Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and continuity: George H. Plympton
Cast: Edmund Cobb
Mustang western, two reels, released December 11, 1926
Lazy Lightning (1926)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Harrison Jacobs
Cinematography: Eddie Linden
Cast: Arthur Acord, Fay Wray, Bobby Gordon, Vin Moore, Arthur Morrison, George French
Blue streak western, five reels, released December 12, 1926
Length: 4,572 feet
The Stolen Ranch (1926)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Robert F. Hill
Screenplay: George H. Plympton
Cinematography: Al Jones
Cast: Fred Humes, Louise Lorraine, William Norton Bailey, Ralph McCullough, Nita Cavalier, Edward Cecil, Howard Truesdale, Slim Whittaker, Jack Kirk
Blue streak western, five reels, releaed December 26, 1926
Length: 4,587 feet
The Two Fister (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and continuity: George H. Plympton
Cast: Edmund Cobb
Mustang western, two reels, released January 8, 1927
Kelcy Gets His Man (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and scenario: William Lester
Cast: Edmund Cobb, Alice Goodwin
Mustang western, two reels, released February 19, 1927
Tenderfoot Courage (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: F. V. Lautzenhiser
Cast: Fred Gilman, Alma Rayford
Mustang western, two reels, released February 26, 1927
The Silent Partner (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Basil Dickey
Scenario: George Morgan
Cast: Edmund Cobb, Hazel Keener
Mustang western, two reels, released March 19, 1927
Blazing Days (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Florence Ryerson
Screenplay: George H. Plympton and R. Hill
Cinematography: Al Jones
Art direction: David S. Garber
Cast: Fred Humes, Ena Gregory, Churchill Ross, Bruce Gordon, Eva
Thatcher, Bernard Siegel, Dick L'Estrange
Blue streak western, five reels, released March 27, 1927
Length: 4,639 feet
Galloping Justice (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and scenario: George H. Plympton
Cast: Edmund Cobb
Mustang western, two reels, released April 9, 1927
The Haunted Homestead (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: L. V. Jefferson
Cast: Fred Gilman, Violet La Plante
Mustang western, two reels, released April 16, 1927
Hard Fists (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: William Lester and George H. Plympton, from Charles A.
Logue's The Grappler
Cinematography: Edwin Linden
Art direction: David Garber
Cast: Art Acord, Louise Lorraine, Lee Holmes, Albert J. Smith
Blue streak western, five reels, released April 24, 1927
Length: 4,387 feet
The Lone Star (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and scenario: William Lester
Cast: Fred Gilman, Barbara Worth
Mustang western, two reels, released May 7, 1927
The Ore Raiders (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and scenario: William Lester
Cast: Fred Gilman, Fred Humes, Barbara Starr
Mustang western, two reels, released May 21, 1927
The Home Trail (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Rhea Mitchell
Cast: Fred Gilman, Shirley Palmer
Mustang western, two reels, released June 4, 1927
Gun Justice (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and scenario: William Lester
Cast: Fred Gilman
Mustang western, two reels, released July 2, 1927
The Phantom Outlaw (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story and scenario: William Lester
Cast: Fred Gilman
Mustang western, two reels, released July 16, 1927
The Square Shooter (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Kenneth Langley
Cast: Fred Gilman
Mustang western, two reels, released August 13, 1927
Daze of the West (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Billy Engle
Scenario: William Lester
Cast: Vin Moore, Fred Gilman, Elaine Forest
Mustang western, two reels, copyrighted Library of Congress, Catalog of Entries, Motion Pictures, August 16, 1927
The Horse Trader (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Story: Brandt Riley
Cast: Fred Gilman
Mustang western, two reels, released August 20, 1927
The Border Cavalier (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Basil Dickey
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Al Jones
Art direction: David Garber
Cast: Fred Humes, Evelyn Pierce, Joyce Compton, C. E. “Captain” Anderson, Gilbert “Peewee” Holmes, “Smilin’” Benny Corbett, Dick L'Estrange, Scott Mattraw, Boris Bullock
Blue streak western, five reels, released September 18, 1927
Length: 4,427 feet
Straight Shootin' (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: William Lester
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Milton Bridenbecker
Art direction: David Garber
Cast: Ted Wells, Garry O'Dell, Lillian Gilmore, Joe Bennett, Al Ferguson, Wilbur Mack, Buck Connors
Blue streak western, five reels, released October 16, 1927
Length: 4,205 feet
Desert Dust (1927)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: William Lester
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Milton Bridenbecker
Art direction: David Garber
Cast: Ted Wells, Lotus Thompson, Bruce Gordon, Dick L'Estrange, Jimmy Phillips, Charles “Slim” Cole, George Ovey
Released December 18, 1927
Length: 4,349 feet
Thunder Riders (1928)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Basil Dickey and Carl Krusada
Titles: Gardner Bradford
Cinematography: Milton Bridenbecker
Editor: Harry Marker
Art direction: David Garber
Cast: Ted Wells, Charlotte Stevens, William A. Steele, Gilbert “Peewee” Holmes, Dick L'Estrange, Bill Dyer, Leo White, Julia Griffith, Bob Burns
Released April 8, 1928
Length: 4,363 feet
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
Universal
Producer: Robert Wyler
Director: William Wyler
Scenario: John B. Clymer
Titles: Walter Anthony and Albert De Mond
Story: Leigh Jason
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Editor: George McGuire
Cast: Bessie Love (Mitzi Lavelle), Tom Moore (Pat Kelly), Kate Price (Mrs. O'Grady), Addie McPhail (Mrs. Hickson), Bruce Gordon (Mr. Hickson), Alfred Allen (Sergeant Malloy), Tom O'Brien (Buck Johnson), Wilson Benge (Butler), Rosa Gore (French Mother), Dorothea Wolbert (Slavey)
Approximately 83 minutes
The Shakedown (1929)
Universal-Jewel
Director: William Wyler
Scenario: Charles A. Logue and Clarence Marks
Titles and dialogue: Albert De Mond
Story: Charles A. Logue
Photography: Charles Stumar and Jerome Ash
Editors: Lloyd Nosler and Richard Cahoon
Musical score: Joseph Cherniavsky
Cast: James Murray (Dave Hall), Barbara Kent (Marjorie), George Kostonaros (Battling Rolf), Wheeler Oakman (Manager), Jack Hanlon (Clem), Harry Gibbon (Bouncer)
Sound: approximately 88 minutes; silent: approximately 90 minutes
The Love Trap (1929)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Scenario: John B. Clymer and Clarence J. Marks
Story: Edward J. Montagne
Dialogue: Clarence Thompson
Titles: Albert De Mond
Photography: Gilbert Warrenton
Editor: Maurice Pivar
Cast: Laura La Plante (Laura/Evelyn Todd), Neil Hamilton (Peter Cadwaller/Paul Harrington), Robert Ellis (Guy Emory), Jocelyn Lee (Bunny), Norman Trevor (Judge Cadwaller/Harrington), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Cadwaller/Harrington), Rita Le Roy (Mary Cadwaller/iris Harrington)
Sound: approximately 83 minutes; silent: approximately 85 minutes
1930s
Hell's Heroes (1930)
Universal
Presented by: Carl Laemmle
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay and dialogue: Tom Reed, based on the novel The Three Godfathers by Peter Kyne
Photography: George Robinson
Editors: William Boyce and Earl Neville (silent version); Harry Marker (sound version)
Supervising story chief: C. Gardner Sullivan (silent version)
Recording engineer: C. Roy Hunter
Sound technician: William W. Hedgecock
Cast: Charles Bickford (Bob Sangster), Raymond Hatton (Barbwire Gibbons), Fred Kohler (Wild Bill Kearny), Fritzi Ridgeway (Mother), Jose de la Cruz (Jose), Buck Conners (Parson Jones), Walter James (Sheriff)
Sound: approximately 82 minutes; silent: approximately 78 minutes
The Storm (1930)
Universal
Presented by: Carl Laemmle
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Wells Root, based on the play The Storm by Langdon McCormick
Adaptation: Charles A. Logue
Dialogue: Tom Reed
Photography: Alvin Wyckoff
Recording engineer: Joseph P. Lapis and C. Roy Hunter
Cast: Lupe Velez (Manette Fachard), Paul Cavanagh (Dave Stewart), William Boyd (Burr Winston), Alphonse Ethier (Jacques Fachard), Ernest Adams (Johnny), Tom London, Nick Thompson, Erin La Bissoniere
Distribution: Universal
76 minutes
A House Divided (1931)
Universal
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Director: William Wyler
Assistant producer: Paul Kohner
Screenplay: John B. Clymer and Dale Van Every, based on the story “Heart and Hand” by Olive Edens
Dialogue: John Huston
Photography: Charles Stumar
Supervising film editor: Maurice Pivar
Editor: Ted Kent
Art direction: John Hughes
Special effects: John Fulton
Cast: Walter Huston (Seth Law), Kent Douglass (Matt Law), Helen Chandler (Ruth Evans), Vivian Oakland (Bess), Lloyd Ingraham (Doc), Charles Middleton (Minister), Frank Hagney (Mann), Mary Foy (Mary), Walter Brennan (Musician)
70 minutes
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: George Green and Tom Buckingham, based on a story by George Green and Dale Van Every
Additional dialogue: Clarence Marks
Photography: Charles Stumar
Editor: Ted Kent
Art direction: John J. Hughes
Cast: Tom Brown (Tom Brown), H. B. Warner (Dr. Brown), Slim Summerville (Slim), Richard Cromwell (Bob Randolph), Ben Alexander (Ralph), Sidney Toler (Major Wharton), Russell Hopton (Doctor), Andy Devine (Call Boy), Willard Robertson (Captain White), Norman Philips Jr. (Carruthers), Tyrone Power Jr. (John), Kit Wain, Matt Roubert, Dick Winslow, personnel of the Culver Military Academy
70 minutes
Her First Mate (1933)
Universal
Presented by: Carl Laemmle
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Earle Snell and Clarence Marks, based on the play Salt Water by Daniel Jarrett, Frank Craven, and John Golden
Photography: George Robinson
Editor: Ted Kent
Art direction: Stanley Fleischer
Cast: Slim Summerville (John Horner), ZaSu Pitts (Mary Horner), Una Merkel (Hattie Horner), Warren Hymer (Percival Todd), Henry Armetta (Nick Socrates), Berton Churchill (Harvey Davis), George Marion (Sam), Jocelyn Lee (Redhead)
66 minutes
Counsellor-at-Law (1933)
Universal
Personally supervised by: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer: Henry Henigson
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Elmer Rice, adapted from the stage play by Elmer Rice
Photography: Norbert Brodine
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Editorial supervision: Maurice Pivar
Art direction: Charles D. Hall
Cast: John Barrymore (George Simon), Bebe Daniels (Regina Gordon), Doris Kenyon (Cora Simon), Onslow Stevens (John P. Tedesco), Isabel Jewell (Bessie Green), Melvyn Douglas (Roy Darwin), Thelma Todd (Lillian La Rue), Mayo Methot (Zedorah Chapman), Marvin Kline (Herbert Howard Weinberg), Conway Washburne (Arthur Sandler), John Qualen (Breitstein), Bobby Gordon (Henry Susskind), John Hammon Dailey (McFadden), Malka Kornstein (Sarah Becker), Angela Jacobs (Goldie Rindskopf), Clara Langsner (Lena Simon), T. H. Manning (Peter J. Malone), Elmer Brown (Francis Clark Baird), Barbara Perry (Dorothy), Richard Quine (Richard), Victor Adams (David Simon), Frederick Burton (Crayfield), Vincent Sherman (Harry Becker)
78 minutes
Glamour (1934)
Universal
Director: William Wyler
Adaptation: Doris Anderson, based on the short story by Edna Ferber
Continuity: Gladys Unger
Photography: George Robinson
Editor: Ted Kent
Art direction: Charles D. Hall
Musical score: Howard Jackson and Roy Turk
Cast: Paul Lukas (Victor Banki), Constance Cummings (Linda Faye), Phillip Reed (Lorenzo Valenti), Joseph Cawthorn (Ibsen), Doris Lloyd (Nana), Lyman Williams (Forsyth), David Dickinson (Stevie), Peggy Campbell (Amy), Olaf Hytten (Dobbs), Alice Lake (Secretary), Lita Chevret (Grassie), Phil Tead (Jimmy)
74 minutes
The Good Fairy (1935)
Universal
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Director: William Wyler
Associate producer: Henry Henigson
Screenplay: Preston Sturges, based on the play by Ferenc Molnár as translated by Jane Hinton
Photography: Norbert Brodine
Editorial supervision: Maurice Pivar
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: Charles D. Hall
Costumes: Vera West
Music director: Heinz Roemheld
Sound supervision: Gilbert Kurland
Cast: Margaret Sullavan (Luisa Ginglebusher), Herbert Marshall (Dr. Max Sporum), Frank Morgan (Konrad), Reginald Owen (Detlaff), Alan Hale (Schlapkohl), B
eulah Bondi (Dr. Schultz), Cesar Romero (Joe), Eric Blore (Dr. Metz), Al Bridges (Doorman), June Clayworth (Actress), George Davis (Chauffeur), Hugh O'Connell (Gas Collector)
98 minutes
The Gay Deception (1935)
Twentieth Century–Fox
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Stephen Avery and Don Hartman
Additional dialogue: Arthur Richman (and Sam Raphaelson, uncredited)
Photography: Joseph Valentine
Art direction: Max Parker
Costumes: William Lambert
Music: Louis de Francesco
Sound: A. von Kirbach
Assistant director: A. Schaumer
Cast: Francis Lederer (Sandro), Frances Dee (Mirabel), Benita Hume (Miss Channing), Alan Mowbray (Lord Clewe), Paul Hurst (Bell Captain), Ferdinand Gottschalk (Squires), Richard Carle (Spitzer), Lenita Lane (Peg DeForrest), Lennox Pawel (Consul-General), Adele St. Maur (Lucille, the Maid), Lionel Stander (Gettel), Akim Tamiroff (Spellek), Barbara Fritchie (Joan Dennison)
Distribution: United Artists
79 minutes
These Three (1936)
Samuel Goldwyn Production
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Lillian Hellman, based on her play The Children's Hour
Photography: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: Richard Day
Costumes: Omar Kiam
Music: Alfred Newman
Assistant director: Walter Mayo
Sound recorder: Frank Maher
Cast: Miriam Hopkins (Martha Dobie), Merle Oberon (Karen Wright), Joel McCrea (Dr. Joseph Cardin), Catherine Doucet (Mrs. Lily Mortar), Alma Kruger (Mrs. Tilford), Bonita Granville (Mary Tilford), Marcia Mae Jones (Rosalie Wells), Carmencita Johnson (Evelyn), Margaret Hamilton (Agatha), Marie Louise Cooper (Helen Burton), Mary Ann Durkin (Joyce Walton), Walter Brennan (Taxi Driver)
Distribution: United Artists
93 minutes
Dodsworth (1936)
Samuel Goldwyn Production
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Director: William Wyler
Associate producer: Merritt Hulburd
Screenplay: Sidney Howard, based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis and on the play adapted by Sidney Howard as produced for the stage by Max Gordon
Photography: Rudolph Maté
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: Richard Day
Costumes: Omar Kiam
Music: Alfred Newman
Assistant director: Eddie Bernoudy
Sound: Oscar Lagerstrom
Location cameraman: Harry Perry
Cast: Walter Huston (Sam Dodsworth), Ruth Chatterton (Fran Dodsworth), Paul Lukas (Arnold Iselin), Mary Astor (Edith Cortwright), David Niven (Major Clyde Lockert), Gregory Gaye (Kurt von Obersdorf), Maria Ouspenskaya (Baroness von Obersdorf), Odette Myrtil (Mme. Renée de Penable), Kathryn Marlowe (Emily), John Payne (Harry McKee), Spring Byington (Matey Pearson), Harlan Briggs (Tubby Pearson), Charles Halton (Hazzard), Beatrice Maud (Mary, the Dodsworths’ Maid), Wilson Benge (Steward), Inez Palange (Teresa)
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