Movies starring Os

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

13 mins     Adventure , Fantasy      

Whilst this 1910 version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is the earliest surviving movie adaptation there have been quite a few other early adaptations which I am sure must be as curious to watch as this one i...

Tango Tangles (1914)

12 mins     Comedy      

Charlie Chaplin once said that in the early days they didn't have scripts just ideas and would go somewhere with just a couple of people and make a movie. That along with the fact the movie industry was a very different beast...

Wife and Auto Trouble (1916)

14 mins     Comedy      

It never fails to amaze me how much is crammed into these old silent movies as in just the 14 minutes which "Wife and Auto Trouble" runs it has comedy, characters as well as some entertaining stunts and special effects. Now I...

His Wedding Night (1917)

19 mins     Comedy      

As I have said before I don't need much of an excuse to watch a movie no matter what it is but over the years that willingness to watch any movie means I have often ventured into the bygone era of silent pictures. Up until re...

The Apache Kid's Escape (1930)

58 mins     Western      

I wouldn't be surprised if actor Jack Perrin use to be known as smiling Jack as it seems he is always dishing out a huge smile when ever the camera is focused upon him. It is Perrin's beaming smile which ends up the most memo...

The Hard Hombre (1931)

95 mins     Western      

The Hard Hombre (1931) Hoot Gibson stars as Peaceful Patton who finds himself in a case of mistaken identity when everyone thinks he is the dangerous Hard Hombre...

Carnival Boat (1932)

62 mins     Drama      

I would imagine like many the reason why I wanted to watch "Carnival Boat" is not so much the movie sounded entertaining but because it starred a young Ginger Rogers before she became the platinum blonde. And to be honest Gin...

Riders of Destiny (1933)

53 mins     Western      

A few things stuck out at me as I watched "Riders of Destiny" with the most obvious one being that John Wayne is playing a singing cowboy. Well the Duke maybe playing Singin' Sandy Saunders but that isn't his voice you here w...

It Happened One Night (1934)

105 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Over the years there have been many movies that deliver a romantic comedy about a forced antagonistic relationship which slowly melts into romance. But you need to go back to the 1930's and Frank Capra's "It Happened One Nigh...

Scrooge (1935)

78 mins     Drama, Family, Fantasy      

Scrooge (1935) Seymour Hicks stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in this 1935 version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol...

The Dawn Rider (1935)

51 mins     Western      

For those who think remakes are a modern scourge on the world of movie making trust me they're not, back in the 1930s remakes were going on and like now sometimes remakes were no better than the originals. John Wayne's "The D...

The Three Musketeers (1935)

96 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

Whilst the 1993 version of "The Three Musketeers" is one of the cheesiest I have ever watched the 1935 version is one of the dullest. It is also in complete as this movie only tells the first half of the classic story which i...

Annie Oakley (1935)

90 mins     Biography, Western      

"Annie Oakley" is one of those movies which makes you eat your words because plainly speaking it is a romanticized and heavily fictionalized account of Annie Oakley's life. But because it is so entertaining that even when you...

The Informer (1935)

91 mins     Drama      

Back at the 1936 Academy Awards John Ford's "The Informer" scooped four of the six awards it was nominated for giving Ford the first of four Oscars he won for directing. It is easy to see why as "The Informer" is a stylish pi...

Big Boy Rides Again (1935)

57 mins     Western      

Two things spring to mind as I watched "Big Boy Rides Again", firstly whilst Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams was certainly tall that really was an unfortunate nick name and secondly how much Williams looked like George Bush. Unfortu...

Loser's End (1935)

59 mins     Western      

When ever I watch once of these old, 1930's westerns I try to be sympathetic to them as it appears what passed as entertainment back then was very different to what passes now. But even trying to be sympathetic "Loser's End" ...

Trigger Tom (1935)

57 mins     Western      

Could you imagine it now if one week you went to the cinema and watched a movie about a corrupt lawman controlling small business, then the next you watched a different actor in a similar movie and the following week it was t...

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

98 mins     Drama, Family      

I remember as a young boy being given a book with the story of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in it, I only read a couple of pages as it didn't appeal to me. And to be honest I expected to feel the same when I sat down to watch the...

Winds of the Wasteland (1936)

54 mins     Western      

I've watched a few of John Wayne's b-movies, those early westerns which struggled to fill an hour and to be honest none of those I have watched have been good but if you enjoy either John Wayne or the western genre then they ...

Aces and Eights (1936)

62 mins     Western      

When it comes to early westerns I often find them now more amusing that entertaining and that is certainly the case of "Aces and Eights". Not only is it comically convoluted and features the false looking action of a bygone e...