Movies by James A. Marcus
![The Conqueror](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3kgXyvb9iOtJ1tqYv27Ds3s5fOR.jpg)
The Conqueror
The life of Sam Houston, soldier, statesman, patriot and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas, is depicted.
![The Meddlin' Stranger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gAIRgZIPXGQkytsA3oREHTKVMVl.jpg)
The Meddlin' Stranger
Popular B-Western hero Wally Wales (later known as Hal Taliaferro) went up against none other than Boris Karloff in this primitive silent oater from poverty row studio Action Pictures.
![The Eagle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dwF5S5Vbk2gZC3MPNxn9O5eBJSa.jpg)
The Eagle
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.
![The Lone Avenger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fgzoQuSmll7sxpPEdJQw7IzHL7t.jpg)
The Lone Avenger
A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it.
![The Texas Streak](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xkjtS0eW8uF33cIIZLKNZczyIr2.jpg)
The Texas Streak
Chad Pennington, a movie-cowboy from Hollywood, gets into trouble when he poses as a two-gun outlaw from Texas named Tommy Hawk.
![Honor of the Range](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/72nzqDpVctdjLvSkhJaQ8ltCVsQ.jpg)
Honor of the Range
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.
![Strawberry Roan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/Aj5DitMrmNcAFexR9IV5U0Yf0QS.jpg)
Strawberry Roan
Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem.
![On the Jump](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8ANmPz7vTivREUcBCBujBKCamND.jpg)
On the Jump
In this propaganda film, athletic silent star George Walsh plays reporter Jack Bartlett, who interviews President Wilson regarding the Fourth Liberty Loan. The story never appears in the paper, however, because its new owner, Otto Crumley, is pro-German. So Jack quits his job and begins canvassing for the Liberty Loans. In the midst of his vigorous campaigning he also halts Crumley's plans to inspire a strike at a munitions plant.
![The Cattle Thief](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5AnzgegiosPcJKm0y75OqBqrJfZ.jpg)
The Cattle Thief
Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night.
![Adorable](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/saRn4yhB5NcQQyyQ2anQAeF6wdL.jpg)
Adorable
Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry.
![The Prussian Cur](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iVWqIMG0yG2DPgvIpnNkjASmbfJ.jpg)
The Prussian Cur
A German spy who is married to Lillian, the sister of Rosie O'Grady.
![The Lily](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/h7GZcxOQQEa0slOxZHkLY2uNKDQ.jpg)
The Lily
![Revenge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uhJeTwDK0KdziLMnVCON6gNemUy.jpg)
Revenge
Rascha, the wild daughter of Costa, the Gypsy bear tamer, swears revenge on Jorga, her father's enemy, when he cuts off her braids (a sign of disgrace among the Gypsies).
![The Eagle of the Sea](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wLx9LTlUVxxcBqCFTKjqyHcAikD.jpg)
The Eagle of the Sea
Eagle of the Sea is based on Charles Tenney Jackson's swashbuckling novel Captain Sazarac.
![All Around Frying Pan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fM69ieIiNiJ8K7DS0LkTwQhiNAf.jpg)
All Around Frying Pan
Wondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked sheriff is short on men for his chain gang. A chance visit to a rodeo on the way to jail, gives Bart a chance to demonstrate his bronco-busting skills, which results in the sheriff caving to pressure from a group of cowboys, to allow Bart to work on ranch, rather than joining the road gang. Finding himself in the right place at the right time, Bart is able to prevent the theft of a train full of cattle, but later ends up being accused of killing a ...
![Carmen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qdySshER4tJFeEETe0VjkBxZj7H.jpg)
Carmen
A Spanish soldier falls under the spell of a fiery gypsy girl named Carmen. His obsession with her leads to his ruin.
![Buck Privates](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lqwsNOxJZHnu4bCSjEbUXd1hbCk.jpg)
Buck Privates
Pvt. Smith, an American soldier stationed in a German town during the occupation of Germany after World War I, falls in love with the daughter of the town's leading citizen. The problem is that his sworn enemy, Sgt. Butts, also has designs on the girl. Butts comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition and get the girl for himself, but things don't go quite the way he planned.
![Vanishing Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2eXNMxO3Pj4V1cePSCaL88z6uND.jpg)
Vanishing Men
Heck Claibourne has been involving young Russ Whitely in his cattle rustling schemes, and when they are nearly caught by Sheriff Doug Barrett and deputy O'Hara, their cohort, Luke, shoots and kills O'Hara.
![Evangeline](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2ou7Bi4yePkTSOcc7kqXnBhfIHI.jpg)
Evangeline
A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.
![The Serpent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eMkuWTIlpkB0goMvy99kW19ldg0.jpg)
The Serpent
Peasant girl Vania is assaulted by a duke who murders her lover and sends her away to London.