Range Courage Lobby Card, 1927

Second-string Universal cowboy Fred Humes starred in this familiar silent Western about a returning war veteran who finds himself falsely accused of murder. With the help of the rancher's pretty daughter (Gloria Grey) and a spunky 12-year-old (Dick Winslow), the veteran manages to unmask the real murderer, a supposed pillar of the community (William A. Steele). The familiar story by Gene Markey had been filmed previously by Universal as Blinky (1923), starring Hoot Gibson. A very attractive piece housed in an eye-appealing custom frame.

"Romance of the Rockies" Original 1937 Western Movie Poster

"Silent Stranger" Lobby Card, 1924

Former clergyman turned cowboy star Fred Thomson played a secret service agent masquerading as a deaf-mute in order to catch a gang of mail thieves in this above-average silent Western. Arriving incognito in Valley City, Jack Taylor (Thomson) comes to the aid of the town's new postmaster, Dad Warner (George A. Williams), who has been unable to prevent a series of mail thefts. Suspicion quickly centers upon Warner's clerk, Law Sleeman (Bud Osborne), who, it turns out, is in league with crooked politician Dick Blackwell (Frank S. Hagney). Hazel Keener, in one of her six appearances opposite Thomson, played Dad Warner's imperiled daughter Lillian, and Richard Headrick, best remembered as "The Little Feller" in William S. Hart's The Toll Gate) (1920), appeared as Keener's plucky kid brother. A very pretty card in a beautiful frame.