Film Snail

Western

Catching a Fox

January 1, 1921

One of The Adventures of Bill and Bob shorts. The brothers practice their skills by trapping a cunning fox.

Capturing a Canadian Lynx

January 1, 1921

One of The Adventures of Bill and Bob shorts. The brothers decide to help the local zoo by capturing a lynx and aim to impress their neighbor Ina May.

The Bull-Dogger

The Bull-Dogger

January 1, 1921

The famous black cowboy Bill Pickett shows his prowess in rodeos. Only small parts of the film survive.

Fire Devil

December 30, 1920

Three siblings, Tom, Jack and Mary escape poverty in the big city to find happiness in the wild west. They split up and soon find each other again on in the opposite side of the law.

The Testing Block

The Testing Block

December 26, 1920

The tough outlaw 'Sierra' Bill falls in love with the traveling girl violinist Nelly Gray. Sierra forces her into marrying him. They have a child, but family life is interrupted by the gambler Ringe, who not only persuades Nelly to leave her husband but ruins Sierra at the gaming table. With thoughts of vengeance, the angry Sierra breaks out of jail and goes after Ringe.

The Trail of the Hound

December 25, 1920

The Trail of the Hound is a 1920 silent Western.

Prairie Trails

Prairie Trails

December 25, 1920

Tex Benton (cowboy star Tom Mix) wants to marry Janet McWhorter (Kathleen O'Connor), but her father (Charles K. French) will give his blessings only if Tex works on his sheep ranch. Tex, a cattleman through and through, refuses and gets his aggressions out by stirring things up at the local saloon.

Two Moons

Two Moons

December 19, 1920

A fight breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the upstart sheep men, whose fences were seen as a threat to the freedom of the West.

The Man With The Punch

The Man With The Punch

December 18, 1920

The inaptly named Peace City is held in a grip of fear by the corrupt Sheriff Sellers. The benevolent, black-hatted 'Stranger,' who unexpectedly arrives in town, is in actuality an undercover Texas Ranger determined to restore law and order.

Fight It Out

Fight It Out

December 11, 1920

Cowpoke Sandy Adams overhears a plot to frame rancher Duncan McKenna for a rash of cattle rustlings and methodically turns the members of the gang against each other.

The Brand Blotter

December 6, 1920

The Brand Blotter is a 1920 silent Western.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

December 5, 1920

Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Superstition

December 4, 1920

The hero is affected in his daily life by petty superstitious fears, which gives the heroine an idea he is cowardly. She returns his ring, but later events prove his real mettle and she is glad when a reconciliation comes.

The Stranger

December 4, 1920

A stranger rides into a little town on his white horse, where he finds plenty of excitement and a love affair awaiting him.

Dangerous Love

December 1, 1920

A love quadrangle in a Western mining town leads to fisticuffs and reconciliation before the fade out.

Tipped Off

November 27, 1920

Ranchmen try to play a joke on one of their associates by signing his name to a letter addressed to Sarah Smith, who has advertised in a matrimonial journal. A mix-up occurs on the day of the arrival of the lady when a younger woman, sent to buy stock, also appears on the scene and is mistaken for the prospective bride.

Singing River

Singing River

November 21, 1920

The Iron Rider

The Iron Rider

November 21, 1920

When law and order fade into distant memory in Angel City, the townspeople yearn for the era of the Iron Riders, a band of men who took justice into their own hands and brought order out of chaos. The organizer of the group was John Lannigan, whose son Larry decides to take up the mantle of the Riders once again.

West Is West

West Is West

November 21, 1920

Dick Rainboldt (Carey) signs up to work at a gold mine without realizing that he's being hired as a strikebreaker. He takes the job primarily because of a pretty girl who lives in the town. The superintendent and manager of the mine convince Rainboldt to blow up the mine and make it appear like the strikers did it. But Rainboldt turns the tables on the plotters and reveals their scheme. The mine owner rewards him with a big assignment and the girl promises to marry him.

The Two-Fisted Lover

November 20, 1920

The hero befriends a young school teacher, who adopts a child at his suggestion. The real father of the child, who neglected its mother and allowed her to die, tries to make the teacher believe the hero is its father, which brings about an interesting complication.