J.P. McGowan Movie Trailers
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Tarzan and the Golden Lion Trailer (1927)
20 March 1927
Flora Hawks is in love with the overseer of Tarzan's African estate. After a search for a legendary city of diamonds, Tarzon races with his pet lion Jad-bal-ja to save Haws from being sacrificed to a lion-god.
Judith of the Cumberlands Trailer (1916)
31 July 1916
Two rival mountain clans that have been feuding for years begin a new battle over the moonshine whiskey trade.
When a Man Rides Alone Trailer (1933)
14 January 1933
The Llano Kid is robbing stages but only taking money from Montana Slade's Cottonwood Mine. He then gives the money to those cheated by Slade.
Crack O' Dawn Trailer (1926)
16 October 1926
The Thompson-Thorpe automobile was once a great car but dissension between the owners led to the break-up of the company, and Thompson and Thorpe have each started their own car-manufacturing company.
Mississippi Trailer (1935)
22 March 1935
A young pacifist, after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
Near Eternity Trailer (1915)
19 June 1915
A quarryman, dismissed because of intoxication, blames Billy, the mail clerk, and seeks revenge. He steals several sticks of dynamite, climbs to the top of the mail crane and ties to the explosives to the mail bag.
Stormy Seas Trailer (1923)
01 July 1923
Two men in love with the same girl race to save her when she is trapped aboard a ship on fire in storm-swept seas.
The Last Roundup Trailer (1929)
30 June 1929
There is trouble on the Bar D ranch as cowhand Mile Ahead plans to rustle the herd. He starts a fire on the opposite side of the ranch to keep the hands busy and also kidnaps the new school teacher.
When Rogues Fall Out Trailer (1915)
25 December 1915
Holmes, the president of the S.L. Railway, has been trying very hard to secure a new franchise for his company.
Beyond the Law Trailer (1930)
01 October 1930
A border saloon - half in California, half in Nevada - is a hangout for frontier gangs.
A Texas Cowboy Trailer (1929)
26 December 1929
Dick Carlysle returns home to find that his mother has married Brute Kettle who is really out to get the Carlysle ranch.
The Girl Engineer Trailer (1915)
17 April 1915
A crooked mine owner attempts to hijack his rival's shipment of ore, but Helen foils his plot by jumping onto the engine and pulling the throttle wide open, eventually exposing the unscrupulous villain.
The Man from Nowhere Trailer (1930)
04 April 1930
A tramp cowboy butts in on a western family fray where a step-brother is trying to wrestle an estate away from a sick man and falls for the blonde niece.
Diamond Jim Trailer (1935)
01 September 1935
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
The Lost Express Trailer (1917)
17 September 1917
A train that is carrying the formula for a valuable form of granulated gasoline disappears before it reaches its destination.
Hills of Missing Men Trailer (1922)
26 February 1922
A US Army officer is sent undercover into the hills of Mexico's Baja California region to find and bring down the madman Crando and his group of crazed followers, who are setting up their own criminal empire spreading from Mexico into the United States.
Winning a Widow Trailer (1912)
05 July 1912
While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming young widow. He succeeds in making the lady's acquaintance through her four-year-old son and thereafter he becomes a persistent suitor and shadow.
The Operator at Black Rock Trailer (1914)
05 August 1914
The holdup of the Fast Mail; the runaway train, and the leap on horseback from a fifty-foot cliff arn
Mistaken Orders Trailer (1925)
29 June 1925
Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes.
The Black Diamond Express Trailer (1914)
19 December 1914
When Dick, an aeronaut is wrongly accused of shooting Dan, a trouble-making, quarrelsome cowboy, Helen aids his escape on the outgoing Black Diamond Express.
A Desperate Adventure Trailer (1924)
25 September 1924
A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.
The Mayor from Ireland Trailer (1912)
30 November 1912
Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where he meets with success.
War of the Range Trailer (1933)
21 September 1933
Jim Warren is starting a range war by getting his boss Duke Bradley to fence off part of the range used by other ranchers.
A Life in the Balance Trailer (1915)
03 April 1915
King attempts to tighten the brake of a freight car standing near the summit of a steep grade at Lone Point.
The Railroad Raiders of '62 Trailer (1915)
20 March 1915
Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experiences during the Civil War, and how he lost his arm.
The Scarlet Brand Trailer (1932)
10 April 1932
In The Scarlet Brand, a young cowpoke tricked into rustling cattle and hell-bent on getting revenge against the poacher who set him up.
The Stolen Engine Trailer (1914)
05 December 1914
A pair of crooks steal a valuable package, hold up the crew of a freight engine, and compel the engineer to aid their escape.
A Deed of Daring Trailer (1915)
17 July 1915
Upon learning that a gang of smugglers are using freight cars to bring Chinamen across the border, the railroad officials order all employees to keep a strict watch for traffic of this nature.
Under Texas Skies Trailer (1930)
15 November 1930
Three cowboys try to stop a crook from defrauding an orphan girl out of her money.
The Flaw in the Alibi Trailer (1914)
29 June 1914
It shows how a scheming bank employee manages to get an alibi and fix the guilt of his theft on the assistant cashier.
The Engineer's Peril Trailer (1915)
20 February 1915
Helen, the operator at Hobart, warns her friend Anna, the operator at Montville, that Tim Hudson, a notorious swindler, is headed for Montville.
The Broken Circuit Trailer (1915)
16 January 1915
Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagged, and the thieves escape on a hand car.
A Race for a Crossing Trailer (1915)
24 April 1915
Sharky, a rival road agent, plots to spoil a trial run to be made on Helen's road that will win a mail contract.
The Accusing Finger Trailer (1936)
17 November 1936
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die.
Headin' Westward Trailer (1929)
15 February 1929
Concern for her father, who is being slowly ruined by cattle rustling, prompts Mary Benson to do some investigating in a distant cattle town, where she briefly encounters drifters Oklahoma Adams and Sneezer Clark.
Railroad Raiders of '62 Trailer (1911)
15 June 1911
Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase was based.
Covered Wagon Trails Trailer (1930)
01 February 1930
Deputy Sheriff "Smoke" Sanderson (Bob Custer) is after a gang of smugglers, led by Brad Vogel (J.P. McGowan) operating along the Texas/Mexico border but he does not know that Chet Clayton (Perry Murdock), the brother of his sweetheart, Wanda Clayton (Phyllis Bainbridge), is one of the gang members.
She Had to Eat Trailer (1937)
02 July 1937
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
Perils of the Rail Trailer (1926)
22 October 1926
A section boss for the railroad sets out to catch a gang of thieves who have been stealing ore shipments from his company's trains.
King of the Circus Trailer (1920)
02 January 1920
Eddie King goes up against a villainous circus owner in this action adventure which was directed by genre specialist J.
A Desperate Leap Trailer (1915)
27 November 1915
As the freight train on which are riding Mike and Leary, two knights of the road, passes the station at Hynes, the tramps steal the mail bag which had been placed on the crane by the postmaster of that place.
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine Trailer (1915)
07 May 1915
Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and speeds down the track to warn the passengers of their imminent peril.
The Hazards of Helen Trailer (1917)
24 February 1917
The Hazards of Helen is an American melodramatic adventure film serial of 119 twelve-minute episodes released between November 7, 1914 and February 24, 1917.
The Broken Rail Trailer (1915)
04 September 1915
Spang, a tramp telegrapher, is knocked down by a freight car while walking up the siding near Lone Point.
Riders of the Rio Grande Trailer (1929)
27 September 1929
Jack is a cowboy posing as an outlaw in order to infiltrate the gang of counterfeiters who has kidnapped Barbara.
The Lost Express Trailer (1925)
28 July 1925
Kidnapping and marital reconciliation drive this action film set on a millionaire's private train.
The Prisoner of Shark Island Trailer (1936)
28 February 1936
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr.
The Fast Freight Trailer (1925)
01 July 1925
Eighth of a series of 8 features produced by Morris R. Schlank starring Helen Holmes and directed by J.
Helen's Sacrifice Trailer (1914)
14 November 1914
In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lone Point, relieves Benton, the day operator, several hours ahead of time, because he is caring for his sick child.
The Oklahoma Sheriff Trailer (1930)
10 July 1930
Sheriff has a crooked deputy, also objects to his daughter's boyfriend. Crooked deputy kills the sheriff in a robbery.
A Wild Ride Trailer (1915)
10 July 1915
The bad blood existing between Reardon and Haley results in a fight in which Reardon is worsted. Reardon, vowing vengeance, climbs back aboard his engine while Haley resumes his station.
Hunted Men Trailer (1938)
27 May 1938
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own.
Captain Cowboy Trailer (1929)
29 May 1929
Story of a Cowboy who met challenges with action! He matched his fists against another man's diabolical brain!
The Law of the Plains Trailer (1929)
19 August 1929
A cowboy seeks revenge for the murder of his father.
The Poacher's Pardon Trailer (1912)
30 September 1912
A gamekeeper's daughter is shot while warning a poacher.
Thunderbolt's Tracks Trailer (1927)
01 April 1927
A couple of war veterans search for the family of a fallen friend.