Buck Black Movies

An ambitious young groom makes foolish choices to impress his bride in this drama. To provide her with the posh lifestyle he believes she deserves, the fellow first bluffs his way into a high-paying job he is unqualified for and then proceeds to buy a total household on credit. Unfortunately, when his boss learns that he lied, the young man is fired. The collection agency then comes and repossesses all the furniture and appliances, thereby forcing the new husband to sell vacuum cleaners to meet expenses. While the disheartened fellow hits the streets, his wife returns to her parents to wait for him to succeed. In the end, his former boss rehires him and gives him a raise. Happiness ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In this silent Western, popular genre star Fred Thomson was given a new sidekick in six-year-old Billy Butts, a fair-haired boy actor who could ride with the best of them. Fred, as Fred Saunders, rescues little Buddy, an orphan, from being trampled to death by a runaway horse. Saunders soon becomes so attached to the plucky tyke that he "kidnaps" him from the orphanage. The two of them recover money stolen from the collection plate at the local church and Fred falls in love with the minister's daughter, June (Lola Todd). Things turn serious, however, when little Buddy is kidnapped for real, this time by a gang headed by Con Carney (Robert McKim). The Western climaxes in a daring rescue of Buddy, who proves to be June's long-lost kid brother. Billy Butts went on to star opposite Fox cowboy Rex Bell and later replaced Jackie Morgan in the popular "Gumps" two-reeler. His waif-like qualities didn't survive into puberty, however, and Butts retired from films at age 17. Like so many of his FBO Westerns, The Tough Guy was written by Thomson's wife, Frances Marion, under the pseudonym "Frank M. Clifton." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

A remake of a 1917 Dustin Farnum Western, Durand of the Bad Lands starred Buck Jones in the title role, a rancher falsely accused of a crime actually committed by Sheriff Clem Allison (Malcolm Waite) and his henchman Pete Garson (Fred De Silva). In his attempt to clear himself, Durand comes across a couple of orphaned children (Buck Black and Seesel Ann Johnson), the survivors of a stagecoach robbery. With the children in tow, Durand seeks shelter at the ranch belonging to Molly Gore (Marian Nixon), who at first spurns him. She changes her mind, however, after Duran saves Banker John Boyd's (George Lessey) daughter (Carole Lombard) from being molested by the evil Allison and his henchman. Lombard (whose first name was still spelled "Carol") had just signed with Fox when she appeared in this film, one of several potboilers that she would make before leaving the studio in favor of comedy king Mack Sennett. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Milt Kimberlin (John Bowers) is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively and engaging Clara Bow), doesn't care -- she turns down the fancy jewelry offered by oily Frank Gorman (John Miljan) for a wedding ring from Kimberlin. Even though his finances never improve, Rosalie sticks by her husband only to sicken and die in a garret. Kimberlin's luck changes almost overnight and he becomes incredibly wealthy. Although he can't forget Rosalie, he marries Madeline (Lillian Rich) so that his little boy, Val (Buck Black), will have a mother. Madeline, however, was expecting something more out of the marriage and she's shattered to find out that Kimberlin has a room which he has made into a shrine to his dead wife. Gorman shows up with faked evidence that Rosalie was unfaithful to Kimberlin, and Madeline buys the letter -- not to show it to her husband, but to burn it so he will never know. Kimberlin thinks that Madeline is hiding her own unfaithfulness and after an argument she walks out on him. Kimberlin's trainer, Joe Delane (Charlie Murray), beats the truth out of Gorman, and husband and wife are happily reunited. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi