Westerns Written or Directed by Women
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Lois Weber directed Captain Courtesy and When A Girl Loves, both sadly lost.
Dorothy Arzner wrote a couple of westerns, that are now considered lost: Breed of the Border and The No-Gun Man.
Frances Marion wrote 18 westerns, most of which are lost: All Man, The Mask of Lopez, Galloping Gallagher, Sundown, Ridin' the Wind, The Tough Guy, Hands Across the Border, The Two-Gun Man, Lone Hand Saunders, Pioneer Scout, The Sunset Legion, Kit Carson.
Anita Loos wrote a few westerns, The Saving Grace is lost.
Grace Cunard wrote (some for John Ford and many for his brother Francis), directed, produced and acted in many westerns, these are now considered lost: A Soldier's Honor (wrote), Texas Kelly at Bay (wrote), The Half Breed parson (wrote and acted in), Taps (wrote), The Darling of The Regiment (wrote and acted in), Captain Billie's Mate (wrote and acted in), From Dawn Till Dark (wrote and acted in), The White Vaquero (wrote and acted in), The Mysterious Hand (wrote and acted in), Old Peg Leg's Will (wrote and acted in), Three Bad Men and A Girl (wrote and acted in), And They Called Him A Hero (wrote and acted in), The Phantom Island (wrote and acted in), His Majesty Dick Turpin (wrote and acted in), The Princely Bandit (wrote and acted in), The Bandit's Wager (wrote, produced and acted in), The Powder Trail (wrote and acted in), The Tornado (wrote), The Rebel's Net (wrote and acted in), Hell's Crater (produced and acted in), The Man Hater (wrote, directed and acted in), A Daughter of the Law (directed and acted in), The Gun Runners (wrote), Her Western Adventure (wrote, directed and acted in).
Jeanie Macpherson wrote a few westerns for DeMille, thankfully some survive, these are considered lost: The Desert's Sting (wrote and acted in), The Love Mask (wrote)
After that written by...
Lois Weber directed Captain Courtesy and When A Girl Loves, both sadly lost.
Dorothy Arzner wrote a couple of westerns, that are now considered lost: Breed of the Border and The No-Gun Man.
Frances Marion wrote 18 westerns, most of which are lost: All Man, The Mask of Lopez, Galloping Gallagher, Sundown, Ridin' the Wind, The Tough Guy, Hands Across the Border, The Two-Gun Man, Lone Hand Saunders, Pioneer Scout, The Sunset Legion, Kit Carson.
Anita Loos wrote a few westerns, The Saving Grace is lost.
Grace Cunard wrote (some for John Ford and many for his brother Francis), directed, produced and acted in many westerns, these are now considered lost: A Soldier's Honor (wrote), Texas Kelly at Bay (wrote), The Half Breed parson (wrote and acted in), Taps (wrote), The Darling of The Regiment (wrote and acted in), Captain Billie's Mate (wrote and acted in), From Dawn Till Dark (wrote and acted in), The White Vaquero (wrote and acted in), The Mysterious Hand (wrote and acted in), Old Peg Leg's Will (wrote and acted in), Three Bad Men and A Girl (wrote and acted in), And They Called Him A Hero (wrote and acted in), The Phantom Island (wrote and acted in), His Majesty Dick Turpin (wrote and acted in), The Princely Bandit (wrote and acted in), The Bandit's Wager (wrote, produced and acted in), The Powder Trail (wrote and acted in), The Tornado (wrote), The Rebel's Net (wrote and acted in), Hell's Crater (produced and acted in), The Man Hater (wrote, directed and acted in), A Daughter of the Law (directed and acted in), The Gun Runners (wrote), Her Western Adventure (wrote, directed and acted in).
Jeanie Macpherson wrote a few westerns for DeMille, thankfully some survive, these are considered lost: The Desert's Sting (wrote and acted in), The Love Mask (wrote)
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- DirectorAlice GuyHarry SchenckEdward WarrenStarsBilly QuirkMary FoyAlgie Allmore has one year to prove he's a man in order to wed Harry Lyons' daughter.Actually Directed by Alice Guy Blaché
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- DirectorNell ShipmanBert Van TuyleStarsNell ShipmanBert Van TuyleL.M. WellsA young woman visiting Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even if it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.
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- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRichard BoonePamela LincolnJohn AndersonTwo of the three men responsible for hanging Jacob Mordain's son have been gunned down by Fred Horn. The third, heading to Wyoming to face him, is Paladin.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRichard BooneScott MarloweRaymond BaileySummoned to a beleaguered Western village to drive off a desperado, Paladin meets a young Native American, who's taken a correspondence course in being a Marshal, and plans to install himself as lawman for the tiny town. Paladin is charmed by the sincerity and honesty of the seemingly naive Charley Red Dog, whose grandfather was shot for sport in the hamlet. Paladin figures they can work together, though Charley doesn't want any help, plus the town puts on an all-out blitz at high noon, to avoid a Red Dog for Marshal...Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRichard BooneLillian BronsonHoward PetriePaladin is accused by Bonanza's citizenry of swiping the treasured painting behind the bar of the hamlet's last remaining saloon. The portrait of a vibrant and gorgeous former woman resident, sustains the spirits of elderly townsmen, remembering her and the area's halcyon Gold Rush days.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRichard BooneWilliam JoyceSue RandallC. Palmer sends for Paladin to clean up Cedar Wells - a place where folks lose at faro, lose their lives and the cattle she tries to sell there. With the help of Laredo Perkins, Paladin hatches an idea of how exactly he can earn his fee.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRichard BoonePaula RaymondJack WestonA man is shot at by a woman because he killed her little brother during the Civil War. He has been running from her since then. Paladin offers to contact the police but when that is refused, he offers his card and services.Directed by Ida Lupino
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- DirectorIda LupinoStarsDavid McLeanBill TennantVaughn TaylorTate rides into town with the body of a wanted outlaw he's just killed, and presents it to the sheriff to collect the bounty. The sheriff sends Tate to the saloon to wait while he fills out the paperwork--and, since he doesn't like bounty hunters, decides to take his time about it. Meanwhile, at the saloon Tate runs into a young hothead who's itching to put a notch on his gun and decides that Tate's going to be it.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsDavid McLeanMort MillsJames BellWhen Tetlow (Mort Mills) tries to take her property Mary Hardin (Julie Adams) asks Tate for help.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsEarl HollimanEd KemmerStrother MartinDirected by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRichard BooneJohn FiedlerJean EngstromPaladin is hired to retrieve a stolen gold bar taken from a bank before the state examiner comes Monday. When he catches up to the clerk who took it, complications ensue and Paladin instead helps him put the bar back.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixCade Conway and Vashti Croxton are arguing about where to get married. This leads to a fight and Vashti being knocked unconscious, and a traveling salesman being falsely blamed for it.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsCharles BickfordDoug McClureDon QuineA woman visits her sister in Medicine Bow bringing her teenage daughter who is enamored with a Dead Eye Dick western novel. She develops a crush on The Virginian after he settles her horse aggravating a teenage boy she meets who likes her.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsFess ParkerPatricia BlairBarbara HersheyWhen a villager's son is sentenced to hang by the British, the father kidnaps an injured British soldier to trade for his son, leaving the soldier in the care of the villager's daughter. Daniel Boone then sets out to free both young men.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsJohn MillsSean GarrisonWilliam WindomDundee is the executor of the estate of a man who was killed in his mine. Dundee becomes the guardian of the man's son. When he and the Culhane realize that the miner was murdered for the mine they have to protect the boy from the killers.Directed by Ida Lupino
- DirectorPiero CristofaniLina WertmüllerStarsElsa MartinelliRobert WoodsGeorge EastmanAbused and dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-rides, out-smokes, out-shoots, and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the Old West, usually wearing male garb. One man who's her equal is Larry Blackie with whom she has an on-again/off-again relationship which is often argumentative and sometimes violent. Together they become involved in a robbery that goes awry. Belle must rescue Larry, and though he's grateful, he now wants to go his own way. However, he expresses the hope that someday they'll once more cross paths and then--who knows?Directed by Lina Wertmüller
- DirectorAlla SurikovaStarsAndrey MironovAleksandra YakovlevaMikhail BoyarskiyMr Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph.
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