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    Al Bridge

    1891-02-25 (133 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Al Bridge was an American character actor, a fixture both in Westerns and in the comedies of Preston Sturges. Although frequently billed as Alan Bridge, he was born Alfred Morton Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1891 (not as Alford Bridge in 1890, as his tombstone erroneously states). Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe. He dabbled in writing and in 1930 sold a script to a short film, Her Hired Husband (1930). He followed this with a B-Western script, God's Country and the Man (1931), in which he made his film debut as an actor. For the next quarter century, he managed the atypical achievement of maintaining a career in both B-Westerns and in bigger dramatic and comedy features. Ten films for director Preston Sturges represent probably his most familiar contribution to Hollywood history. Bridge also appeared frequently on television until his death in 1957 at 66.

    Movies

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    Hell's Outpost
    50 %|Dec 15, 1954
    Action, Adventure, Crime
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    Jubilee Trail
    46 %|May 15, 1954
    Western
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    Iron Mountain Trail
    60 %|May 8, 1953
    Western
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    Barbed Wire
    50 %|Jul 25, 1952
    Music, Western
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    We're Not Married!
    59 %|Jul 11, 1952
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Last Musketeer
    0 %|Mar 1, 1952
    Western
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    Utah Wagon Train
    50 %|Oct 14, 1951
    Western
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    All That I Have
    50 %|Oct 1, 1951
    Drama
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    In Old Amarillo
    60 %|May 15, 1951
    Western
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    Oh! Susanna
    50 %|Mar 1, 1951
    Western
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    Hunt the Man Down
    62 %|Dec 26, 1950
    Mystery, Crime
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    California Passage
    40 %|Dec 15, 1950
    Western
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    Squadron of Doom
    0 %|Dec 15, 1949
    Action
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    The Devil's Henchman
    60 %|Sep 15, 1949
    Crime, Drama
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    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
    58 %|May 27, 1949
    Comedy, Western, Romance
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    The Doolins of Oklahoma
    68 %|May 27, 1949
    Western
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    Unfaithfully Yours
    72 %|Dec 10, 1948
    Comedy, Romance
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    Quick on the Trigger
    60 %|Dec 2, 1948
    Western
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    Silver River
    59 %|May 20, 1948
    Western, Romance, Drama
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    T-Men
    68 %|Dec 15, 1947
    Crime, Thriller
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    Messenger of Peace
    0 %|Oct 30, 1947
    Drama
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    Black Gold
    60 %|Sep 16, 1947
    Drama, Western
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    The Fabulous Joe
    58 %|Aug 28, 1947
    Comedy
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    Down to Earth
    60 %|Aug 21, 1947
    Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
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    Robin Hood Of Texas
    0 %|Jul 15, 1947
    Western
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    Framed
    64 %|May 25, 1947
    Crime, Drama
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    Dick Tracy's Dilemma
    54 %|May 20, 1947
    Drama, Crime
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    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
    62 %|Apr 4, 1947
    Comedy
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    California
    66.18 %|Feb 21, 1947
    Western
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    The Mighty McGurk
    64 %|Jan 2, 1947
    Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Action
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    Singin' in the Corn
    0 %|Dec 26, 1946
    Comedy, Music
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    Alias Mr. Twilight
    51 %|Dec 24, 1946
    Crime, Drama
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    It's a Wonderful Life
    83 %|Dec 20, 1946
    Drama, Family, Fantasy
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    Cross My Heart
    0 %|Dec 18, 1946
    Comedy, Music, Mystery
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    Below the Deadline
    43 %|Aug 3, 1946
    Thriller, Crime
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    Shadows Over Chinatown
    57 %|Jun 27, 1946
    Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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    The Falcon's Alibi
    52 %|Apr 12, 1946
    Adventure, Crime, Mystery
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    Deadline at Dawn
    62 %|Mar 18, 1946
    Mystery, Thriller, Romance
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    Road to Utopia
    66 %|Feb 27, 1946
    Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
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    They Were Expendable
    65 %|Dec 7, 1945
    Drama, War
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    She Wouldn't Say Yes
    59 %|Nov 29, 1945
    Comedy, Romance
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    Saratoga Trunk
    56 %|Nov 21, 1945
    Drama, Romance, Western
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    Salty O'Rourke
    52 %|Mar 22, 1945
    Drama
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    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
    67 %|Mar 15, 1945
    Drama, Family, Western, Action
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    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    76 %|Feb 28, 1945
    Drama
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    Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask
    61 %|Jan 26, 1945
    Crime, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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    The Missing Juror
    59 %|Nov 16, 1944
    Mystery
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    Hail the Conquering Hero
    70 %|Aug 9, 1944
    Comedy, War
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    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
    68 %|Dec 12, 1943
    Comedy, Romance, War
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    Nobody's Darling
    0 %|Aug 27, 1943
    Music
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    Idaho
    57 %|Mar 10, 1943
    Western
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    I Married a Witch
    69 %|Oct 30, 1942
    Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Horror
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    A Man's World
    60 %|Sep 17, 1942
    Action, Adventure, Drama
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    The Palm Beach Story
    70 %|Aug 28, 1942
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Talk of the Town
    73 %|Aug 20, 1942
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Bad Men of the Hills
    0 %|Aug 13, 1942
    Western
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    Meet the Stewarts
    60 %|May 21, 1942
    Comedy
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    In This Our Life
    67 %|May 8, 1942
    Drama, Romance
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    Saboteur
    69 %|Apr 24, 1942
    Thriller, Mystery
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    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
    60 %|Mar 27, 1942
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    The Man Who Returned to Life
    60 %|Feb 5, 1942
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Wild Bill Hickok Rides
    47 %|Jan 31, 1942
    Western
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    Pardon My Stripes
    60 %|Jan 26, 1942
    Comedy, Crime
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    Honolulu Lu
    42 %|Dec 11, 1941
    Music, Comedy
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    Fighting Bill Fargo
    60 %|Dec 9, 1941
    Western
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    Sullivan's Travels
    74 %|Nov 30, 1941
    Comedy, Romance, Adventure
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    Honky Tonk
    64 %|Oct 1, 1941
    Western, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
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    Badlands Of Dakota
    56 %|Sep 15, 1941
    Western
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    The Little Foxes
    75 %|Aug 29, 1941
    Drama, Romance, History
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    Rawhide Rangers
    50 %|Jul 18, 1941
    Western
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    Law of the Range
    50 %|Jun 20, 1941
    Music, Western
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    Lady from Louisiana
    52 %|Apr 22, 1941
    Drama
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    The Lady from Cheyenne
    52 %|Apr 11, 1941
    Comedy, Drama, Western
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    The Lady Eve
    72 %|Feb 25, 1941
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Kid's Last Ride
    50 %|Feb 10, 1941
    Western
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    The Lone Rider Rides On
    0 %|Jan 10, 1941
    Western
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    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
    62 %|Dec 24, 1940
    Action, Adventure
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    Santa Fe Trail
    56 %|Dec 20, 1940
    Western
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    Christmas in July
    70 %|Oct 25, 1940
    Comedy, Romance
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    Flowing Gold
    70 %|Aug 24, 1940
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
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    When the Daltons Rode
    60 %|Aug 23, 1940
    Western
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    Winners of the West
    0 %|Jul 2, 1940
    Western, Action
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    Dark Command
    63.150000000000006 %|Apr 15, 1940
    Drama, Romance, Western
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    Blazing Six Shooters
    0 %|Apr 10, 1940
    Western
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    The Courageous Dr. Christian
    54 %|Apr 4, 1940
    Drama
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    Pioneers of the Frontier
    0 %|Feb 14, 1940
    Western
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    My Little Chickadee
    64 %|Feb 9, 1940
    Comedy, Western
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    The Stranger from Texas
    0 %|Dec 2, 1939
    Western
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    The Roaring Twenties
    75 %|Oct 28, 1939
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    79 %|Oct 19, 1939
    Comedy, Drama
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    Oklahoma Frontier
    0 %|Oct 9, 1939
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    Thunder Afloat
    59 %|Sep 15, 1939
    Action, Drama, Romance, War
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    The Man from Sundown
    0 %|Jul 14, 1939
    Western
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    Sons of Liberty
    57 %|May 20, 1939
    Drama, History
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    Blue Montana Skies
    20 %|May 3, 1939
    Action, Western, Music
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    Buck Rogers
    59 %|Apr 10, 1939
    Science Fiction
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    Romance of the Redwoods
    60 %|Mar 29, 1939
    Romance, Action, Adventure
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    The Oklahoma Kid
    60 %|Mar 11, 1939
    Western, History
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    The Phantom Creeps
    42 %|Jan 7, 1939
    Science Fiction, Horror
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    Devil's Island
    54 %|Jan 7, 1939
    Drama
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    Adventure in Sahara
    56 %|Nov 15, 1938
    Adventure, Action
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    Colorado Trail
    0 %|Sep 8, 1938
    Western
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    Marie Antoinette
    62.88 %|Aug 26, 1938
    Drama, History
    actor
    Highway Patrol
    0 %|Jun 27, 1938
    Action, Crime
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    Gunsmoke Trail
    50 %|May 26, 1938
    Western
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    Crime School
    63 %|May 10, 1938
    Crime, Drama
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    Two Gun Justice
    60 %|Apr 29, 1938
    Western
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    Jezebel
    70 %|Mar 26, 1938
    Drama, Romance
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    Born to Be Wild
    70 %|Feb 16, 1938
    Action, Drama
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    Little Miss Roughneck
    0 %|Jan 23, 1938
    Romance, Comedy, Music
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    Partners of the Plains
    0 %|Jan 14, 1938
    Western
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    Tim Tyler's Luck
    0 %|Dec 27, 1937
    Family, Adventure
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    Springtime in the Rockies
    65 %|Nov 13, 1937
    Western, Drama
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    The Awful Truth
    72 %|Oct 21, 1937
    Comedy, Romance
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    Dead End
    69.63 %|Aug 27, 1937
    Crime, Drama
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    Western Gold
    0 %|Aug 27, 1937
    Western
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    They Won't Forget
    57 %|Jul 14, 1937
    Drama, Mystery
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    Wild West Days
    0 %|Jul 5, 1937
    Action, Adventure, Western
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    Woman Chases Man
    56 %|May 7, 1937
    Comedy, Romance
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    Two Gun Law
    0 %|Apr 6, 1937
    Western
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    Borderland
    0 %|Feb 26, 1937
    Western
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    You Only Live Once
    71.16 %|Jan 23, 1937
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Jungle Jim
    48 %|Jan 18, 1937
    Action, Adventure
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    Dodge City Trail
    30 %|Dec 12, 1936
    Music, Western
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    Trail Dust
    40 %|Dec 11, 1936
    Western
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    Ace Drummond
    65 %|Oct 18, 1936
    Action, Adventure
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    The Three Mesquiteers
    50 %|Sep 22, 1936
    Western, Action, Music
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    They Met in a Taxi
    60 %|Sep 8, 1936
    Comedy, Crime
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    Crash Donovan
    0 %|Aug 1, 1936
    Drama
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    Public Enemy's Wife
    58 %|Jul 24, 1936
    Drama, Crime
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    These Three
    72 %|Mar 18, 1936
    Drama, Romance
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    Call of the Prairie
    50 %|Mar 6, 1936
    Western
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    The Lawless Nineties
    53 %|Feb 15, 1936
    Western
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    The Bridge of Sighs
    60 %|Feb 14, 1936
    Drama, Thriller, Crime
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
    40 %|Jan 13, 1936
    Adventure
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    Fast Bullets
    45 %|Jan 1, 1936
    Western
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    Gallant Defender
    0 %|Nov 29, 1935
    Western
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    A Night at the Opera
    74 %|Nov 15, 1935
    Comedy, Music
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    Rendezvous
    48 %|Oct 25, 1935
    Comedy, War
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    The New Frontier
    45 %|Oct 25, 1935
    Western
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    Melody Trail
    47 %|Oct 21, 1935
    Western
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    Valley of Wanted Men
    50 %|Oct 19, 1935
    Western
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    Confidential
    56 %|Oct 16, 1935
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Alibi Racket
    60 %|Sep 14, 1935
    Crime, Drama
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    The Gay Deception
    65 %|Sep 13, 1935
    Comedy, Romance
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    Diamond Jim
    60 %|Sep 1, 1935
    Drama
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    The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
    67 %|Aug 30, 1935
    Adventure, Family
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    The Murder Man
    70 %|Jul 12, 1935
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    Silent Valley
    0 %|May 2, 1935
    Western
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    Alias Mary Dow
    62 %|May 1, 1935
    Drama
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    Transient Lady
    55 %|Mar 4, 1935
    Romance, Action, Drama
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    North of Arizona
    42 %|Feb 2, 1935
    Western
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    Outlaw Rule
    0 %|Feb 1, 1935
    Western
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    Mystery Mountain
    0 %|Dec 2, 1934
    Action, Western
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    The Curtain Falls
    0 %|Oct 2, 1934
    Drama
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    Honor of the Range
    50 %|Apr 15, 1934
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
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    Fighting With Kit Carson
    60 %|Jul 1, 1933
    Western, Action
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    Fighting Texans
    0 %|Jun 15, 1933
    Western
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    The Lone Avenger
    0 %|May 14, 1933
    Western
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    Son of the Border
    90 %|May 5, 1933
    Western
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    Black Beauty
    0 %|Apr 1, 1933
    Drama, Romance
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    Sucker Money
    47 %|Feb 28, 1933
    Drama, Mystery, Romance
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    Drum Taps
    45 %|Jan 23, 1933
    Action, Western
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    The Cheyenne Kid
    0 %|Jan 20, 1933
    Western
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    When a Man Rides Alone
    30 %|Jan 14, 1933
    Western
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    The Wyoming Whirlwind
    30 %|Dec 30, 1932
    Romance, Western
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    The Devil Horse
    20 %|Nov 1, 1932
    Western
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    The Forty-Niners
    0 %|Oct 27, 1932
    Western
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    Slightly Married
    53 %|Oct 15, 1932
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Cowboy Counsellor
    57 %|Oct 14, 1932
    Western
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    Blonde Venus
    68.15 %|Sep 23, 1932
    Drama
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    Broadway to Cheyenne
    42 %|Sep 9, 1932
    Western
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    The Thirteenth Guest
    52 %|Aug 9, 1932
    Mystery, Thriller
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    The Hurricane Express
    51 %|Aug 1, 1932
    Adventure, Mystery, Crime, Action
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    Million Dollar Legs
    66 %|Jul 8, 1932
    Comedy
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    A Man's Land
    60 %|Jun 10, 1932
    Western
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    The Spirit of the West
    0 %|Mar 1, 1932
    Western
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    Police Court
    50 %|Feb 19, 1932
    Drama
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    South of Santa Fe
    30 %|Jan 8, 1932
    Western
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    Galloping Thru
    60 %|Dec 5, 1931
    Western
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    The Ridin' Fool
    0 %|May 31, 1931
    Western
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    The Greater Love
    0 %|May 3, 1931
    Western
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    God's Country and the Man
    0 %|May 1, 1931
    Western

    Series

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    Annie Oakley
    56 %|Jan 9, 1954
    Western, Drama
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    Annie Oakley
    56 %|Jan 9, 1954
    Western, Drama
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    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
    45 %|Apr 15, 1951
    Western
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    The Gene Autry Show
    48 %|Jul 23, 1950
    Western, Comedy