J.P. McGowan
Oyuncu · 1880 – 1952 · Terowie, Australia
From Wikipedia John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. J. P. McGowan, as he was usually known, remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors Guild (now Directors Guild of America). Born in the then-bustling railway centre of Terowie in South Australia, McGowan grew up in Adelaide (Islington) and Sydney. He was a capable horseman and served in the Second Boer War with Montmorency's Scouts as a special dispatch rider. McGowan directed and often acted in the first 33 episodes of Kalem's 1914 adventure film series, The Hazards of Helen, which eventually ran to 54 episodes, some still with McGowan's participation. While filming he began a relationship with Helen Holmes, the film's star, and the two married. They left Kalem to set up their own production company, Signal Films, which successfully made a series of railroad melodramas but lost out when their distributor (Mutual) failed. The collaboration ended when they divorced in 1925. There was an adopted daughter, Kaye. McGowan successfully made the transition from silent film to talkies. While never a major star, in a busy career that spanned four decades he is credited with acting in 232 films—mostly strong roles like sheriff or villain—writing 26 screenplays and directing 242 productions. In 1932 he directed a young John Wayne in the 12-episode rail vs airplane serial The Hurricane Express for the independent Mascot Pictures. From 1938 to 1951, as Executive Secretary of the Screen Directors Guild, he fought to secure recognition for the director within the studio systems of the film and emerging television industry. J.P. McGowan died in 1952 in Hollywood and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Film7.6WesternSıradan bir posta arabası yolculuğu,başlarında ünlü Geronimo'nun olduğu kızılderilerin saldırısı başlayınca kabusa dönüşür. Ağzına kadar dolu olan posta arabasında ayyaş bir doktor, iki kadın yolcu, müşterilerinin parasını zimmetine geçirmiş bir banker ve Ringo Kid (John Wayne) vardır.
Film6.8DramTarihBaşkan Lincoln'ü öldüren John Wilkes Booth, Virginia'ya kaçarken ağır yaralanan bacağının tedavisi için taşralı doktor Samuel Mudd'un evine gider. Lincoln'ün suikastinden habersiz olan Mudd, onun bacağına son derece samimi bir şekilde davranıyor. Ancak ertesi gün askerler Booth'un ayakkabılarını Mud'un bahçesinde bulurlar ve onu komplo suçlamasıyla tutuklarlar...
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The old sheriff dies. In jest, the mountaineers nominate Kaintucky Bill, the worst moonshiner in the state, for the office. Considering it a huge joke, Kaintucky Bill takes the oath of office.
Kaintucky Bill
1914 · 1 votes
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An American adventurer goes into the interior of Africa on a quest for the great starfire diamond.
Danger Quest
1 votes
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Les Misérables
1935 · 59 votes
Film7.0WesternA U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.
Señor Americano
1929 · 1 votes
Film8.0DramTwo men in love with the same girl race to save her when she is trapped aboard a ship on fire in storm-swept seas.
Stormy Seas
1923 · 1 votes
Film10.0DramWith ruin staring him in the face, Manning, of Manning and Company, commits a theft which averts the crash. The scoundrel cleverly contrives to throw suspicion upon Reynolds, an old and faithful employee. Reynolds receives a three-year sentence. Beatrice, the daughter of Manning's victim, believes in her father's innocence. Led to believe Manning the real cause of her father's tribulations, Beatrice vows to wreak vengeance upon the scoundrel.
His Nemesis
1914 · 1 votes
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Murder in the Fleet
1935 · 5 votes
Film6.8MaceraRomantikHighwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
The Lady and the Bandit
1951 · 4 votes
Film10.0WesternFrom Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranches. Wells Fargo organizes an express service that will insure the shipments and ensure a guaranteed delivery. Granger Hume is hired to help Wells-Fargo deliver on their promise.
Gun Gospel
1927 · 1 votes
Film5.6MaceraKomediAn Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
She Had to Eat
1937 · 5 votes
Film3.0WesternDonald Custer loses in a poker game to 'Ace High' having forged his father's name to a check. Knowing the game was crooked, Buck returns to retrieve the check only to find Donald already there and Carlotta dead. When Buck sends Donald away, things look bad when 'Ace High' finds him with the body.
Red Blood
1925 · 1 votes
Film6.4MaceraFrench pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
The Buccaneer
1938 · 12 votes
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · 6 votes
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Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 · 3 votes
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · 1 votes
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Duped
1925 · 1 votes
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On the coast of Africa, the captain of a ship is about to make a deal to sell a white captive to an African chief as a slave. A cabin boy who discovers the captain's plans determines to thwart them and save the girl.
The Slaver
1927 · 1 votes
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The Accusing Finger
1936 · 4 votes
Film8.0WesternBaffled
1924 · 1 votes
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Two children--a brother and sister--are the only survivors of an Indian attack on a wagon train, and are soon separated. An army officer adopts the boy, and the girl is taken to live with Indians and renamed Black Fawn. When the boy grows up he joins the cavalry and finds himself in the middle of an Indian war as he searches for his long-lost sister.
The Invaders
1929 · 1 votes
Film6.0MaceraDramRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
Kidnapped
1938 · 4 votes
FilmWesternWhispering Smith is a virile, fearless type of the true American whoso theory of life is to give every man a chance to show what is in him. There is nothing of the bully or braggart about him. He is only a man who knows instinctively what is right and never falters in his steps to see that justice is given where it is deserved and crime punished on the same basis. Originally shot as a serial to be called "Whispering Smith", distributor Mutual Films decided to release it as two separate films - this film, which was released first, and Medicine Bend (1916).
Whispering Smith
1916