Movies by William Desmond

Border Guns

Border Guns

A cowboy drifting around the border gets mixed up with Mexican revolutionary gun smuggling when he becomes friends and rivals with the chief smuggler.

Society for Sale

Society for Sale

Successful model, Phyllis Clyne, convinces a down-and-out nobleman, Billy, to pass her off in society as titled gentry. They fall in love and when it turns out that her late father actually was a lord, they decide they now can marry.

The Vanishing Rider

The Vanishing Rider

William Desmond plays Jim Davis, a secret service agent by day and masked avenger by night. Ethlyne Clair provided feminine appeal, while Bud Osborne, as the notorious Butch Bradley, and a young Boris Karloff took care of the villainy.

A Scarlet Week-End

A Scarlet Week-End

A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.

Savage Fury

Savage Fury

Separately released feature version of the 1935 Serial, Call of the Savage.

Courage of the North

Courage of the North

A Mountie (John Preston) catches fur thieves with the help of his horse, Dynamite, and dog, Captain.

Shadows of the North

Shadows of the North

Ben Darby and Pancake, his father, are owners of a mining claim in Northwest Canada. Ben goes to war, leaving Pancake to run the mine. During Ben's absence three claim jumpers take possession of the mine: one of the men is the father of Beatrice, Ben's sweetheart; another, a rival suitor. Pancake is murdered when he and Ben plot to regain the claim. Ben kidnaps Beatrice, resolving to obtain revenge through her. Ben finds that she knew nothing of the stolen claim and that her father was innocent of Pancake's murder. Ben then resolves to find ...