Will Walling

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The Jazz Singer (1927)

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Al Jolson  •  May McAvoy  •  Warner Oland  •  Eugenie Besserer

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Al Jolson  •  May McAvoy  •  Warner Oland  •  Eugenie Besserer

The Painted Desert (1931)

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Higgin
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  William Boyd  •  Helen Twelvetrees  •  J. Farrell MacDonald

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Higgin
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  William Boyd  •  Helen Twelvetrees  •  J. Farrell MacDonald

Clash of the Wolves (1925)

A fire in the mountains drives a wolf pack into the nearby desert where they terrorize the local residents. The leader of the wolf pack is Lobo, actually a halfbreed (Rin Tin Tin). When the pack is discovered hunting a herd of cows, a posse gives chase. Lobo leaves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Rin-Tin-Tin  •  Nanette  •  June Marlowe  •  Heinie Conklin

A fire in the mountains drives a wolf pack into the nearby desert where they terrorize the local residents. The leader of the wolf pack is Lobo, actually a halfbreed (Rin Tin Tin). When the pack is discovered hunting a herd of cows, a posse gives chase. Lobo leaves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Rin-Tin-Tin  •  Nanette  •  June Marlowe  •  Heinie Conklin

Welcome Danger (1929)

A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair  •  Clyde Bruckman
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Barbara Kent  •  Noah Young  •  Charles Middleton

A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair  •  Clyde Bruckman
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Barbara Kent  •  Noah Young  •  Charles Middleton

Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924)

Nellie Horton, when mistreated by her father, is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton. She grows up in poverty not knowing her true identity as the heiress to her mother's millions. Upon the death of her benefactor, she becomes a model in a fashionable shop. There she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmett J. Flynn
CAST:  Claire Windsor  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Raymond Griffith  •  Lew Cody

Nellie Horton, when mistreated by her father, is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton. She grows up in poverty not knowing her true identity as the heiress to her mother's millions. Upon the death of her benefactor, she becomes a model in a fashionable shop. There she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmett J. Flynn
CAST:  Claire Windsor  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Raymond Griffith  •  Lew Cody

The Village Blacksmith (1922)

(survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith (Walling) are in love with the same woman (Boardman), whom the blacksmith marries. This angers the squire. Years later, the squire's son Anson (Yearsley) dares the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Will Walling  •  Virginia True Boardman  •  Virginia Valli  •  Ida Mae McKenzie

(survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith (Walling) are in love with the same woman (Boardman), whom the blacksmith marries. This angers the squire. Years later, the squire's son Anson (Yearsley) dares the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Will Walling  •  Virginia True Boardman  •  Virginia Valli  •  Ida Mae McKenzie

The Bad Sister (1931)

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hobart Henley
CAST:  Conrad Nagel  •  Sidney Fox  •  Bette Davis  •  Humphrey Bogart

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hobart Henley
CAST:  Conrad Nagel  •  Sidney Fox  •  Bette Davis  •  Humphrey Bogart

Moby Dick (1930)

Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Joan Bennett  •  Lloyd Hughes  •  Noble Johnson

Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Joan Bennett  •  Lloyd Hughes  •  Noble Johnson

North of Hudson Bay (1923)

On a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with Estelle MacDonald. When he arrives at the Canadian trading post, Dane learns that his brother has been murdered and his partner sentenced to death as the killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Kathleen Key  •  Jennie Lee  •  Frank Campeau

On a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with Estelle MacDonald. When he arrives at the Canadian trading post, Dane learns that his brother has been murdered and his partner sentenced to death as the killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Kathleen Key  •  Jennie Lee  •  Frank Campeau

The Mating Call (1928)

A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Thomas Meighan  •  Evelyn Brent  •  Renée Adorée  •  Alan Roscoe

A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Thomas Meighan  •  Evelyn Brent  •  Renée Adorée  •  Alan Roscoe

The Iron Horse (1924)

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Madge Bellamy  •  Charles Edward Bull  •  Cyril Chadwick

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Madge Bellamy  •  Charles Edward Bull  •  Cyril Chadwick

The Great K&A Train Robbery (1926)

Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him bring in the gang he enlists the help of the hobo DeLuxe Harry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Dorothy Dwan  •  Tony the Horse  •  Will Walling

Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him bring in the gang he enlists the help of the hobo DeLuxe Harry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Dorothy Dwan  •  Tony the Horse  •  Will Walling

The Little Minister (1921)

In 1840 Scotland, a young lass named Babbie revels in the country life and frolics with the locals, simple weavers whose livelihood is threatened by increasing industrialization. When Lord Rintoul attempts to rout the rebellious weavers, Babbie always manages to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Penrhyn Stanlaws
CAST:  Betty Compson  •  George Hackathorne  •  Edwin Stevens  •  Nigel Barrie

In 1840 Scotland, a young lass named Babbie revels in the country life and frolics with the locals, simple weavers whose livelihood is threatened by increasing industrialization. When Lord Rintoul attempts to rout the rebellious weavers, Babbie always manages to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Penrhyn Stanlaws
CAST:  Betty Compson  •  George Hackathorne  •  Edwin Stevens  •  Nigel Barrie

Ridin' for Justice (1932)

More a romantic melodrama than a true Western, this Buck Jones vehicle from Columbia starred Jones as Buck Randall, a carefree cowboy whose popularity with the local saloon girls becomes the talk of the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Mary Doran  •  Russell Simpson  •  Walter Miller

More a romantic melodrama than a true Western, this Buck Jones vehicle from Columbia starred Jones as Buck Randall, a carefree cowboy whose popularity with the local saloon girls becomes the talk of the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Mary Doran  •  Russell Simpson  •  Walter Miller

High Speed (1932)

A policeman, working on a case against a local mobster and his gang, slips on some race-car-driver overalls and goggles and, in addition to stopping the mobsters in their tracks, wins a few races and the love of the daughter of the racetrack owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Ward Bond  •  Wallace MacDonald  •  Loretta Sayers

A policeman, working on a case against a local mobster and his gang, slips on some race-car-driver overalls and goggles and, in addition to stopping the mobsters in their tracks, wins a few races and the love of the daughter of the racetrack owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Ward Bond  •  Wallace MacDonald  •  Loretta Sayers

Nobody's Money (1923)

Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real person when the book is a huge success. Ailing literary agent Jack Holt takes the job while his safe cracking friend tags along for the ride. Jack falls in love with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Worsley
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Wanda Hawley  •  Harry Depp  •  Robert Schable

Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real person when the book is a huge success. Ailing literary agent Jack Holt takes the job while his safe cracking friend tags along for the ride. Jack falls in love with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Worsley
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Wanda Hawley  •  Harry Depp  •  Robert Schable

North of the Rio Grande (1922)

Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, one of the prize horses is stolen and his father is killed. Bob swears revenge and becomes known as Velantrie, leader of a band of semi-outlaws, and befriends a priest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rollin S. Sturgeon
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Bebe Daniels  •  Charles Ogle  •  Alec B. Francis

Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, one of the prize horses is stolen and his father is killed. Bob swears revenge and becomes known as Velantrie, leader of a band of semi-outlaws, and befriends a priest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rollin S. Sturgeon
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Bebe Daniels  •  Charles Ogle  •  Alec B. Francis

Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)

Left an orphan by the death of his father, Mickey Hogan sails for Australia to live with relatives, but he is shipwrecked and stranded on an island inhabited by cannibals who worship him as a war god.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Jackie Coogan  •  Daniel J. O'Brien  •  Will Walling  •  Tom Santschi

Left an orphan by the death of his father, Mickey Hogan sails for Australia to live with relatives, but he is shipwrecked and stranded on an island inhabited by cannibals who worship him as a war god.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Jackie Coogan  •  Daniel J. O'Brien  •  Will Walling  •  Tom Santschi

Cleopatra (1928)

An early retelling of Cleopatra’s story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Dorothy Revier  •  Robert Ellis  •  Serge Temoff  •  Will Walling

An early retelling of Cleopatra’s story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Dorothy Revier  •  Robert Ellis  •  Serge Temoff  •  Will Walling

The Siren Call (1922)

Love complicates the hunt for gold in 1890's Alaska.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Willat
CAST:  Dorothy Dalton  •  David Powell  •  Mitchell Lewis  •  Ed Brady

Love complicates the hunt for gold in 1890's Alaska.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Willat
CAST:  Dorothy Dalton  •  David Powell  •  Mitchell Lewis  •  Ed Brady
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