George “Gabby” Hayes

The Lawless Frontier, 1934 starring John Wayne

The Lawless Frontier, 1934 starring John Wayne

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The Lawless Frontier is a 1934 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George “Gabby” Hayes, and Earl Dwire. Plot: The movie opens with a family shooting from the window of their home, as they are robbed of their cattle. John Tobin (John Wayne) arrives home later that night and discovers his family… Read more →

Riders of Destiny (1933), with John Wayne as a singing cowboy

Riders of Destiny (1933), with John Wayne as a singing cowboy

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Riders of Destiny is a 1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin’ Sandy Saunders, the screen’s second singing cowboy (the first being Ken Maynard in the 1929 film The Wagon Master). It was the first of a series of Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures by Wayne and director Robert N. Bradbury and the first… Read more →