Silent Western
see all genres ›No genre was more natural for the movies, or for American viewers (as well as fascinated foreign ones), than the Western, with its scenic wide-open spaces, elemental white hat/black hat conflicts and rootin'-tootin' action.
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With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under...Watch Movie
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The Old Oregon Trail
This independent silent western, shot on location in Northern Oregon, begins with late 19th century settlers moving westward. When roving horse thieves attack their wagon train, the settlers are miraculously saved by a passing trio of happy-go-lucky cowpokes (including the...Watch Movie
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Sand
William Surrey Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. A successful Shakespearian actor on Broadway who had worked with Margaret Mather and other stars, William S. Hart went on to become one of the first great stars of the motion picture western. SAND was...Watch Movie
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The King of the Wild Horses
Not your typical western, this film features Black, a powerful and cunning, wild stallion who is the leader of a herd. Horse rancher, John Fielding is the father of two grown children. A son, Boyd, who is not very bright, and a daughter, Mary, who cowboy Billy Blair is smitten...Watch Movie
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$50,000 Reward
$50,000 REWARD was one of the first starring features for Ken Maynard, a circus and rodeo trick rider who fast became a hugely popular star of early westerns. He plays cowpuncher Tex Sherwood, riding up from the Lone Star State on his faithful steed (billed as "Tarzan, Ken Maynard's Pal") to the...Watch Movie
