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Zane Grey's movie credits [over 120 entries!, 1898-1996] on Internet Movie Database


1898  to  1920

"The Ball Game" silent short [Edison Mfg. Co. May 1898]
future author Zane Grey [1872-1939] is pitcher for the Reading, Pennsylvania Coal Heavers baseball team versus the Newark Colts
video/DVD not available • credits from IMDb
watch b&w silent clip [9/2007 upload; 0:28] online at YouTube

          

"Graft" silent 20-episode serial [Universal Dec 1915]
Universal's general manager Joe Brandt conceived the idea of a serial about a young attorney fighting corruption, with each episode based on or written by a different famous author • Produced & co-directed by and starring Richard Stanton, co-directed by George Lessey; one episode written by Zane Grey; also starring Harry Carey, Hobart Henley, Jane Novak, Glen White, Nanine Wright, Mark Fenton & Mina Cunard
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

          

"The Border Legion" [Goldwyn July 1918]
Directed by T. Hayes Hunter; starring Blanche Bates, Hobart Bosworth, Eugene Strong, Kewpie Morgan, Russell Simpson, Arthur Morrison, Bull Montana, Richard Souzade & Kate Elmore
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb

          

"Riders of The Purple Sage" [Fox Sept 1918]
Adapted & directed by Frank Lloyd; starring William Farnum, William Scott, Marc Robbins, Murdock MacQuarrie, Mary Mersch, Kathryn Adams, Nancy Caswell & J. Holmes
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Rainbow Trail" [Fox Oct 1918]
Co-written & directed by Frank Lloyd; staring William Farnum, Ann Forrest, Mary Mersch, William Burress, William Nigh, Genevieve Blinn & George Ross
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Light of Western Stars" [Sherman-United Nov 1918]
Directed by Charles Swickard; starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Bert Appling, Josef Swickard, Virginia True Boardman, Charley Rogers, Jeanne Maddock, George Field, Frank Clark, Edward Hearn, Ogden Crane, Lon Poff, George Cummings & Sam Appel
Greatest Sports Legends b&w VHS [5/2001] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

          

"The Lone Star Ranger" [Fox June 1919]
Lone Star Ranger 1919 movie poster directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring William Farnum  Directed by J. Gordon Edwards; starring William Farnum, Louise Lovely, G. Raymond Nye, Charles Clary, Lamar Johnstone, Fred Herzog, Irene Rich & Tom London
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $0.00
          

"Desert Gold" [Hodkinson/Pathι Nov 1919]
Desert Gold 1919 movie poster directed by T. Hayes Hunter  Produced by Zane Grey Pictures; directed by T. Hayes Hunter; starring E.K. Lincoln, W.H. Bainbridge, Frank Brownlee, Lawson Butt, Jeanne Carpenter, Edward Coxen, Beulah Dark Cloud, Mary Jane Irving, Frank Lanning, Walter Long, Arthur Morrison, Eileen Percy, Russell Simpson, Margery Wilson & Laura Winston
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"The Last of The Duanes" [Fox Sept 1919]
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards; starring William Farnum, Louise Lovely, Frances Raymond, Harry De Vere, Genevieve Blinn, Clarence Burton, Charles Clary, Orra Gardner, C. Edward Hatton, Henry Hebert, Fred Herzog, Lamar Johnstone, Tom London & G. Raymond Nye
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb

          

"Riders of The Dawn" [Hodkinson/Pathι May 1920]
Produced by Zane Grey Pictures; directed by Jack Conway; based on "Desert of Wheat"; starring Roy Stewart, Claire Adams, Marc Robbins, Joseph J. Dowling, Robert McKim, Fred Starr, Violet Schram, Frank Brownlee, Marie Messinger & Arthur Morrison • video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb

          

"The U.P. Trail" [Hodkinson/Pathι Nov 1920]
Produced by Zane Grey Pictures; directed by Jack Conway; starring Kathlyn Williams, Roy Stewart, Marguerite De La Motte, Robert McKim, Joseph J. Dowling, Fred Starr, Charles B. Murphy, Virginia Caldwell, Walter Perry & George Berrell • video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb


1921  to  1925

"The Mysterious Rider" [Hodkinson 1921]
Starring Claire Adams • full credits from IMDb

          

"Man of The Forest" [Paramount 1921]
Starring Carl Gantvoort, Jean Hersholt & Claire Adams • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Last Trail" [Fox Nov 1921]
The Last Trail 1921 movie poster directed by Emmett J. Flynn   Directed by Emmett J. Flynn; based on "To The Last Man"; starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Eva Novak, Wallace Beery, Rosemary Theby, Charles K. French, Harry Spingler & Harry Dunkinson
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $0.00
          

"Golden Dreams" [original screen story; Goldwyn 1922]
Starring Carl Gantvoort & Claire Adams • full credits from IMDb

          

"When Romance Rides" [Goldwyn 1922]
Starring Carl Gantvoort, Jean Hersholt, Charles O. Rush & Claire Adams
based on "Wildfire" • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Lone Star Ranger" [Fox Sept 1923]
Lone Star Ranger 1923 movie poster directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Tom Mix & Billie Dove   Directed by Lambert Hillyer; starring Tom Mix, Billie Dove, Lee Shumway, Stanton Heck, Edward Peil Sr., Frank Clark, Minna Redman, Francis Carpenter, William Conklin & Thomas G. Lingham
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"To The Last Man" [Paramount 1923]
Directed by Victor Fleming; starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson & Noah Beery • full credits from IMDb

          

"Call of The Canyon" [1923]
Once considered a lost film; Russian film archive Gosfilmofond digitally restored its prints and presented a copy to
U.S. Library of Congress in October 2010. Directed by Victor Fleming; starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson & Noah Beery
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Last of The Duanes" [Fox Aug 1924]
The Last of The Duanes 1924 movie poster directed by Lynn Reynolds, starring Tom Mix   Directed by Lynn Reynolds; starring Tom Mix, Marian Nixon, Brinsley Shaw, Frank Nelson, Lucy Beaumont & Harry Lonsdale
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"Wanderer of The Wasteland" [Paramount June 1924]
Wanderer of The Wasteland 1924 movie poster directed by Irvin Willat, starring Jack Holt & Billie Dove   Directed by Irvin Willat; filmed in two-strip Technicolor, no print or negative of this film exist; starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, George Irving, Kathlyn Williams, Billie Dove, Jim Mason, Richard Neill, James Gordon, William A. Carroll & Willard Cooley
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"The Border Legion" [Paramount Oct 1924]
The Border Legion 1924 movie poster directed by William K. Howard  Directed by William K. Howard; starring Antonio Moreno, Helene Chadwick, Rockliffe Fellowes, Gibson Gowland, Charles Ogle, Jim Corey, Eddie Gribbon & Luke Cosgrave
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"Heritage of The Desert" [Paramount 1924; sound re-issue 1929]
Starring Lloyd Hughes, Bebe Daniels & Noah Beery • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Thundering Herd" [Paramount March 1925]
Thundering Herd 1925 movie poster directed by William K. Howard, starring Jack Holt   Directed by William K. Howard; starring Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle, Tim McCoy {as actor & buffalo wrangler}, Lillian Leighton, Eulalie Jensen, Stephen Carr, Maxine Elliott Hicks, Ed Brady, Pat Hartigan, Fred Kohler & Bob Perry
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"Riders of The Purple Sage" [Fox March 1925 silent]
Riders of The Purple Sage 1925 movie poster directed by Lynn Reynolds, starring Tom Mix  In 1871 Southern Utah, Mormon elders attempt to take over a cattle ranch owned by a woman; her herd is rustled, a stranger named Jim Lassiter kills a bishop in her defense, and they flee to a hidden valley with a rescued girl. Directed by Lynn Reynolds; based on the Zane Grey novel; starring Tom Mix, Mabel Ballin, Harold Goodwin, Beatrice Burnham, Warner Oland, Anne Shirley, Wilfred Lucas & Charles Le Moyne
full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
watch full movie [8/2015 upload; 54:44] online at YouTube

          

"The Rainbow Trail" [Fox 1925 silent feature]
Adapted & directed by Lynn Reynolds; based on the novel (sequel to "Riders of The Purple Sage" above);
starring Tom Mix, Doc Roberts, Carol Holloway, Anne Cornwall, Thomas Delmar & Tony the Horse;
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

          

"The Light of Western Stars" [Paramount 1925]
Starring Jack Holt, Billie Dove & Noah Beery • full credits from IMDb

          

"Wild Horse Mesa"
[Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Aug 1925 silent feature]
Wild Horse Mesa 1925 silent Western feature starring Jack Holt & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.  When the ranch boss is ambushed & killed, a cowboy and his pard hunt for clues while trying to halt the rustlers stealing the ranch's horses. Directed by George B. Seitz, script by Lucien Hubbard, based on the novel by Zane Grey (published in 1928); starring Jack Holt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Billie Dove & Noah Beery, with Gary Cooper & Tom Tyler
11"x17" color poster from Amazon for $14.99
video/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb
remade in 1932 starring Randolph Scott and in 1947 starring Tim Holt
          

"The Vanishing American" [Paramount Oct 1925]
Vanishing American 1925 movie directed by George B. Seitz, starring Richard Dix   Vanishing American green movie poater directed by George B. Seitz, starring Richard Dix  Directed by George B. Seitz; starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Malcolm McGregor, Nocki, Shannon Day, Charles Crockett, Bert Woodruff, Bernard Siegel, Guy Oliver, Joe Ryan, Charles Stevens, Bruce Gordon, Richard Howard & John Webb Dillon
Image Ent. b&w DVD [10/2000] for $22.99
green Vanishing American 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
Vanishing American horse 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
full credits from IMDb

          

"Code of The West" [Paramount April 1925]
A cowboy meets a city girl on an Arizona ranch; she rejects him, he leaves to stake a mining claim, falls in
with a gang of crooks, then saves the girl from a forest fire.
Directed by William K. Howard; written by
Lucien Hubbard, based on Zane Grey's novel; production manager Howard Hawks; starring Owen Moore,
Constance Bennett, Mabel Ballin, Charles Ogle & David Butler
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb


1926  to  1929

"Born To The West" [Paramount 1926]
Starring Jack Holt & Margaret Morris; based on "Valley of the Wild Horses" • full credits from IMDb

          

"Forlorn River" [Paramount 1926]
Starring Jack Holt & Arlette Marchal • full credits from IMDb

          

"Man of The Forest" [Paramount 1926]
Man of the Forest 1926 movie starring Jack Holt & Georgia Hale  Starring Jack Holt & Georgia Hale
Bridgestone b&w silent video [3/95] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
          

"Desert Gold" [Paramount 1926]
Desert Gold 1926 movie directed by George B. Seitz  Directed by George B. Seitz; starring Neil Hamilton & Shirley Mason
Bridgestone b&w silent video [3/95] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
          

"The Mysterious Rider" [Paramount 1927]
Starring Jack Holt & Betty Jewel • full credits from IMDb

          

"Lightning" [original screen story; Tiffany 1927]
A 'lost film'; starring Jobyna Ralston & Margaret Livingston • full credits from IMDb

          

"Nevada" [Paramount 1927]
Starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd & William Powell • full credits from IMDb

          

"Open Range" [Paramount 1927]
Starring Lane Chandler & Betty Bronson; based on "Valley of The Wild Horses" • full credits from IMDb

          

"The Last Trail" [Fox Jan 1927]
The Last Trail 1927 movie poster directed by Lewis Seiler; starring Tom Mix  After stage robberies become frequent, the stageline owner holds a race for the fastest coach & team & driver. Directed by Lewis Seiler; starring Tom Mix, Carmelita Geraghty, William B. Davidson, Jerry Madden, Frank Hagney, Lee Shumway, Robert Brower, Oliver Eckhardt, Frank Beal & Tony the Horse
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
          

"Drums of The Desert" [Paramount 1927]
Starring Warner Baxter & Marietta Millner; based on "Captives of The Desert" • full credits from IMDb

          

"Under The Tonto Rim" [Paramount 1928]
full credits from IMDb

          

"The Vanishing Pioneer" [Paramount 1928]
Starring Jack Holt, Sally Blane & William Powell; based on "Golden Dreams" {or original screen story?}
full credits from IMDb

          

"The Water Hole" [Paramount 1928]
Starring Jack Holt & Nancy Carroll; based on "Lost Pueblo" • full credits from IMDb

          

"Avalanche" [Paramount 1928]
Starring Jack Holt & Doris Hill • full credits from IMDb

          

"Sunset Pass" [Paramount 1929]
Starring Jack Holt & Nora Lane • full credits from IMDb

          

"Stairs of Sand" [Paramount 1929]
Starring Wallace Beery & Jean Arthur; full credits from IMDb


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