Fred Bain Explained

Fred Bain
Birth Date:	June 6, 1895
Birth Place:	Athens, Georgia, United States
Death Date:	June 26, 1965 (aged 70)
Death Place:	Del Mar, California, United States
Othername:	Frederick Bain
Occupation:	Editor
Yearsactive:	1923–1950 (film)

Fred Bain (1895–1965) was an American film editor.^[1] A prolific worker, he edited over a hundred and seventy films, mainly westerns and action films, and also directed three. He worked at a variety of low-budget studios including Reliable Pictures, Grand National and Monogram Pictures. He was sometimes credited as Frederick Bain.

Selected filmography

• Blood Test (1923)
• Midnight Faces (1926)
• The Ramblin' Galoot (1926)
• Overland Bound (1929)
• Untamed Justice (1929)
• Beyond the Rio Grande (1930)
• Westward Bound (1930)
• Firebrand Jordan (1930)
• The Phantom of the Desert (1930)
• Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
• Partners of the Trail (1931)
• Quick Trigger Lee (1931)
• The Kid from Arizona (1931)
• Lariats and Six-Shooters (1931)
• Swanee River (1931)
• So This Is Arizona (1931)
• The Cyclone Kid (1931)
• Headin' for Trouble (1931)
• Mounted Fury (1931)
• Human Targets (1932)
• The Forty-Niners (1932)
• Mark of the Spur (1932)
• The Gambling Sex (1932)
• The Reckoning (1932)
• The Scarlet Brand (1932)
• Devil on Deck (1932)
• The Fighting Gentleman (1932)
• Tangled Fortunes (1932)
• Murder at Dawn (1932)
• The Lone Trail (1932)
• The Savage Girl (1932)
• The Penal Code (1932)
• The Man from New Mexico (1932)
• Kiss of Araby (1933)
• War of the Range (1933)
• Marriage on Approval (1933)
• Her Forgotten Past (1933)
• Secret Sinners (1933)
• Rawhide Mail (1934)
• Love Past Thirty (1934)
• House of Danger (1934)
• Fighting Hero (1934)
• When Lightning Strikes (1934)
• The Fighting Rookie (1934)
• Ridin' Thru (1934)
• Badge of Honor (1934)
• Mystery Ranch (1934)
• Terror of the Plains (1934)
• Circus Shadows (1935)
• The Silver Bullet (1935)
• The Laramie Kid (1935)
• Now or Never (1935)
• $20 a Week (1935)
• Unconquered Bandit (1935)
• The Cactus Kid (1935)
• Calling All Cars (1935)
• Tracy Rides (1935)
• Skull and Crown (1935)
• Texas Jack (1935)
• Silent Valley (1935)
• On Probation (1935)
• Wolf Riders (1935)
• Step on It (1936)
• Pinto Rustlers (1936)
• Fast Bullets (1936)
• Senor Jim (1936)
• Ridin' On (1936)
• Night Cargo (1936)
• Desert Guns (1936)
• Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
• Santa Fe Rides (1937)
• Trouble in Texas (1937)
• Riders of the Dawn (1937)
• Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
• Riders of the Rockies (1937)
• Smashing the Vice Trust (1937)
• Arizona Days (1937)
• Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
• It's All in Your Mind (1938)
• Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
• Starlight Over Texas (1938)
• Frontier Town (1938)
• The Utah Trail (1938)
• Riders of the Frontier (1939)
• Westbound Stage (1939)
• The Pal from Texas (1939)
• Rollin' Westward (1939)
• Man from Texas (1939)
• Straight Shooter (1939)
• Smoky Trails (1939)
• Pinto Canyon (1940)
• Rainbow Over the Range (1940)
• Arizona Frontier (1940)
• Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
• Roll Wagons Roll (1940)
• Gentleman from Dixie (1941)
• The Pioneers (1941)
• Dynamite Canyon (1941)
• Lone Star Law Men (1941)
• Riot Squad (1941)
• Silver Stallion (1941)
• The Driftin' Kid (1941)
• Wanderers of the West (1941)
• Riding the Sunset Trail (1941)
• King of the Stallions (1942)
• The Panther's Claw (1942)
• Foreign Agent (1942)
• Gallant Lady (1942)
• Where Trails End (1942)
• Arizona Roundup (1942)
• The Yanks Are Coming (1942)
• Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
• Harmony Trail (1944)
• Rogues' Gallery (1944)
• Timber Fury (1950)

Bibliography

• Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Pitts p.259