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No film holdings matched "Action Drama Thriller Western" in title — but it appears in catalogs below.
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 308
…semi-historical melo- drama of peasant hero's revolt against brutal oppression by landowners in 18th century Slovakia. Grim action occasionally lightened by robust…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 47
…A -Absurd Y—Perhaps C—No President Vanishes, The (Arthur Byron, Paul Kelly) (Paramount) Excellent melo- dramatic thriller about ruthless financiers driving the country…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 213
…8-18-J6 (A) Mediocre (Y) Harmless thriller (C) Excit. Crime of Dr. Forbes (Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent) (20th Cent.) Starts as serious drama…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 216
…Bruce) (MGM) Well-acted, overlong roman- tic drama, fine in spots, but hospital back- ground and action not always credible, melo- dramatic crises overdone…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 244
…Over Europe (British) (Richardson, Olivier) (Colum) Lively, delightful spy-thriller- comedy of character and action. New radio power-ray threatens England's aviation. Thrills…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 181
…Slow in action and low in taste. Very funny for general movie audience not for those at all faa- tidiouB. Jonrney's End (Tiffany…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 406
…Fair Warning (George O'Brien) (Fox) Ordinary Western, with usual hero-girl-villain-horse-dog stuff, live- ly action and artificial thrills. Kid- napping…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 230
…Passable little thriller. B-7-40 (A) Feeble (Y) Passable (C) Fair Dr. Cyclops (Albert Dekker, Janice Logan) (Para) Fantastic pseudo-science thriller of…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 232
…Excessive talk clogs action. 7-5-38 (A) Mediocre (Y) Hardly (C) No Yellow Jack(Montgomery, Stone, Bruce) (MGM) Inspiring, moving drama of courage…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 110
…drama of hatred, vengeance and mt)b-hysteria affecting career and life of fine surgeon-hero. Some real human values, but overdrawn, incredible action…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 180
…Whimsical mix- ture of romance, adventure, and costume melo- drama in merry vein. 6-2-36 (A) Enjoyable (Y) Very good (C) Good Federal…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 176
…4-11-39 (A) Hardly (Y) No (C) No Dodge City (Errol Flynn, de Havilland) (War- ner) Lavish Technicolor western thriller, bury- ing history…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 36
…Gene Lock- hart) (MGM) Fine screening of Dickens that is Dickens, done with dignity and truth in character, action, dialog and settings. Tempo slightly…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 72
…Grant, McLaglen, Fairbanks Jr.) (RKO) Excellent, picturesque thriller of British army life in India, informative in sets. costumes, customs and routine. But action bristles…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 94
…Weidler, Guy Kibbee) (MGM) Appealing sentimental little drama with religious motif and much pathos and humor. V. Weidler as little orphan girl charm- ingly…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 136
…fine western settings, delight- ful music and song, and picturesque characters. Romantic melodrama with too many interpola- tions to be very dramatic. Better acting…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 20
…Para. ) The famous Belasco stage- play becomes a rather antequated western, with the action slowed down to musical-com- edy tempo. Swarthout's singing…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 222
…Kirkland, Violet Heming) (Fox) Grim, murder-mystery thrill- er of real merit for tense action, fine acting, continuous dramatic suspense, granting initial promise of…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 224
…6-6-39 (A) Good of kind (Y) (C) Good thriller Risky Business (George Murphy, Dorothea Kent) (Univ) More sensational gang-melo- drama. Excessively…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 142
…All Women Have Secrets (Virginia Dale, Jo- seph Allen) (Para) Thoroughly mediocre and absurd little drama about struggles of student scientist and student wife…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 525
…Gailty Hands (Lionel Barrymore) (M-G-M) Thrillingr murder - melo- drama, skillfully built by Bayard Veiller and finely acted by Barry- more and cast…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 217
…Grim, realistic bat- tle scenes and effective dramatic episodes. Cen- tral figures are two contrasting French officers in love with same girl but romance…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 189
…Much human and dramatic value in little hero's misdirected devotion to a crook, as well as wholesome and stimulating propaganda on reform school…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 191
…8-13-35 (A) Stupid (Y) Feeble (C) Doubtful Rip Roarin* Riley (Unimportant cast) (Pur- itan ) Rudimentary western thriller repeating production of twenty years…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 260
…A—Fair Y—Hardly C—No After Toniffht (Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland) (RKO) War-spy thriller, with in- credibly clever heroine a Russian spy…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 139
…llirilling action and excitement, yet not enough to outweigh human interest. Avoids being propaganda for either side. Dialog and action undistinguished. A—Mediocre Y…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 117
Aprity 1930 113 Titles of Filnu (Actors) (Producers) MoDitted Stranffcr, The ( Hoot Gibson) (Universal) More western warfare between hero and villain the sort that…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 218
…Boyer, Hedy Lamarr) (U.A.) Colorful, exotic thriller beautifully photograph td, centering around glamorous criininnl. Draggy action weakens suspense, but fascinat- ing settings, interesting…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 160
…5-28-35 (A) Stupid (Y) Poor (C) No Casino Murder Case, The (Paul Lukas) (MGM) Typical Van Dine thriller, with a new Philo…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 372
…Fine love-of-nature document. {A) Notable <Y) & (Ct Excellent Argentine Nights (Ritz Brothers) (Universal) Loud, crude, senseless farce-riot of hectic action, crazy…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 561
…mixed in to produce violent action. A color- less heroine is also present occa- sionally. A mere thriller. Siinaw Man. The (Warner Bax- ter…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 22
…Crabbe, Beery, etc. ) ( Paramount ) Above average Zane Grey western thriller with cast notable for "tough" roles. Trading post days, buffaloes, Indians, covered wagons, fighting…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 142
…Good as Westerns go. 4-6-37 (A) Hardly (Y-C) Good of kind Dangerous Number (Robt. Young, Ann Soth- ern) (MOM) Crazy farce…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 333
February, 1929 51 Titles of Films (Actors) (Prodncers) Phantom City, The (Ken May- nard) (First Nat'l) "Western" mys- tery thriller—deserted mining town…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 22
…Deceiver, The (Ian Keith) (Co- lumbia) Backstage murder-mystery- detective-thriller above average of its kind. Great dramatic star is also cruel Lothario and…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 25
…L«- lie Howard ) i KKO i Kxcellent trianRle drama. Hophbttioated. diunified. and beautifully acted, ithowintr fine. Hen.sitivo hero's choice uf true Icve…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 284
…Broadway to Cheyenne (Rex Bell) (Mono- gram) Melodramatic thriller of little merit except lively action, about gangsters who op- erate first in New York…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 217
…farce-melo- drama mixture, with super-clever reporter heroine solving puzzling claim of mullato girl to white child. Some appealing action and comedy, Fredi…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 438
…bad dramatic construction, artificial thrills, and much mediocre acting make it merely pretentious hokum. with some unwholesome spots. Some good photography cannot redeem the…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 278
…Call of the West (Matt Moore) (Columbia) The hero is a westerner and the cabaret dancer, coming West for her health, falls in love…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 127
…4-16-35 (A) Hardly (Y) Fair thriller (C) Hardly Rendez-Tous at Midnight (Ralph Bellamy, Valerie Hobson) (Univ.) Murder-mystery melo- drama on…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 106
…Absorbing hu- man drama of romance and conflict between two families interwoven with stirring portray- al of inhabitants' losing struggle for existence and final…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 202
…improb- able drama, well acted and produced. Brutal gang murderer of high school tailor, acquitted in court, stirs student body into action to prove…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 189
…ele- ments in dialog and character, by creaky melo- drama and distorted motives and actions. Too false to be plausible. 7-16-35 (A…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 272
…10-5-37 (A) Good of kind (Y) Good thriller (C)No Califomian, The (Ricardo Cortez) (Fox) Lively semi-historical melodrama interesting chiefly for…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 189
…Mature social drama, done with taste, dignity and much charm and humor. I'rohably too restrained and subtle for popular taste. A Very good…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 489
…To be taken merely as a thriller, not as "life." All talking. Evangeline (Dolores del Rio) (U. A.) Impressive and sincere render- ing of…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 190
…Ellison) (Para) Mulford's book made into above-average western with more action than fidelity. Crooked, cattle-rustling foreman makes trouble between two ranches…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 216
…Spy activities and rivalry over heroine between paunchy war profiteer and army-captain hero, provide fair drama and suspense, but choppy action, colorless heroine…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 85
…Merely tensely human episodes, with little dramatic connection, vividly por- tray mx-ial heroism and the outraiceoua trafc- edy of war. A—Notable Y…