Marion Burns

Acting

Marion Burns

Born — Died

1907-08-09 — 1993-12-22

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Burns (9 August 1907 – 22 December 1993) was an American film actress of the 1930s. She is best known for having starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 film The Dawn Rider and opposite him again that same year in Paradise Canyon. Burns was born in Los Angeles, California, making her way to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting. She received her first film role in 1931, starring opposite Bill Cody in Oklahoma Jim. That film started her on the path of starring in western films as a heroine. In 1932 she starred opposite George O'Brien in The Golden West, followed by Me and My Gal that same year. 1934 and 1935 would be her biggest years, with her …

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 13 titles

Sensation Hunters poster
3.7

Dale Jordan is first accepted by the aristocratic first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a member of a troupe of cabaret girls led by Trixie Snell en route for the Bull Ring Cabaret in Panama City.

Sensation Hunters

1933

Born to Be Bad poster
5.8

Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Letty teaches her child to lie, steal, cheat and anything else he'll need to be street smart.

Born to Be Bad

1934

The Dawn Rider poster
4.7

When John Mason's father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice, a conflict arises between him and his friend Ben who plans to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father but goes to face him not knowing Ben has removed the bullets from his gun.

The Dawn Rider

1935

Me and My Gal poster
6.4

Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.

Me and My Gal

1932

Guns Along The Trail poster
3.0

A government agent goes undercover in a traveling medicine show to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. A John Wayne classic in Vibrant Color! *Colorized and re-titled version of "Paradise Canyon" by Legend Films in 2007.

Guns Along The Trail

1935

Avenging Angel poster
4.0

A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'The Dawn Rider', complete with contemporary, pulse pounding music. The re-edit brings 'The Dawn Rider' down to a 22 minute short version.

Avenging Angel

1935

Oklahoma Jim poster
9.0

A gambler sets out to help a pretty young woman save her trading post.

Oklahoma Jim

1931

Paradise Canyon poster
4.8

John Wyatt is a government agent sent to smash a counterfeiting operation near the Mexican border. Joining Doc Carter's medicine show they arrive in the town where Curly Joe, who once framed Carter, resides.

Paradise Canyon

1935

Flirting with Danger poster
5.8

Three brash and cocky powder mixers are sent to South America to work at a dynamite plant there.

Flirting with Danger

1934

The Golden West poster
5.5

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.

The Golden West

1932

Cowboy G-Man poster
NR

Edited version of Paradise Canyon. An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.

Cowboy G-Man

1935

Rip Roaring Riley poster
9.0

G-Man Ted Riley is ordered to investigate happenings at Diamond Island, where a bogus Major Gray is reported engaged in manufacturing a new brand of secret gas for his own purposes. Riley blows up his motor boat just off the island and is picked up by Gray's men. On the island he discovers chemist Professor Baker (John Cowell) and his daughter, Anne, are held captive by Major Gray.

Rip Roaring Riley

1935

Devil Tiger poster
8.0

Africa's fiercest jungle beasts clash in mortal combat in this wild animal adventure thriller. A story of white hunters and a Chinese boy hunting the title beast, that takes a back seat to amazing documentary footage. A crocodile fights a tiger, a boa constrictor fights a buffalo, a lion fights a tiger, another lion fights a python--in fact, almost every big jungle animal is pitted against another in this film.

Devil Tiger

1934