Elmer Clifton

Elmer Clifton

Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much of its famous "Rescue from the ice" sequence and doubled for star Richard Barthelmess in the riskier scenes. He then left Griffith to form his own production company and had a smash hit with "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1922), a colorful whaling saga made on location in New England. It made a star of future "It Girl" Clara Bow, who appeared as a cross-dressing stowaway. In 1923 Clifton signed a lucrative seven-year contract with Fox and was poised to become one of Hollywood's major directors. Then tragedy struck. He was filming "The Warrens of Virginia" in Texas when his lead actress died from burns in an accident on the set. Although Clifton was blameless in the incident, he was fired by Fox and his career never regained its momentum.

  • Title: Elmer Clifton
  • Popularity: 1.897
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1890-03-12
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Elmer Clifford, Elmer S. Pond, Elmer Pond, Elmer Clifton Forsyth
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Elmer Clifton Movies

  • 1915
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    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    6.011 1915 HD

    Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is...

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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.1 1916 HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

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  • 1915
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    The Fox Woman

    The Fox Woman

    1 1915 HD

    According to Japanese legend, the Fox Woman was not possessed of a soul. To exist, she was obliged to steal the soul of others.

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  • 1970
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    I Am Not a Racist

    I Am Not a Racist

    1 1970 HD

    A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes of the classic movie and recreates its dialogues to...

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  • 1914
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    John Barleycorn

    John Barleycorn

    1 1914 HD

    Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name. Jack London has struggled with alcoholism most of his life. At age five he was instructed to...

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  • 1914
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    The Folly of Anne

    The Folly of Anne

    1 1914 HD

    A picture from the short story of Ellen Farley in "The Cavalier," and screened by John O'Brian. The story is of a girl who tries to be an author and...

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  • 1915
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    The Lost House

    The Lost House

    1 1915 HD

    Before his niece and ward, Dosia Dale, comes of age, her uncle, who has spent her entire fortune, must think of a way to account for his actions. He...

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  • 1915
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    The Lily and the Rose

    The Lily and the Rose

    1 1915 HD

    To the dismay of Allison Edwards, her bookworm, adoring neighbor, Mary Randolph, falls in love with and marries Jack Van Norman, a rich and handsome...

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  • 1914
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    The Sisters

    The Sisters

    1 1914 HD

    May and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but Carol is wooed by Frank, a country boy. George, a...

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  • 1914
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    Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska

    Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska

    1 1914 HD

    Elam Harnish, known as "Burning Daylight," is a leader among the men of Circle City, Alaska in the days before the gold rush. Nell, a dance hall...

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  • 1914
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    A Duel for Love

    A Duel for Love

    1 1914 HD

    A Duel for Love is a 1914 dramatic short.

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  • 1916
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    The Missing Links

    The Missing Links

    1 1916 HD

    A 1916 film directed by Lloyd Ingraham.

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  • 1914
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    Martin Eden

    Martin Eden

    1 1914 HD

    A sad story about how a working-class man tries, and succeeds, to become a writer, but finds difficulty in fitting into that world.

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  • 1915
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    The Sable Lorcha

    The Sable Lorcha

    1 1915 HD

    In China, a man is arrested and tortured for a crime committed years before by his twin brother.

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  • 1917
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    Nina, the Flower Girl

    Nina, the Flower Girl

    1 1917 HD

    Nina, a blind girl, lives with her grandmother, who has taught her to make artificial flowers, which she sells at a flower-stand. Nina, and Jimmie, a...

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  • 1916
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    Acquitted

    Acquitted

    1 1916 HD

    Hard-working insurance company bookkeeper John Carter, comes home Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two...

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  • 1931
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    Maid to Order

    Maid to Order

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1936
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    Pilot X

    Pilot X

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Cyclone of the Saddle

    Cyclone of the Saddle

    5.2 1935 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Judge

    The Judge

    5.8 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Judge

    The Judge

    5.8 1949 HD

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  • 1937
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    Slaves in Bondage

    Slaves in Bondage

    2.6 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Assassin of Youth

    Assassin of Youth

    2.9 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Assassin of Youth

    Assassin of Youth

    2.9 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Assassin of Youth

    Assassin of Youth

    2.9 1938 HD

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  • 1944
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    Captain America

    Captain America

    5.5 1944 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hard Guy

    Hard Guy

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1949
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    Not Wanted

    Not Wanted

    6.8 1949 HD

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  • 1939
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    Crashing Thru

    Crashing Thru

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1944
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    Gangsters of the Frontier

    Gangsters of the Frontier

    3.8 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Gangsters of the Frontier

    Gangsters of the Frontier

    3.8 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    Lightning Raiders

    Lightning Raiders

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    Lightning Raiders

    Lightning Raiders

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    Frontier Fugitives

    Frontier Fugitives

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1944
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    Youth Aflame

    Youth Aflame

    4.3 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Youth Aflame

    Youth Aflame

    4.3 1944 HD

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  • 1935
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    Skull and Crown

    Skull and Crown

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1944
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    Seven Doors to Death

    Seven Doors to Death

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1922
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    Down to the Sea in Ships

    Down to the Sea in Ships

    5.1 1922 HD

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  • 1935
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    Rough Riding Ranger

    Rough Riding Ranger

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Captured in Chinatown

    Captured in Chinatown

    4.4 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Wildcat Trooper

    Wildcat Trooper

    4.5 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Wolves of the Sea

    Wolves of the Sea

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Custer's Last Stand

    Custer's Last Stand

    4.5 1936 HD

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  • 1928
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    Let 'Er Go Gallegher

    Let 'Er Go Gallegher

    5.5 1928 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Secret of Treasure Island

    The Secret of Treasure Island

    4 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Secret of Treasure Island

    The Secret of Treasure Island

    4 1938 HD

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  • 1941
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    City of Missing Girls

    City of Missing Girls

    4.1 1941 HD

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  • 1935
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    Fighting Caballero

    Fighting Caballero

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Ten Laps to Go

    Ten Laps to Go

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    Isle Of Destiny

    Isle Of Destiny

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1918
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    Kiss or Kill

    Kiss or Kill

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    Kiss or Kill

    Kiss or Kill

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1944
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    Spook Town

    Spook Town

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1920
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    Mary Ellen Comes to Town

    Mary Ellen Comes to Town

    10 1920 HD

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  • 1941
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    I'll Sell My Life

    I'll Sell My Life

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Wreck of the Hesperus

    The Wreck of the Hesperus

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1919
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    Boots

    Boots

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Hope Chest

    The Hope Chest

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    Battling Jane

    Battling Jane

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1919
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    Peppy Polly

    Peppy Polly

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    I'll Get Him Yet

    I'll Get Him Yet

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    Nugget Nell

    Nugget Nell

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    Turning the Tables

    Turning the Tables

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Fallen Empire

    The Fallen Empire

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1935
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    Pals of the Range

    Pals of the Range

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Pals of the Range

    Pals of the Range

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1946
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    Song of the Sierras

    Song of the Sierras

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1944
    imgMovies

    The Whispering Skull

    The Whispering Skull

    6.5 1944 HD

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  • 1935
    imgMovies

    Cyclone of the Saddle

    Cyclone of the Saddle

    5.2 1935 HD

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  • 1944
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    Guns of the Law

    Guns of the Law

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1923
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    Six Cylinder Love

    Six Cylinder Love

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1929
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    Light of India

    Light of India

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1946
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    Outlaws of the Plains

    Outlaws of the Plains

    5 1946 HD

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  • 1935
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    Rough Riding Ranger

    Rough Riding Ranger

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1949
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    Red Rock Outlaw

    Red Rock Outlaw

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1944
    imgMovies

    The Pinto Bandit

    The Pinto Bandit

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Pinto Bandit

    The Pinto Bandit

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    Deep in the Heart of Texas

    Deep in the Heart of Texas

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    Bad Men of Thunder Gap

    Bad Men of Thunder Gap

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Days of Old Cheyenne

    Days of Old Cheyenne

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1919
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    Nobody Home

    Nobody Home

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1945
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    Marked for Murder

    Marked for Murder

    4.2 1945 HD

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  • 1943
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    Boss of Rawhide

    Boss of Rawhide

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Stranger from Arizona

    The Stranger from Arizona

    3 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Law of the Texan

    Law of the Texan

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Rip Roaring Riley

    Rip Roaring Riley

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Rangers Take Over

    The Rangers Take Over

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1944
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    Teen Age

    Teen Age

    4 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Teen Age

    Teen Age

    4 1944 HD

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  • 1937
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    Mile a Minute Love

    Mile a Minute Love

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1941
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    I'll Sell My Life

    I'll Sell My Life

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1944
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    Seven Doors to Death

    Seven Doors to Death

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1941
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    Swamp Woman

    Swamp Woman

    4.8 1941 HD

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  • 1943
    imgMovies

    The Blocked Trail

    The Blocked Trail

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Trail of the Silver Spurs

    The Trail of the Silver Spurs

    4.5 1941 HD

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  • 1944
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    Guns of the Law

    Guns of the Law

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Old Chisholm Trail

    The Old Chisholm Trail

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Old Chisholm Trail

    The Old Chisholm Trail

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1935
    imgMovies

    Captured in Chinatown

    Captured in Chinatown

    4.4 1935 HD

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  • 1950
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    Outcasts of Black Mesa

    Outcasts of Black Mesa

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1948
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    Quick on the Trigger

    Quick on the Trigger

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Kid from Gower Gulch

    The Kid from Gower Gulch

    4 1950 HD

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  • 1940
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    West of Pinto Basin

    West of Pinto Basin

    4 1940 HD

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  • 1943
    imgMovies

    Raiders of San Joaquin

    Raiders of San Joaquin

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Boss of Rawhide

    Boss of Rawhide

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Boss of Rawhide

    Boss of Rawhide

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Cheyenne Roundup

    Cheyenne Roundup

    4 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Cheyenne Roundup

    Cheyenne Roundup

    4 1943 HD

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  • 1936
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    Custer's Last Stand

    Custer's Last Stand

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1942
    imgMovies

    The Sundown Kid

    The Sundown Kid

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    Frontier Law

    Frontier Law

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Frontier Law

    Frontier Law

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1944
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    Brand of the Devil

    Brand of the Devil

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Dead or Alive

    Dead or Alive

    5.3 1944 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Return of the Rangers

    The Return of the Rangers

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Return of the Rangers

    The Return of the Rangers

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Return of the Rangers

    The Return of the Rangers

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Pinto Bandit

    The Pinto Bandit

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Gunsmoke Mesa

    Gunsmoke Mesa

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Outlaw Roundup

    Outlaw Roundup

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Spook Town

    Spook Town

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1945
    imgMovies

    Three in the Saddle

    Three in the Saddle

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1947
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    West to Glory

    West to Glory

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1917
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    Her Official Fathers

    Her Official Fathers

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1945
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    Marked for Murder

    Marked for Murder

    4.2 1945 HD

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  • 1946
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    Swing, Cowboy, Swing

    Swing, Cowboy, Swing

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    Swing, Cowboy, Swing

    Swing, Cowboy, Swing

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Devil's Apple Tree

    The Devil's Apple Tree

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1949
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    Red Rock Outlaw

    Red Rock Outlaw

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1917
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    The High Sign

    The High Sign

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1947
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    Rainbow Over the Rockies

    Rainbow Over the Rockies

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    The Silver Bandit

    The Silver Bandit

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Silver Bandit

    The Silver Bandit

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Silver Bandit

    The Silver Bandit

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1936
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    Wolves of the Sea

    Wolves of the Sea

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.1 1916 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    6.011 1915 HD

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  • 1948
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    Sunset Carson Rides Again

    Sunset Carson Rides Again

    4.1 1948 HD

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  • 1918
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    Smashing Through

    Smashing Through

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1938
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    Paroled from the Big House

    Paroled from the Big House

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1917
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    A Stormy Knight

    A Stormy Knight

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1918
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    Brace Up

    Brace Up

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    Brace Up

    Brace Up

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Eagle

    The Eagle

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Two-Soul Woman

    The Two-Soul Woman

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Two-Soul Woman

    The Two-Soul Woman

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1928
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    Tropical Nights

    Tropical Nights

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1918
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    Winner Takes All

    Winner Takes All

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Man Trap

    The Man Trap

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Flirting with Death

    Flirting with Death

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Midnight Man

    The Midnight Man

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1924
    imgMovies

    The Warrens of Virginia

    The Warrens of Virginia

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Flash of Fate

    The Flash of Fate

    2 1918 HD

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  • 1922
    imgMovies

    Down to the Sea in Ships

    Down to the Sea in Ships

    5.1 1922 HD

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  • 1938
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    California Frontier

    California Frontier

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1928
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    Virgin Lips

    Virgin Lips

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Flame of Youth

    The Flame of Youth

    5.5 1917 HD

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  • 1936
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    Gambling with Souls

    Gambling with Souls

    3.4 1936 HD

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  • 1924
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    Daughters of the Night

    Daughters of the Night

    1 1924 HD

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