Biography: Bob Kortman |
In films after 1915, hatchet-faced Robert Kortman claimed to have served in the U.S. Cavalry prior to going on-stage. With producer Thomas H. Ince in the mid-1910s, the menacing actor often supported the era's great Western icon William S. Hart (he... more
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Cast: Harry Carey
Tags: Western
Length: 62min
Throughout his "B"-western series for Ajax Pictures, Harry Carey was consistently better than his material. In Wild Mustang, Carey plays a leathery ex-marshal named Norton. When the scurrilous Utah Evans (Bob Kortman) and his gang embark upon a crime...
Cast: Walter Miller
Tags: Parody/Spoof Comedy Western
Length: 62min
To say that Smoking Guns is one of Ken Maynard's strangest Westerns is understating the case. The film wastes no time getting started, with Ken Masters (Maynard) in mid-sentence accusing the villain (Harold Goodwin) of murdering Masters' father....
The Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
Cast: Ken Maynard Jack Rockwell William Gould Merrill McCormack Lew Meehan
Tags: Western Traditional Western
Length: 62min
Rivalry between two towns for the honor of becoming county seat turns violent in this interesting Ken Maynard Western from low-budget Sono Art-World Wide. Although a notorious troublemaker, the Thunderbolt Kid (alias Ken Peters (Maynard)), is...
Cast: Cecilia Parker
Length: 54min
Tall-in-the-saddle Rex Bell stars in this Monogram western. Bell, a Navy boxing champ, returns to his family's ranch, only to find out that his wealthy uncle has been murdered. The villain has done the dirty deed to grab up the local water rights --...
Cast: Alan James
Tags: Action Western B-Western
Length: 61min
In this western, the locals are being plagued by "Black Death" an evil outlaw who shoots victims with chemical bullets that turn them black. He is pursued by a brave Texas Ranger. When the ranger learns that the killer is following a wild West show...
Tags: Western
Length: 55min
Ken Maynard's magnificent horse Tarzan took center-stage in this, perhaps the star's most flamboyant entry in the otherwise super low-budget KBS series. A wild stallion, Tarzan releases a group of horses corralled for slaughter by nasty Steve Frazer...
Length: 5rlmin
A drifter known only as "The Stranger (Francis Ford) promises a supposedly dying man, Ned Hadley (Harry Smith), to assume his identity and care for the family back home. Fifteen year's passes with "The Stranger" successfully fooling the blinded...
Cast: George "Gabby" Hayes Tom London
Tags: Western
Length: 61min
In this western, a hero is arrested and tossed in the pokey. He and a renowned mail thief escape together. It is soon revealed that the hero is only masquerading as a crook; in reality, he is a Secret Service agent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Length: 5rlmin
College student Joe Sullivan (Joe Moore) and his sweetheart Eileen Morgan (Eileen Sedgwick) are separated when she returns to the family ranch to care of an ailing father. Joe, meanwhile, is dismissed for disobedience and is shipped off to a dude...
Cast: Franklin Farnum Bob Kortman
Tags: Western
Length: min
Maverick Hollywood producer Phil Goldstone and director Alvin J. Neitz fashioned this minor silent Western starring Franklyn Farnum as a milquetoast Easterner who on a trip to the Wild West is mistaken for a U.S. marshall. Does Farnum rise to the...
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