Before there were TVs, people would go to the movies and start the show with a newsreel, followed by a cartoon, and then the featured movie would be shown. Watch the cartoons below about Dudley Do-Right, a Canadian Mountie! Click on the image to get started!
It is movie time! Before there were televisions, people would go to the movie theatre and watch the news and then a cartoon and then they would get to watch the movie. We invite you to watch the cartoons in the column on the left and then move on to the movies below. The Mark of Zorro focuses on California before it became part of the United States. The North West Mounted Police is set in Canada, and the rest of the movies are American westerns. James Stewart, Gary Cooper, and John Wayne all acted in American Westerns. Click on the movie poster or the title to start the movie. Enjoy each of them and let us know which one is your favorite!
The Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power
"A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California." (From IMDb)
English: "Copyright by Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corp. MCMXL", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Broken Arrow starring James Stewart
"Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory." (From IMDb)
North West Mounted Police starring Gary Cooper
"In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government." (From IMDb)
Angel and the Badman starring John Wayne
"Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in." (From IMDb)
Stagecoach starring John Wayne
"A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process." (From IMDb)
