 (Courtesy of Ed Tabor) Centered is Bob Custer in a lobby card from GALLOPING VENGEANCE (FBO, 1925), one of his earliest starring silent westerns. Hans Wollstein was able to ID the other players as Ralph McCullough (left), who played heroine Mary Beth Milford's brother, and Dorothy Ponedel (right), who played 'Little Wolf'. Below is a crop / blowup with a closer look at their faces.   (Courtesy of Meredith Ponedel) Above are Dorothy Ponedel and Custer in a scene from the Jesse Goldburg silent, GALLOPING VENGEANCE (FBO, 1925), and special thanks to Meredith Ponedel for providing this photo of her 'Aunt Dot'. Below is a close-up of Dorothy and Bob.   (From Old Corral collection) Above from left to right are RCMP Sergeant Bob Custer, unidentified player, Buddy Shaw, and William Walling in RIDERS OF THE NORTH (Syndicate, 1931), one of the earliest of the sound era mountie films.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from left to right are Monte Montague being subdued by Bob Custer while oldster Richard Carlyle is restrained by a young and thinnish Frank Ellis in Custer's QUICK TRIGGER LEE (Big 4, 1931). |