William Wyler (59 page)

Crook Buster
(1925)

Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: Leigh Jacobson

Cast: Jack Mower

Mustang western, two reels, released December 26, 1925

The Gunless Bad Man
(1926)

Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story: John Hall

Cast: Jack Mower

Mustang western, two reels, released March 13, 1926

Ridin' for Love
(1926)

Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: William Wyler
Scenario: Joseph Murray
Cast: Jack Mower

Mustang western, two reels, released April 17, 1926

The Fire Barrier
(1926)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: C. D. Lenington
Scenario: William Lester
Cast: Jack Mower

Mustang western, two reels, released June 12, 1926

Don't Shoot
(1926)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: William Lester
Cast: Jack Mower, Fay Wray

Mustang western, two reels, released August 26, 1926

The Pinnacle Rider
(1926)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and continuity: William Lester

Cast: Jack Mower

Mustang western, two reels, released October 30, 1926

Martin of the Mounted
(1926)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and continuity: George H. Plympton

Cast: Edmund Cobb

Mustang western, two reels, released December 11, 1926

Lazy Lightning
(1926)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: Harrison Jacobs
Cinematography: Eddie Linden

Cast: Arthur Acord, Fay Wray, Bobby Gordon, Vin Moore, Arthur Morrison, George French

Blue streak western, five reels, released December 12, 1926
Length: 4,572 feet

The Stolen Ranch
(1926)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: Robert F. Hill
Screenplay: George H. Plympton
Cinematography: Al Jones

Cast: Fred Humes, Louise Lorraine, William Norton Bailey, Ralph McCullough, Nita Cavalier, Edward Cecil, Howard Truesdale, Slim Whittaker, Jack Kirk

Blue streak western, five reels, releaed December 26, 1926
Length: 4,587 feet

The Two Fister
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and continuity: George H. Plympton

Cast: Edmund Cobb

Mustang western, two reels, released January 8, 1927

Kelcy Gets His Man
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: William Lester

Cast: Edmund Cobb, Alice Goodwin

Mustang western, two reels, released February 19, 1927

Tenderfoot Courage
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: F. V. Lautzenhiser
Cast: Fred Gilman, Alma Rayford

Mustang western, two reels, released February 26, 1927

The Silent Partner
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story: Basil Dickey

Scenario: George Morgan

Cast: Edmund Cobb, Hazel Keener

Mustang western, two reels, released March 19, 1927

Blazing Days
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story: Florence Ryerson

Screenplay: George H. Plympton and R. Hill

Cinematography: Al Jones

Art direction: David S. Garber

Cast: Fred Humes, Ena Gregory, Churchill Ross, Bruce Gordon, Eva

Thatcher, Bernard Siegel, Dick L'Estrange

Blue streak western, five reels, released March 27, 1927

Length: 4,639 feet

Galloping Justice
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: George H. Plympton

Cast: Edmund Cobb

Mustang western, two reels, released April 9, 1927

The Haunted Homestead
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story: L. V. Jefferson

Cast: Fred Gilman, Violet La Plante

Mustang western, two reels, released April 16, 1927

Hard Fists
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Screenplay: William Lester and George H. Plympton, from Charles A.
Logue's
The Grappler
Cinematography: Edwin Linden
Art direction: David Garber

Cast: Art Acord, Louise Lorraine, Lee Holmes, Albert J. Smith
Blue streak western, five reels, released April 24, 1927
Length: 4,387 feet

The Lone Star
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: William Lester

Cast: Fred Gilman, Barbara Worth

Mustang western, two reels, released May 7, 1927

The Ore Raiders
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: William Lester

Cast: Fred Gilman, Fred Humes, Barbara Starr

Mustang western, two reels, released May 21, 1927

The Home Trail
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story: Rhea Mitchell

Cast: Fred Gilman, Shirley Palmer

Mustang western, two reels, released June 4, 1927

Gun Justice
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: William Lester

Cast: Fred Gilman

Mustang western, two reels, released July 2, 1927

The Phantom Outlaw
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story and scenario: William Lester

Cast: Fred Gilman

Mustang western, two reels, released July 16, 1927

The Square Shooter
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: Kenneth Langley
Cast: Fred Gilman

Mustang western, two reels, released August 13, 1927

Daze of the West
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Story: Billy Engle

Scenario: William Lester

Cast: Vin Moore, Fred Gilman, Elaine Forest

Mustang western, two reels, copyrighted Library of Congress, Catalog of Entries, Motion Pictures, August 16, 1927

The Horse Trader
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Story: Brandt Riley
Cast: Fred Gilman

Mustang western, two reels, released August 20, 1927

The Border Cavalier
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Basil Dickey
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Al Jones
Art direction: David Garber

Cast: Fred Humes, Evelyn Pierce, Joyce Compton, C. E. “Captain” Anderson, Gilbert “Peewee” Holmes, “Smilin'” Benny Corbett, Dick L'Estrange, Scott Mattraw, Boris Bullock

Blue streak western, five reels, released September 18, 1927
Length: 4,427 feet

Straight Shootin'
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: William Lester
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Milton Bridenbecker
Art direction: David Garber

Cast: Ted Wells, Garry O'Dell, Lillian Gilmore, Joe Bennett, Al Ferguson, Wilbur Mack, Buck Connors

Blue streak western, five reels, released October 16, 1927
Length: 4,205 feet

Desert Dust
(1927)
Universal

Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: William Lester
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Milton Bridenbecker
Art direction: David Garber

Cast: Ted Wells, Lotus Thompson, Bruce Gordon, Dick L'Estrange, Jimmy Phillips, Charles “Slim” Cole, George Ovey
Released December 18, 1927
Length: 4,349 feet

Thunder Riders
(1928)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Screenplay: Basil Dickey and Carl Krusada

Titles: Gardner Bradford

Cinematography: Milton Bridenbecker

Editor: Harry Marker

Art direction: David Garber

Cast: Ted Wells, Charlotte Stevens, William A. Steele, Gilbert “Peewee” Holmes, Dick L'Estrange, Bill Dyer, Leo White, Julia Griffith, Bob Burns
Released April 8, 1928
Length: 4,363 feet

Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
(1928)
Universal

Producer: Robert Wyler

Director: William Wyler

Scenario: John B. Clymer

Titles: Walter Anthony and Albert De Mond

Story: Leigh Jason

Photography: Charles Stumar

Editor: George McGuire

Cast: Bessie Love (Mitzi Lavelle), Tom Moore (Pat Kelly), Kate Price (Mrs. O'Grady), Addie McPhail (Mrs. Hickson), Bruce Gordon (Mr. Hickson), Alfred Allen (Sergeant Malloy), Tom O'Brien (Buck Johnson), Wilson Benge (Butler), Rosa Gore (French Mother), Dorothea Wolbert (Slavey)
Approximately 83 minutes

The Shakedown
(1929)
Universal-Jewel
Director: William Wyler

Scenario: Charles A. Logue and Clarence Marks
Titles and dialogue: Albert De Mond
Story: Charles A. Logue

Photography: Charles Stumar and Jerome Ash
Editors: Lloyd Nosler and Richard Cahoon
Musical score: Joseph Cherniavsky

Cast: James Murray (Dave Hall), Barbara Kent (Marjorie), George Kostonaros (Battling Rolf), Wheeler Oakman (Manager), Jack Hanlon (Clem), Harry Gibbon (Bouncer)

Sound: approximately 88 minutes; silent: approximately 90 minutes

The Love Trap
(1929)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Scenario: John B. Clymer and Clarence J. Marks

Story: Edward J. Montagne

Dialogue: Clarence Thompson

Titles: Albert De Mond

Photography: Gilbert Warrenton

Editor: Maurice Pivar

Cast: Laura La Plante (Laura/Evelyn Todd), Neil Hamilton (Peter Cadwaller/Paul Harrington), Robert Ellis (Guy Emory), Jocelyn Lee (Bunny), Norman Trevor (Judge Cadwaller/Harrington), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Cadwaller/Harrington), Rita Le Roy (Mary Cadwaller/iris Harrington)

Sound: approximately 83 minutes; silent: approximately 85 minutes

Hell's Heroes
(1930)
Universal

Presented by: Carl Laemmle
Director: William Wyler

Screenplay and dialogue: Tom Reed, based on the novel
The Three Godfathers
by Peter Kyne
Photography: George Robinson

Editors: William Boyce and Earl Neville (silent version); Harry Marker (sound version)

Supervising story chief: C. Gardner Sullivan (silent version)
Recording engineer: C. Roy Hunter
Sound technician: William W. Hedgecock

Cast: Charles Bickford (Bob Sangster), Raymond Hatton (Barbwire Gibbons), Fred Kohler (Wild Bill Kearny), Fritzi Ridgeway (Mother), Jose de la Cruz (Jose), Buck Conners (Parson Jones), Walter James (Sheriff)
Sound: approximately 82 minutes; silent: approximately 78 minutes

The Storm
(1930)
Universal

Presented by: Carl Laemmle
Director: William Wyler

Screenplay: Wells Root, based on the play
The Storm
by Langdon McCormick

Adaptation: Charles A. Logue
Dialogue: Tom Reed
Photography: Alvin Wyckoff

Recording engineer: Joseph P. Lapis and C. Roy Hunter
Cast: Lupe Velez (Manette Fachard), Paul Cavanagh (Dave Stewart), William Boyd (Burr Winston), Alphonse Ethier (Jacques Fachard), Ernest Adams (Johnny), Tom London, Nick Thompson, Erin La Bissoniere
Distribution: Universal
76 minutes

A House Divided
(1931)
Universal

Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Director: William Wyler
Assistant producer: Paul Kohner

Screenplay: John B. Clymer and Dale Van Every, based on the story “Heart and Hand” by Olive Edens
Dialogue: John Huston
Photography: Charles Stumar

Supervising film editor: Maurice Pivar
Editor: Ted Kent
Art direction: John Hughes
Special effects: John Fulton

Cast: Walter Huston (Seth Law), Kent Douglass (Matt Law), Helen Chandler (Ruth Evans), Vivian Oakland (Bess), Lloyd Ingraham (Doc), Charles Middleton (Minister), Frank Hagney (Mann), Mary Foy (Mary), Walter Brennan (Musician)
70 minutes

Tom Brown of Culver
(1932)
Universal

Director: William Wyler

Screenplay: George Green and Tom Buckingham, based on a story by George Green and Dale Van Every

Additional dialogue: Clarence Marks

Photography: Charles Stumar

Editor: Ted Kent

Art direction: John J. Hughes

Cast: Tom Brown (Tom Brown), H. B. Warner (Dr. Brown), Slim Summerville (Slim), Richard Cromwell (Bob Randolph), Ben Alexander (Ralph), Sidney Toler (Major Wharton), Russell Hopton (Doctor), Andy Devine (Call Boy), Willard Robertson (Captain White), Norman Philips Jr. (Carruthers), Tyrone Power Jr. (John), Kit Wain, Matt Roubert, Dick Winslow, personnel of the Culver Military Academy
70 minutes

Her First Mate
(1933)
Universal

Presented by: Carl Laemmle
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Director: William Wyler

Screenplay: Earle Snell and Clarence Marks, based on the play
Salt Water
by Daniel Jarrett, Frank Craven, and John Golden

Photography: George Robinson

Editor: Ted Kent

Art direction: Stanley Fleischer

Cast: Slim Summerville (John Horner), ZaSu Pitts (Mary Horner), Una Merkel (Hattie Horner), Warren Hymer (Percival Todd), Henry Armetta (Nick Socrates), Berton Churchill (Harvey Davis), George Marion (Sam), Jocelyn Lee (Redhead)
66 minutes

Counsellor-at-Law
(1933)
Universal

Personally supervised by: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer: Henry Henigson
Director: William Wyler

Screenplay: Elmer Rice, adapted from the stage play by Elmer Rice

Photography: Norbert Brodine

Editor: Daniel Mandell

Editorial supervision: Maurice Pivar

Art direction: Charles D. Hall

Cast: John Barrymore (George Simon), Bebe Daniels (Regina Gordon), Doris Kenyon (Cora Simon), Onslow Stevens (John P. Tedesco), Isabel Jewell (Bessie Green), Melvyn Douglas (Roy Darwin), Thelma Todd (Lillian La Rue), Mayo Methot (Zedorah Chapman), Marvin Kline (Herbert Howard Weinberg), Conway Washburne (Arthur Sandler), John Qualen (Breitstein), Bobby Gordon (Henry Susskind), John Hammon Dailey (McFadden), Malka Kornstein (Sarah Becker), Angela Jacobs (Goldie Rindskopf), Clara Langsner (Lena Simon), T. H. Manning (Peter J. Malone), Elmer Brown (Francis Clark Baird), Barbara Perry (Dorothy), Richard Quine (Richard), Victor Adams (David Simon), Frederick Burton (Crayfield), Vincent Sherman (Harry Becker)
78 minutes