Title
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Studio
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Genre
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Writer(s)
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Cast
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Notes
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- 1917 -
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The Tornado
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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Story: Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
Screenplay: Grace Cunard, Francis Ford and John Ford
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John Ford and Jean Hathaway
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Ford's debut film and now considered to be lost
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The Trail of Hate
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Drama
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John Ford
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John Ford
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Lost film
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The Scrapper
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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John Ford
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John Ford
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Lost film
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The Soul Herder
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
|
George Hively
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Harry Carey
|
Lost film
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Cheyenne's Pal
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: John Ford
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson
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Gertrude Astor and Harry Carey
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Lost film
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Straight Shooting
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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George Hively
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Harry Carey
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Prints survive in the film archive at George Eastman House
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The Secret Man
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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Story: John Ford
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson
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Harry Carey
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Two of the five reels survive
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A Marked Man
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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Story: John Ford
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson
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Harry Carey and Molly Malone
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Lost film
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Bucking Broadway
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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George Hively
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Harry Carey and Molly Malone
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Thought to be lost, but rediscovered in 2002. Released in 2014 as an extra feature on The Criterion Collection Blu-ray of the 1939 classic Stagecoach.[3]
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- 1918 -
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The Phantom Riders
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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Story: Henry MacRae
Screenplay: George Hively
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Harry Carey and William Steele
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Lost film
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Wild Women
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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Story: Harry Carey and John Ford
Screenplay: George Hively
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Harry Carey and Molly Malone
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Lost film
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Thieves' Gold
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Frederic R. Bechdolt
Screenplay: George Hively
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Harry Carey and Molly Malone
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Lost film
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The Scarlet Drop
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: John Ford
Screenplay: George Hively
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Harry Carey and Molly Malone
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30 minutes of footage still survives
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Hell Bent
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: John Ford, Harry Carey and Eugene B. Lewis
Screenplay: John Ford and Harry Carey
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Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee
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A print of the film still survives
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A Woman's Fool
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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George Hively
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Harry Carey and Betty Schade
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Lost film
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The Craving
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Drama
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Story: Francis Ford
Screenplay: Francis Ford and John Ford
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Francis Ford
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Lost film and co-directed with his brother, Francis Ford
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Three Mounted Men
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Eugene B. Lewis
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Harry Carey
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Lost film
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- 1919 -
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Roped
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
|
Eugene B. Lewis
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Harry Carey and Neva Gerber
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Lost film
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The Fighting Brothers
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: George C. Hull
Screenplay: George Hively
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Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
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Lost film
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A Fight for Love
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Eugene B. Lewis
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Harry Carey
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Lost film
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Rustlers
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
|
George Hively
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Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
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|
Bare Fists
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Bernard McConville
Screenplay: Eugene B. Lewis
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Harry Carey and Betty Schade
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Lost film
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Gun Law
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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H. Tipton Steck
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Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
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The Gun Packer
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Harry Carey
Screenplay: Karl R. Coolidge and John Ford
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Pete Morrison and Hoot Gibson
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By Indian Post
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Western
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Story: William Wallace Cook
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck
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Pete Morrison and Duke R. Lee
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One of the two reels survive
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Riders of Vengeance
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Harry Carey
Screenplay: John Ford and Eugene B. Lewis
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Harry Carey and Seena Owen
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Lost film
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The Last Outlaw
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Eugene B. Lewis and John Ford
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck
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Edgar Jones and Lucille Hutton
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Part of the film survives
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Bret Harte
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck
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Harry Carey and Cullen Landis
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Lost film
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Ace of the Saddle
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Frederick J. Jackson
Screenplay: George Hively
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Harry Carey and Duke R. Lee
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Lost film
|
Rider of the Law
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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G.B. Lancaster and H. Tipton Steck
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Harry Carey and Vester Pegg
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Lost film
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A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Harry Carey and John Ford
Screenplay: Hal Hoadley
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Harry Carey and J. Barney Sherry
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Partially lost film – 3 reels survive
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Marked Men
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Peter B. Kyne
Screenplay: H. Tipton Steck
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Harry Carey
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Lost film and a remake of the 1916 film The Three Godfathers
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- 1920 -
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The Prince of Avenue A
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Drama
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Story: Charles T. Dazey and Frank Mitchell Dazey
Screenplay: Charles J. Wilson
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James J. Corbett and Richard Cummings
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Lost film
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The Girl in Number 29
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Drama
|
Philip D. Hurn
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Frank Mayo and Elinor Fair
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Lost film
|
Hitchin' Posts
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Drama
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Story: Harold Shumate
Screenplay: George C. Hull
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Frank Mayo
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Lost film
|
Just Pals
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Western
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Story: John McDermott
Screenplay: Paul Schofield
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Buck Jones and Helen Ferguson
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Ford's first film for Fox
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- 1921 -
|
The Big Punch
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Western
|
John Ford and Jules Furthman
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Buck Jones and Barbara Bedford
|
|
The Freeze-Out
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
|
George C. Hull
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Harry Carey and Helen Ferguson
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Lost film
|
The Wallop
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
|
Story: Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Screenplay: George C. Hull
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Harry Carey and Mignonne Golden
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Lost film
|
Desperate Trails
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Courtney Ryley Cooper
Screenplay: Elliott J. Clawson
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Harry Carey and Irene Rich
|
Lost film
|
Action
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
|
Story: J. Allan Dunn
Screenplay: Harvey Gates
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Hoot Gibson and Francis Ford
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Lost film
|
Sure Fire
|
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
|
Western
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Story: Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Screenplay: George C. Hull
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Hoot Gibson and Molly Malone
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Lost film
|
Jackie
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Dorothy Yost
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Shirley Mason and William Scott
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Lost film
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- 1922 -
|
Little Miss Smiles
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
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John Stone and Dorothy Yost
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Shirley Mason and Gaston Glass
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Lost film
|
Silver Wings
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Paul Sloane
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Mary Carr and Lynn Hammond
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Ford directed the prologue only
|
The Village Blacksmith
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Paul Sloane
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Will Walling and Virginia True Boardman
|
Lost film with only one of the eight reels surviving
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- 1923 -
|
The Face on the Bar-Room Floor
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
G. Marion Burton and Eugene B. Lewis
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Henry B. Walthall and Ruth Clifford
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Lost film
|
Three Jumps Ahead
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Western
|
John Ford
|
Tom Mix and Alma Bennett
|
Lost film
|
Cameo Kirby
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Robert N. Lee
|
John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead
|
First film credited as John Ford
|
North of Hudson Bay
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Action
|
Jules Furthman
|
Tom Mix and Kathleen Key
|
40 minutes of footage survive
|
Hoodman Blind
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Charles Kenyon
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David Butler and Gladys Hulette
|
Lost film
|
- 1924 -
|
The Iron Horse
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Western
|
Story: Charles Kenyon and John Russell
Screenplay: Charles Kenyon and Charles Darnton
|
George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy
|
Ford was uncredited
|
Hearts of Oak
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Charles Kenyon
|
Hobart Bosworth and Pauline Starke
|
Lost film
|
- 1925 -
|
Lightnin'
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Comedy
|
Frances Marion
|
Jay Hunt and Wallace MacDonald
|
|
Kentucky Pride
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Dorothy Yost and Elizabeth Pickett
|
Gertrude Astor and Peaches Jackson
|
|
Thank You
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Comedy
|
Frances Marion
|
Alec B. Francis and Jacqueline Logan
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Lost film
|
The Fighting Heart
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Drama
|
Lillie Hayward
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George O'Brien and Billie Dove
|
Lost film
|
- 1926 -
|
The Shamrock Handicap
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Romance
|
Story: Peter B. Kyne
Screenplay: John Stone and Elizabeth Pickett
|
Janet Gaynor and Leslie Fenton
|
Print survives at the Museum of Modern Art
|
3 Bad Men
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Western
|
John Stone, Ralph Spence and Malcolm Stuart Boylan
|
George O'Brien and Olive Borden
|
|
The Blue Eagle
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Action
|
Story: Gerald Beaumont
Screenplay: Gordon Rigby and Malcolm Stuart Boylan
|
George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor
|
Ford was uncredited
|
- 1927 -
|
Upstream
|
Fox Film Corporation
|
Comedy
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Story: Wallace Smith
Screenplay: Randall Faye
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Nancy Nash and Earle Foxe
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Once lost, but rediscovered in 2010 in New Zealand
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