Film Snail

Western

The Puncher and the Pup

The Puncher and the Pup

June 8, 1919

The Puncher and the Pup

Pistols for Breakfast

Pistols for Breakfast

June 8, 1919

A 1919 Comedy short.

Ace High

June 7, 1919

Ace High is a silent Western short.

The Root of Evil

June 1, 1919

Leave It to Susan

Leave It to Susan

May 25, 1919

A Clarence G. Badger silent cowboy western kidnapping mistaken identity romantic comedy, based on a story by Rex Taylor; about a rich woman who gets lost in the West, and is found by an engineer who she mistakes for an outlaw. tHe plays along because he enjoys it, but then four real outlaws show up, and he tells them he was kidnapping her. They get found out, the girl gets one of the outlaws' guns and rescues them, and of course, they discover they love each other!

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

May 25, 1919

A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and other rambunctious antics. He decides to reform his selfish ways and boards a train heading heading for the Southwest.

South o' Santa Fe

South o' Santa Fe

May 24, 1919

A ranch owner hires a young woman (Texas Guinan) to serve as foreman over a rambunctious group of cowboys.

The Gun Packer

The Gun Packer

May 24, 1919

With the help of a reformed gunman (and a gang of outlaws), the sheepmen aim to win their water rights from the cattle barons of Rimrock Valley.

Rowdy Ann

Rowdy Ann

May 24, 1919

Ann is one tough cowgirl. After she beats up Hank, her parents send her East to college, hoping she'll come back a lady.

By Indian Post

By Indian Post

May 23, 1919

Jode MacWilliams, a cowboy working on the Circle O ranch, has a crush on the boss's daughter, Peg. After his friend writes a love letter for him, an Indian steals and delivers it to Peg. Meanwhile, word of Jode's affection reaches Peg's father, who has a decidedly less romantic view of this young couple.

The Coming of the Law

The Coming of the Law

May 11, 1919

Kent Hollis has arrived in Dry Bottom, New Mexico to settle the affairs of his dead father. But when he discovers that the town is at the mercy of "Big Bill" Dunlavey and his crew, he decides to stick it out at dad's old ranch for a spell.

Just Squaw

Just Squaw

May 11, 1919

A Native American woman is embittered after being abandoned by her white husband, Jimmy Dorr.

Gun Law

Gun Law

May 10, 1919

Secret Serviceman Allen takes a job at Bart Stevens' mine in order to find evidence proving that Stevens is a mail robber named Smoke Gublen. He does - but by then, he is in love with the man's sister - and to make things harder, Stevens saves his life...

The Masked Rider

The Masked Rider

May 7, 1919

The setting of the story is Mexico. Violent bandit and cattle rustler Pancho, his rude henchman Santas and a group of raiders have sworn to drive the settlers out of the Border country. In the conflict that follows, Harry's father Bill is mortally wounded, and Pancho's hands are crushed, supposedly by the ranchers, though the act is actually committed by his traitorous and vengeful lieutenant Santas and his equally slimy compatriot Rodriguez, whom Pancho has offended by denying one his daughter's hand, and the other permission to pursue Rancher's daughter Ruth Chadwick. Pancho swears bitter revenge on the Burrels and the two factions resolve to destroy each other.

Bare Fists

Bare Fists

May 5, 1919

Harry's father is killed in a gunfight, and his mother makes him swear he'll never again use his gun, and rely only on his bare fists. But when his little brother is branded on the chest by cattle rustlers, will Harry break his promise?

The Uphill Climb

May 3, 1919

A dying lady tells a woman she must marry Frank Cameron. She unknowningly marries the almost always drunken Ford Cameron by mistake and immediately flees. Ford takes a job of ranch foreman and gives up drinking. Only after being attacted to a woman on the ranch does he suddenly remember he is already married.

Funeral de Emiliano Zapata

Funeral de Emiliano Zapata

April 29, 1919

A footage showing a crowd coming to Cuautla for the famous revolutionary leader's funerals.

The Rustlers

The Rustlers

April 26, 1919

Disguised as a peaceful sheepman, Clayburn is actually a government ranger sent to Point Rock to find the leaders of a band of rustlers. When he is himself accused of being one of them, Nell saves him from a lynch mob and together they round up the real outlaws.

The Money Corral

The Money Corral

April 20, 1919

Cowhand Lem Beason wins a shooting contest at a Western rodeo, and as a result is hired by railroad president Gregory Collins to return to Chicago with Collins to take charge of security for Collins' vaults. Lem is reluctant to go, but Collins' pretty niece Rose changes his mind. In Chicago, Lem finds a great deal of criminal activity, but none of it can get the best of him.

Well, I'll Be

Well, I'll Be

April 14, 1919

Larry Semon goes out west.