Movies by Hoot Gibson
Kingdom Come
A child picked up on the desert by the cowboy hero is brought to town on the eve of prohibition enforcement. The child is put to bed and is laboring with the Lord's prayer when he sticks at "kingdom come." The cowboy goes into the saloon and asks if anyone there knows what comes after "kingdom come." He is greeted with much laughter and no information. A dancer who turns out to be the mother of the child, which has been living with its grandfather, repeats the words of the prayer, and the child goes to sleep in peace. A romance between the c...
Clearing the Trail
A lawman and a rancher fight a gang of horse thieves.
Riding for Fame
A champion bronc buster is hired to break horses, but winds up accused of stealing money from his boss. He has to clear his name and find the real thieves.
The Midnight Flyer
One of two former convicts is the brother of a girl station agent. The second ex-convict tries to blackmail the youth and drag him back to a criminal life, but the sister intervenes.
The Black Horse Bandit
Helen's father, the sheriff, is murdered and she successfully undertakes the task of bringing his murderer to justice.
Superstition
The hero is affected in his daily life by petty superstitious fears, which gives the heroine an idea he is cowardly. She returns his ring, but later events prove his real mettle and she is glad when a reconciliation comes.
The Jack of Hearts
The Jack of Hearts is a 1919 silent Western.
The Crow
The Crow is a 1919 Western short.
The Face in the Watch
The Face in the Watch is a 1919 silent Western.
The Lone Hand
A government detective poses as a holdup, on the trail of masked riders.
The Double Hold-Up
The hero impersonates a "spook" bandit and aids in bringing the band to justice.
The Night Riders
Jack Marston is the sheriff of a western town and Jennie, his sister, is postmistress and operator at the stage station. Among the inhabitants of the town is an Indian breed. An outcast from his own people, he is looked down upon by the race of his adoption, although his education has included a college course. The express company has posted a reward for the apprehension of one Apache Kid and his band of fellow robbers. The next night the band arrive in the town and hold up one of the main saloons. Peggy, a dance hall girl, takes the fancy o...
The Tell-Tale Wire
The Tell Tale Wire is a 1919 silent Western
The Marshal's Daughter
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a zaftig, wide-eyed lass named Laurie Anders, was in 1953 a popular TV personality. A regular on The Ken Murray Show, Anders had risen to fame with the Southern-fried catchphrase "Ah love the wi-i-i-ide open spaces!" Striking while the iron was hot, the entrepreneurial Murray produced this inexpensive oater, which cast Anders as Laurie Dawson, the singing daughter of a U.S. marshal (Hoot Gibson). Teaming with her dad to capture outlaw Trigger Gans...