is affectionately known as the Cactus Trail. The prickly pear cactus is the most common cactus variety in this area, with other cactus varieties being the saguaro - the flower from which is Arizona's state flower - and the organ pipe. Other noted plants species in the area include the slow growing Joshua tree (which many mistake for a cactus and which is one of the oldest known plant species), the ocotillo (its scarlet flowers which are known as the firecracker of the desert), the misnamed century plant (which lives only up to seventy-five years) and the yucca. Starting in Riverside, other sights of note include: the Mission Inn in Riverside whose unique style was the brainchild of Frank Miller; the Chapel of St. Francis in Riverside, which, because of its dedication to aviation, is the site of many weddings associated with aviators; the Camelback Mountain outside of Phoenix, so named for its shape; and the Camelback Inn, a resort in which to rest and relax and after the journey from Riverside.
- Jennings is after the Ryder freight lines. His gang robs their stage and then rustles the horses Red Ryder is delivering to the Army, When the Army Captain arrives he arrests Ryder for rustling his own horses.
- This Traveltalks entry first stops at some architectural landmarks in Tucson, Phoenix, and Prescott. It then looks at the mining town of Jerome and some natural wonders, before ending in Wickenburg for a visit to a dude ranch and a rodeo.
- "Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.
- The killing of young 'Boots' Hollister in this film is one of the most graphic, chilling and stark scenes, even with most of it off-camera, ever seen in a Republic B-western intended for the Saturday matinée crowd. The story has Red Ryder and his aunt, The Duchess, operating a stage line in the 1890's in Blue Springs. Con Hollister, released from prison and reformed, plans to return the $150,000 loot taken in a stagecoach holdup five years previous. Jed Quinlan, the brains behind a lawless gang, persuades Con's brash young son, Billy, to join him in the hold-up of the incoming stage carrying Mr. Hollister. Red breaks up the robbery and the gang gets away but not before Hollister recognizes his son as one of the bandits. 'Boots' Hollister, Con's young daughter, is murdered by Quinlan in cold blood as Quinlan is trying to locate the original robbery loot. And then Quinlan has Red suspected as the killer.
- The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
- Lambert has the stagecoach wrecked killing the Commissioner so his phony replacement can alter Coonskin's land survey. When Red Ryder exposes the survey hoax, Lambert has his stooge Sheriff put Red in jail.
- The discovery of gold converts Cripple Creek into a boom town, and a wave of lawlessness follows. The town Marshal is murdered and Red Ryder, foreman of his aunt's ranch, is appointed to take his place. Ryder sets out to eliminate the hijacking of bullion wagons and does this by capturing one-by-one the underlings of the gang of swindlers. He then seeks out, exposes, beats up and jails the gang leader, who has posing around town as an honest businessman.
- Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water. The homesteaders then go after Red whom they think is responsilble
- Red Ryder returns to Sioux City, Wyoming, at the close of the Spanish-American War, settling down at the ranch of his aunt, The Duchess, with his pals Little Beaver and "Blizard". But Red soon discovers that the country is over-run by rustlers. Unknown to Red and the citizens, the rustlers are led by the town doctor who tips them off where and when to stage a profitable raid. The lucrative racket is threatened when a band of homesteaders, headed by Tad and Bess Glazier, move into the territory and plan to settle in Lava Basin. In good faith, the ranchers tell the nesters that the basin is the stronghold of the outlaws but the settlers regard it as a trick to scare them out. The rustlers add fuel to the simmering ill-feeling between the two factions, and 'Doc' Cole has Ryder framed to make it appear he is the outlaw leader. Plus, the good doctor gets Red framed as being the leader of the rustlers, so a lot of action and plot takes place before "THE END" card sets on Republic's last Red Ryder film.
- This film shows widely varying types of swimming pools, including a concrete and tile pool in an average-sized city back-yard, a resort pool with mountain background near Phoenix AZ, the Palm Springs Tennis Club pool in California, and the pools at Smith College, Northampton MA, and at Weeki Wachee Springs FL.
- The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.
- Fortune seeker Barry Storm stumbles onto some clues that may lead him to the fabulous Lost Dutchman Mine, but others have tried and been murdered.
- In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
- In the second of the four Cinecolor "Red Ryder" films PRODUCED by Equity Pictures and released and DISTRIBUTED by Eagle Lion Films (USA), Red Ryder finds two silver conchas, the trademark of bandit El Conejo, at a raided ranch. He reports the raid to Marshal Bill Faugh but tells him that he suspects that El Conejo, a Robin hood type character, is being framed. El Conejo shows up at the saloon and accuses Ace Hanlon, the owner, of framing him. Red prevents El Conejo from killing Hanlon, and says he will deliver him to the Marshal. On the way, El Conejo's men captures Red and is about to be executed, but the bandit, ever the sport, gives Red a chance to defend himself. Red beats El Conejo to the draw, without shooting him, and then, since he is innocent, convinces him he will be better off in jail. Red, his friends Buckskin Blodgett and Little Beaver, his aunt, the Duchess and the Marshal's fiancé, Carole Loomis are guarding El Conejo in jail, figuring that Hanlon's gang will try to free him since they can't blame raids on him while he is in jail. Carole leaves to go home and finds her uncle, Happy Loomis, unconscious in the street after having been beaten up. She summons her friends who leave Buckskin as the sole guard in the jail. Hanlon's men overpower Buckskin, take El Conejo to a ranch, shoot and wound the rancher who sees only El Conejo, and then they let El Conejo escape. The Marshal is not happy with this turn of events, but Red and Buckskin have a foolproof plan, or as close to foolproof as anything involving an Emmett Lynn character could be.
- A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
- A peaceable man becomes marshal of his town at the end of a cattle trail and faces the problems of law enforcement with trail drovers and gunhands.
- Farmboy raises his colt to be a champion race horse.
- Based on the popular Western-themed comic strip "Red Ryder" The comic strip focused on the heroic cowboy Red Ryder and his Native American kid sidekick, Little Beaver.
- A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
- Lew King was an after school children's show. Skits, birthday parties, entertainment locally produced by a Phoenix station. Wayne Newton got his start singing on the program.
- Western stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product formerly mined in Death Valley.
- Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
- A veteran rodeo rider takes on a young apprentice in order to "teach him the ropes", and winds up competing against him.
- This Sports Parade short's theme is participant-sports all across the USA or, at least, west of the Mississippi Rivers. Skiing in Aspen, Colorado (when it was still a real town) and amateur-rodeo in New Mexico. The came visits Abilene, Kansas, where greyhound-racing with the dogs chasing live rabbits is a pastime and then wanders over to Phoenix, Arizona for a look at hot-rodders racing their modified jalopies, before automobile companies and NASCAR took over the world.
- A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
- Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickock work to establish the Pony Express and fight Indians and California Separatists who seek to destroy it.