Alex Phillips
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- January 11, 1901
- Died
- June 14, 1977 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Alex Phillips (January 11, 1901 Renfrew, Ontario – June 14, 1977) was a Canadian-born Mexican cinematographer and the father of Alex Phillips, Jr., also a cinematographer. In his youth, his family moved to Russia, but he returned to Canada because of his dislike with the czarist government. He enlisted in the Canadian Army where he met Mary Pickford who introduced him to Hollywood since he expressed his interest in becoming an actor. He auditioned with Fox and Paramount Pictures but was unable to obtain a role. He later approached Christie Comedies where he was advised to look for more stable positions in the movie industry and started his career in cinematography and film editing. He received an opportunity when an assistant fell sick and was able to travel to France with the Canadian Official Photography. After Christie Comedies went bankrupt, he was hired by Samuel Goldwyn while he attended evening classes. He received the opportunity of working with Barnes, Edison and Meyer, and learned techniques such as graduations, tridimensional vision and the sense of potential balance. Phillips then began experimenting with lights and camera movements. He moved to Mexico in 1931 and worked with directors such as Arcady Boytler, Roberto Gavaldón, Julio Bracho and Luis Buñuel. He worked on some of the earliest Mexican movies such as the silent film Santa (1931) where his worked was considered expressionist. He worked in more than 250 movies in Mexico and 150 in the United States including La mujer del puerto (1934), Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (1952 with Luis Buñuel), La Red (1953 with Emilio Fernández). His last film was El castillo de la pureza (1972 with Arturo Ripstein).
Known For
Filmography
Dead Aim
Movie · Director of Photography
The Birthday of the Dog
Movie · Director of Photography
Castle of Purity
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The Cubs
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The Night of a Thousand Cats
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The Moderate Doctor
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Ya Sé Quién Eres (Te He Estado Observando)
Movie · Camera Department Manager
Santo vs. the Vice Mafia
Movie · Director of Photography
The Fearmaker
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Bang bang al hoyo
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Remolino de pasiones
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Los años vacíos
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Memories of the Future
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There are not Crosses in the Sea
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Despedida de casada
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Corazón salvaje
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El zángano
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La guerrillera de Villa
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Damiana and the Men
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La soldadera
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Estrategia matrimonio
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Los traidores de San Ángel
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Los Alegres Aguilares
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Tres mil kilómetros de amor
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Alazán y enamorado
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Juan Colorado
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Time to Die
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Black Wind
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Guadalajara en verano
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La alegría de vivir
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Cuando acaba la noche
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Of Love and Desire
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La fierecilla del puerto
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Little Town
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Geronimo
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The Shame of the Sabine Women
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La rabia por dentro
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Rumbo a Brasilia
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Juan sin miedo
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For the Love of Mike
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Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb
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Mi madre es Culpable
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The Wonderful Country
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Villa!!
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School for Buglars
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Sierra Baron
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Music of Always
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La odalisca No. 13
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The Last of the Fast Guns
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Ten Days To Tulara
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Música en la noche
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Mi desconocida esposa
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Los legionarios
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Los salvajes
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El diario de mi madre
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Tizoc
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Playa prohibida
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Up and Down
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Adam and Eve
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Mi canción eres tú
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Las medias de seda
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María la Voz
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The Two of Us
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¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
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Chilam Balam
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The Littlest Outlaw
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Robinson Crusoe
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Untouched
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Los Fernández de Peralvillo
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Mujeres que trabajan
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Adventure in Rio
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Quiero vivir
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The Proud and the Beautiful
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The Net
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Reportaje
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The Absentee
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Forgotten Faces
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Mexican Bus Ride
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Mujeres sacrificadas
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La mujer que tu quieres
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Dancing, salón de baile
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Sensualidad
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In the Palm of Your Hand
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Desired
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Stolen Heaven
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Vuelva el sábado
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The Love Nest
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Aventurera
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Doña Diabla
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Perdida
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My Dear Captain
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El pecado de ser pobre
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Pancho Villa Returns
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Dangerous Curves
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Pancho Villa vuelve
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Pobre corazón
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Coqueta
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Secreto entre mujeres
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Novia a la medida
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Bamba
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The Well-paid
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Cortesana
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May God Forgive Me
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Revancha
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In the Shadow of the Bridge
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El gallo giro
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Those Who Came Back
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Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
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Flor de caña
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La sin ventura
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Los viejos somos así
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The Kneeling Goddess
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Fantasía ranchera
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Everybody's Woman
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The Other
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Pepita Jiménez
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Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala
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El Buen Mozo
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La viuda celosa
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Rancho de mis recuerdos
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Una sombra en mi destino
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Yours and Body in Soul
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Twilight
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Amok
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Gran Hotel
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San Francisco de Asís
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Naná
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Viejo nido
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Doña Bárbara
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El Jorobado
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Yolanda
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El padre Morelos
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El rayo del sur
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Secreto Eterno
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Papá se enreda otra vez
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Las tres viudas de papá
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Caballería del imperio
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Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
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El secreto del sacerdote
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Hasta que llovió en Sayula
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Viviré otra vez
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Madre a la fuerza
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Hombre o demonio
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Los olvidados de Dios
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The Mad Empress
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Café Concordia
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Corazón de niño
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Los enredos de papá
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El Capitan Aventurero
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La golondrina
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Ojos tapatios
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La zandunga
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María
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A lo macho
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Un viejo amor
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Ave sin rumbo
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La paloma
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Nobody's Wife
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La madrina del diablo
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No te engañes corazón
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Suprema ley
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Celos
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The Macabre Trunk
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Marihuana (El monstruo verde)
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Irma la mala
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Mujeres de hoy
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Judas
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The Dressel Family
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Luponini from Chicago
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The Treasure of Pancho Villa
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Beyond Death
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Sueño de amor
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Hoy comienza la vida
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Corazón bandolero
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Martín Garatuza
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Silencio sublime
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Tu hijo
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Venganza suprema
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Enemigos
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Juarez and Maximilian
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The Woman of the Port
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Cruz Diablo
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Who Killed Eve?
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Tribu
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La sangre manda
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Desecration
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Chucho el Roto
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The Tiger of Yautepec
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Shadow of Pancho Villa
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Su última canción
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Sagrario
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Una vida por otra
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Santa
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Las águilas frente al sol
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Hand to Hand
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Up in Mabel's Room
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The Nervous Wreck
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Grandpa's Girl
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
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Hold Your Breath
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Reno or Bust
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A Perfect 36
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Fair Enough
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