Smith Western Movie Stills, 1915-1965
Size: 11 inches
Location: 3E2
Collection #: MS009
Accession #: 1976.022
Historical Sketch
The Western Film genre is described as a movie that embodies the spirit, struggle, demise, and settling of the American West in the late ninetieth century.
Scope & Content Note
The Smith Western Movie Stills is comprised of 431 photographs, 4 publicity magazines, 1 Wild West Stars magazine, 1 article concerning Bill Elliott, and a letter from Lewis H. Smith. The majority of the photographs are film stills and publicity photographs from western movies.
Note to Researcher
The Stills are arranged by actor, and then by film they played in. Any description labeled “unknown” means there is no movie identified on the film still. Only two film stills have been digitized, and they are available in the Research Center’s Image Database.
Subject Terms
Allen, Rex
Arthur, Jean
Baker, Bob
Boyd, William
Brown, Johnny Mack
Canutt, Yakima
Carrillo, Leo
Cooper, Gary
Elliott, Bill
Gable, Clark
Gibson, Hoot
Holt, Tim
Johnson, Ben
Jones, Buck
Lane, Alan
Maynard, Ken
McCoy, Tim
McCrea, Joel
Mix, Tom
Peck, Gregory
Powell, Lee
Renaldo, Duncan
Ritter, Tex
Robertson, Dale
Rogers, Roy
Starrett, Charles
Steele, Bob
Taylor, Robert
Valentino, Rudolph
Wayne, John
Processing Information
The Stills was origionally arranged in 1993. This finding aid was written in 2013 to reflect current archival standards.
Copyright
Please contact the Director of the Dickinson Research Center for information about permission to publish any materials in this collection. In most instances the copyright of the film stills belongs to the Studio that made the movie. It is the researcher’s responsibility to make sure they have proper permissions to publish.
Copyright
There are no restrictions on this collection. It is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Smith Western Movie Stills, MS009, Box # Folder #, Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Container List
Smith Movie All
| Box | Folder | Folder Title / Description | |||||
| Rex Allen | |||||||
| 1 | 128 | with horse, undated | |||||
| 129 | The Arizona Cowboy, 1950 | ||||||
| Jean Arthur | |||||||
| 1 | 133 | The Plainsman, 1936 | |||||
| Bob Baker | |||||||
| 2 | 89 | Honor of the West, undated | |||||
| 90 | Courage of the West, 1937 | ||||||
| 91 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 92 | Ghost Town Rider, 1938 | ||||||
| 93 | Black Bandit, undated | ||||||
| William Boyd | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Renegade Trail, undated | |||||
| 2 | Doomed Caravan, undated | ||||||
| 3 | Hopalong Cassidy, undated | ||||||
| 4 | Old Mexico, undated | ||||||
| Johnny Mack Brown | |||||||
| 2 | 94 | Flaming Frontiers, undated | |||||
| 95 | Trail of Vengeance, undated | ||||||
| 96 | Outlaw Gold, undated | ||||||
| 97 | Fighting with Kit Carson, 1938 | ||||||
| 98 | Boot Hill Brigade, undated | ||||||
| 99 | Dangerous Trails, undated | ||||||
| 100 | Lawless, undated | ||||||
| 101 | Rawhide Rangers, 1941 | ||||||
| 102 | Fighting Ranger, undated | ||||||
| 103 | Fighting With Kit Carson, undated | ||||||
| 104-105 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 106 | Blazing Bullets, undated | ||||||
| 107 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 108 | Drifting Along, undated | ||||||
| 109 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Yakima Canutt | |||||||
| 2 | 110 | Stagecoach, 1938 | |||||
| 111-113 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 114 | Three Mesquiteer, undated | ||||||
| 115 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Leo Carrillo | |||||||
| 2 | 177 | portrait, undated | |||||
| Gary Cooper | |||||||
| 1 | 137 | It’s a Big Country, 1952 | |||||
| Bill Elliott | |||||||
| 1 | 5 | as Red Ryder, 1940 | |||||
| 6 | Sun Valley Cyclone, 1946 | ||||||
| 7 | California Gold Rush, 1946 | ||||||
| 8 | Phantom of the Plains, 1945 | ||||||
| 9 | Sheriff of Las Vegas, 1944 | ||||||
| 10 | Bordertown Gunfighters, 1943 | ||||||
| 11 | Phantom of the Plains, 1945 | ||||||
| 12 | on horseback, undated | ||||||
| 13 | Bordertown Gunfighters, 1943 | ||||||
| 14 | Old Sacramento, 1946 | ||||||
| 15 | Early Arizona, undated | ||||||
| 16 | The Maverick, undated | ||||||
| 17-20 | Hellfire, 1949 | ||||||
| 21 | Gallant Legion, 1948 | ||||||
| 22-26 | Topeka, 1953 | ||||||
| 27-30 | Bordertown Gunfighter, 1943 | ||||||
| 31 | Death Valley Man Hunt, 1943 | ||||||
| 32-33 | The Return of Wild Bill, 1940 | ||||||
| 34-36 | Overland with Kit Carson, 1939 | ||||||
| 37 | The Law Comes to Texas, 1939 | ||||||
| 38 | The Last Bandit, 1949 | ||||||
| 39-40 | The Show-Down, 1939 | ||||||
| 41 | Kansas Territory, 1952 | ||||||
| 42 | The Son of Davy Crockett, 1941 | ||||||
| 43 | Return of Daniel Boone, 1941 | ||||||
| 44 | The Last Bandit, 1949 | ||||||
| 45-47 | Calling Wild Bill Elliott, 1943 | ||||||
| 48 | Mojave Fire Brand, 1944 | ||||||
| 49 | Lone Star Pioneers, 1939 | ||||||
| 50 | The Savage Horde, 1950 | ||||||
| 51 | Wyoming, 1947 | ||||||
| 52-53 | The Savage Horde, 1950 | ||||||
| 138 | Conquest of Cheyenne, 1946 | ||||||
| 139-141 | Kansas Territory, 1952 | ||||||
| 142-143 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 144 | Drum Beats Over Wyoming, 1946 | ||||||
| 145 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 146 | Fargo, undated | ||||||
| 147 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 148 | North of the Rockies, undated | ||||||
| 149 | Topeka, undated | ||||||
| 150 | Bullets For Bandits, undated | ||||||
| 151 | The Longhorn, undated | ||||||
| 152-153 | Bullets for Bandits, undated | ||||||
| 154-156 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 157 | Old Los Angeles, undated | ||||||
| 158 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 159-161 | The Gallant Legion, 1948 | ||||||
| 162-164 | The Lone Star Vigilantes, undated | ||||||
| 165 | Roaring Frontiers, undated | ||||||
| 166 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 167 | The Gallant Legion, 1948 | ||||||
| 168 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 169 | The Fabulous Texan, undated | ||||||
| 170 | Hellfire, 1949 | ||||||
| 171 | Beyond the Sacramento, undated | ||||||
| 172 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 173 | Topeka, 1953 | ||||||
| 174 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 175 | Prairie Gunsmoke, undated | ||||||
| 176-178 | The Fabulous Texan, undated | ||||||
| 179 | Topeka, 1953 | ||||||
| 180 | Hands Across the Rockies, 1946 | ||||||
| 181-182 | The Plainsman and the Lady, 1946 | ||||||
| 183 | The Fabulous Texan, undated | ||||||
| 184 | Roaring Frontier, undated | ||||||
| 185 | Pioneers of the Frontier, 1940 | ||||||
| 186 | holding a gun, undated | ||||||
| 187 | Marshall, undated | ||||||
| 188 | Hands Across the Rockies, 1941 | ||||||
| 189-190 | Return of Wild Bill, 1940 | ||||||
| 191-192 | Hands Across the Rockies, 1941 | ||||||
| 193 | Roaring Frontier, undated | ||||||
| 194 | The Wildcat of Tucson, undated | ||||||
| 195 | Return of Daniel Boone, 1941 | ||||||
| 196 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 197 | Topeka, 1953 | ||||||
| 198 | Valley of Vanishing Men, undated | ||||||
| 199-200 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 201 | Prairie Schooner, undated | ||||||
| 202 | Rebel City, undated | ||||||
| 203-204 | Kansas Territory, 1952 | ||||||
| 205 | The Fabulous Texan, undated | ||||||
| 206-209 | Valley of the Vanishing Men, undated | ||||||
| 210-215 | Overland with Kit Carson, 1939 | ||||||
| 216 | Valley of Vanishing Men, undated | ||||||
| 217-218 | Gallant Legion, 1948 | ||||||
| 219 | Kansas Territory, 1952 | ||||||
| 2 | 1-2 | Kansas Territory, 1952 | |||||
| 3-4 | Calling Wild Bill Elliot, 1943 | ||||||
| 5 | California Gold Rush, 1946 | ||||||
| 6-9 | The Longhorn, 1951 | ||||||
| 10-12 | Taming of the West, 1939 | ||||||
| 13 | Waco, 1952 | ||||||
| 14 | Vigilante Terror, 1953 | ||||||
| 15 | Frontier of 49, undated | ||||||
| 16 | Lone Star Pioneers, undated | ||||||
| 17 | The Savage Horde, 1950 | ||||||
| 18 | Hidden Valley Outlaws, undated | ||||||
| 19 | Bordertown Gunfighters, 1943 | ||||||
| 20 | The Homesteaders, 1953 | ||||||
| 21 | Bordertown Gunfighters, 1943 | ||||||
| 22-23 | Wyoming, 1947 | ||||||
| 24-25 | The Showdown, 1950 | ||||||
| 26 | The Savage Horde, 1950 | ||||||
| 27 | Sheriff of Redwood Valley, undated | ||||||
| 28 | Drum Beats over Wyoming, undated | ||||||
| 29 | The 49ers, 1954 | ||||||
| 30-31 | Bitter Creek, undated | ||||||
| 32 | Law Comes to Texas, 1939 | ||||||
| 33 | The Savage Horde, 1950 | ||||||
| 34 | The Vigilante Terror, 1953 | ||||||
| 35 | Overland with Kit Carson, 1939 | ||||||
| 36 | Lone Star Pioneers, 1939 | ||||||
| 37 | Old Los Angeles, undated | ||||||
| 38-46 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 47 | North from the Lone Star State, undated | ||||||
| 48 | Man From Thunder River, undated | ||||||
| 49 | Border Town Gunfighters, 1943 | ||||||
| 50 | Man from Thunder River, undated | ||||||
| 51 | Border Town Gunfighters, 1943 | ||||||
| 52 | Showdown, 1950 | ||||||
| 53 | In Old Sacramento, 1946 | ||||||
| 54 | The Man From Tumble Weed, undated | ||||||
| 55 | Roaring Frontiers, undated | ||||||
| 56 | Frontier of ’49, undated | ||||||
| 57 | The Longhorn, undated | ||||||
| 58 | The Gallant Legion, 1948 | ||||||
| 59 | The Showdown, 1950 | ||||||
| 60 | The Devil’s Trail, undated | ||||||
| 61-63 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 64-65 | Topeka, 1953 | ||||||
| 66-70 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 71 | The Man from Thunder River, undated | ||||||
| Clark Gable | |||||||
| 1 | 131 | Across the Wide Missouri, 1951 | |||||
| Hoot Gibson | |||||||
| 1 | 130 | on Goldie riding alongside train, undated | |||||
| Tim Holt | |||||||
| 2 | 116 | Portrait, undated | |||||
| 117 | Storm Over Wyoming, 1949 | ||||||
| 118 | Gunplay, 1951 | ||||||
| 119 | Lightening (horse), undated | ||||||
| Ben Johnson | |||||||
| 1 | 54 | Wagonmaster, undated | |||||
| 55 | Fort Defiance, 1951 | ||||||
| 56 | Roping poster, undated | ||||||
| 57 | Shaking hands with John Wayne, 1973 | ||||||
| 58 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, undated | ||||||
| 59 | Wagonmaster, 1950 | ||||||
| 60 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 1950 | ||||||
| 61 | The Wild Bunch, undated [Missing] | ||||||
| Buck Jones | |||||||
| 2 | 120 | Portrait, undated | |||||
| 121 | Dawn on the Great Divide, undated | ||||||
| 122 | White Eagle, undated | ||||||
| 123 | Last Picture, undated | ||||||
| 124 | Dawn on the Great Divide, undated | ||||||
| Alan Lane | |||||||
| 2 | 125 | unknown, undated | |||||
| 126 | Marshall of Reno, undated | ||||||
| 127 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Ken Maynard | |||||||
| 1 | 62 | On Tarzan (horse), undated | |||||
| 63 | Gun Justice, undated | ||||||
| 64 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 65-66 | Trick riding, undated | ||||||
| 67 | Western Courage, undated | ||||||
| Tim McCoy | |||||||
| 1 | 68 | with rifle, 1958 [signed] | |||||
| 69 | On Starlight (horse), undated | ||||||
| 70-74 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Joel McCrea | |||||||
| 1 | 75-76 | Buffalo Bill, undated | |||||
| 77 | Colorado Territory, 1949 | ||||||
| 78 | First Texan, undated | ||||||
| 79 | Buffalo Bill, undated | ||||||
| 80-81 | South of St. Louis, 1948 | ||||||
| 82 | Wanted,1948 | ||||||
| 83-85 | Outriders, 1950 | ||||||
| 86 | Stranger on Horseback, 1955 | ||||||
| Tom Mix | |||||||
| 2 | 128-129 | unknown, undated | |||||
| 130 | The Texas Bad Man, undated | ||||||
| 131-132 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 133-134 | portrait, undated [signed] | ||||||
| 135 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 136 | Terror Trail, 1935 | ||||||
| 137 | Destry Rides Again, 1933 | ||||||
| 138-143 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 144 | 4th Horseman, undated | ||||||
| 145 | Flaming Guns, undated | ||||||
| 146 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 147 | Signed portrait, undated | ||||||
| 148-152 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 153 | Destry Rides Again, 1933 | ||||||
| 154-158 | Unknown, undated | ||||||
| 159 | Rider of Death Valley, undated | ||||||
| 160-162 | Unknown, undated | ||||||
| 163 | Formal portrait with wife, undated | ||||||
| 164 | The Texan, undated | ||||||
| 165-174 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Gregory Peck | |||||||
| 1 | 92-93 | Yellow Sky, 1948 | |||||
| 94 | Duel in the Sun, 1959 | ||||||
| 95-96 | The Big Country, 1958 | ||||||
| Lee Powell | |||||||
| 1 | 135 | Lone Ranger, 1938 | |||||
| Red Ryder Comic Poster | |||||||
| 2 | 206 | Western Thrill, undated | |||||
| Duncan Renaldo | |||||||
| 2 | 175 | As Cisco Kid on horse, undated | |||||
| 176 | As Cisco Kid with Leo Carrillo, undated | ||||||
| Tex Ritter | |||||||
| 1 | 97 | with guitar, undated | |||||
| 98 | The Man From Texas, undated | ||||||
| 99 | Down the Wyoming Trail, undated | ||||||
| 100 | Roll Wagons Roll, undated | ||||||
| 101 | Arizona Days, undated | ||||||
| 102 | Roll Wagons Roll, undated | ||||||
| 103 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 104 | North of the Rockies, undated | ||||||
| 105 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 106-107 | Lone Star Vigilantes, 1941 | ||||||
| 108 | Bullets for Bandits, 1942 | ||||||
| 109 | Rolling Westward, undated | ||||||
| 110 | Starlight Over Texas, undated | ||||||
| 111 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 112 | Starlight Over Texas, undated | ||||||
| 113 | Utah Trails, 1938 | ||||||
| 114 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| 115 | The Texas Rangers, undated | ||||||
| 116 | Head shot, undated | ||||||
| 117 | Diamond Jubilee, 1973 | ||||||
| 118-119 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Dale Robertson | |||||||
| 2 | 178 | Wells Fargo TV Series, undated | |||||
| 179 | Portrait, 1973 | ||||||
| 180 | Hell Canyon Outlaw, undated | ||||||
| 181 | A Day of Fury, undated | ||||||
| 182-184 | Sitting Bull, 1954 | ||||||
| 185 | City of Bad Men, 1953 | ||||||
| Roy Rogers | |||||||
| 2 | 186 | Bells of Rosarita, 1945 | |||||
| 187 | Robin Hood of the Pecos, undated | ||||||
| 188-189 | Unknown, undated | ||||||
| 190 | Frontier Pony Express, undated | ||||||
| 191 | Carson City Kid, undated | ||||||
| 192 | Come on Rangers, undated | ||||||
| 193 | Under Western Stars, undated | ||||||
| 194 | Nevada City, undated | ||||||
| 195 | Ranger and the Lady, undated | ||||||
| 196 | Carson City Kid, undated | ||||||
| 197-199 | Young Bill Hickok, undated | ||||||
| 200 | Jesse James at Bay, undated | ||||||
| 201 | playing guitar | ||||||
| 202 | on horse ‘Trigger’,undated | ||||||
| Charles Starrett | |||||||
| 1 | 132 | The Medico, 1941 | |||||
| Bob Steele | |||||||
| 2 | 203 | Mohave Kid, undated | |||||
| 204-205 | unknown, undated | ||||||
| Robert Taylor | |||||||
| 1 | 134 | Westward the Women, 1952 | |||||
| 1 | 87-91 | The Three Mesquiteers, 1939 | |||||
| Rudolph Valentino | |||||||
| 1 | 120 | The Sheik, 1921 | |||||
| 121 | The Four Men of the Apocalypse, 1921 | ||||||
| 122 | on horse in front of home, undated | ||||||
| John Wayne | |||||||
| 1 | 123 | Texas Terror, 1935 | |||||
| 124 | Lawless Range, 1936 | ||||||
| 125 | The Train Robbery, 1973 | ||||||
| 126 | The War Wagon, 1967 | ||||||
| 127 | The Lawless Frontier, undated | ||||||
| Horses | |||||||
| 1 | 136 | Black Horse Canyon, 1954 | |||||
| Western Movies | |||||||
| 2 | 72 | Guilty Trails, undated | |||||
| 73 | Possibly Hoot Gibson on horseback, undated | ||||||
| 74 | unidentified actor with horse, undated | ||||||
| 75 | Warner Baxter, undated | ||||||
| 76 | Caesar Romero as ‘Cisco Kid’ and Chrispin Martin as ‘Pancho’, undated | ||||||
| 77 | Possibly Ken Maynard and unidentified actress standing in doorway, undated | ||||||
| 78 | Home on the Range, 1933 | ||||||
| 79 | Gun Justice, 1934 | ||||||
| 80 | Two unidentified actors & an actress in Greek toga, undated | ||||||
| 81 | Two actors in fight scene two onlookers, undated | ||||||
| 82 | Three unidentified actors in front of truck, undated | ||||||
| 83 | Two actors tied up while third looks on, undated | ||||||
| 84 | Andy Devine, Jack Holt, & Grant Withers in The Gallant Legion, 1948 | ||||||
| 85 | Gilbert Roland on horseback, undated | ||||||
| 86 | Bill Elliott with group of actors on horseback, undated | ||||||
| 87-88 | Bill Elliott movie still Dail Red O, undated | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | movie posters, undated | |||||
| 2 | Photography by Alexander Kahle | ||||||
