Film Search

The following is a list of known Kidnappers Foil productions. This list is being updated as new discoveries are made. In some cases the films still exist, but in most towns the films themselves have disappeared and only memories and newspaper articles about the productions can be found.

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Alabama

Anniston AL 1938

Birmingham AL ca. 1939/1940

Opelika AL 194? 

Arkansas

Blytheville AR 1937 and 1969

Camden AR 1937

Fayetteville AR 1969

Fort Smith AR 1940s 

Hope AR 1937

Little Rock AR

Pine Bluff AR 1952 and 1969

Texarkana AR 19?? 

California

Long Beach CA 195? 

Georgia

Cedartown GA ca. 1949/1950

Illinois

Alton 1950

Bloomington IL ca. 1948 INFO

Carbondale IL 1972

Mattoon IL 1951

Robinson IL ca. 1937/1938

Peoria IL 194?

Indiana

Anderson IN 1953 (directed by George Sanderson)

Evansville IN 1947-1950

Logansport IN 1953 (directed by George Sanderson)

South Bend IN 1951

Iowa

Council Bluffs IA 1949

Mason City 1940

Muscatine 1939

Kansas

Atchison KS 1939

Emporia KS 1938

Kentucky

Fulton KY 196?

Owensboro KY 1938  

Louisiana

Bastrop LA 196?

Baton Rouge LA 1940 INFO

Lake Charles LA 1952

Shreveport LA ca. 1940 

Minnesota

Brainerd MN 1940

Missouri

Carthage MO 1938

Chillicothe MO 1939 and 1949

Independence 1949

Jefferson City 1950

Joplin MO 1949

Moberly MO 1938

St. Charles MO ca. 1941

Mississippi

Cleveland MS 1972 ARTICLE [PDF]

Greenville MS 1941 and 1972

Tupelo MS 1938  

Yazoo City MS 1938 or 1939

Nebraska

Columbus NE 1948

Fremont NE 1939 INFO

Grand Island NE 1938

Kearney NE 1939  

Lincoln NE 1940  

Nebraska City NE 1949

Norfolk NE 1939 

New Mexico

Albuquerque NM 1951  

Clovis NM 1948

Deming NM 1951 

Hobbs NM 1948 or 1949

Las Cruces NM 1951

Santa Fe NM 1951

Tucumcari NM ca. 1947

North Carolina

Burlington NC 1941

Gastonia NC 1941

Goldsboro NC 1941

High Point NC 1941

Lexington NC 19??

Lumberton NC 1942

Reidsville NC ca. 1948

Statesville NC 1949

Thomasville? NC 19??

Ohio

Marion OH 1950

Oklahoma

Ada OK 1946 

Guthrie OK 194?

Lawton OK 1947

Oklahoma City OK 1941/2? 

Shawnee OK 194?

Pennsylvania

Allentown PA

Upper Darby PA ca. 1951 (directed by George Sanderson)

Williamsport PA 1951 (directed by George Sanderson?)

Rhode Island

Newport RI 1952 (directed by George Sanderson)

South Carolina

Aiken SC 1942 and 1949

Florence SC 1949

Spartanburg SC 1941 and 1949

Tennessee

Elizabethton TN ca. 1948 INFO

Kingsport TN 1938 and 1949

Knoxville TN 1949  

Memphis TN  

Texas

Abilene TX 1937 and 1946

Alice TX, 1950 or 1951

Amarillo TX 1944

Andrews TX

Austin TX

Big Spring TX 1936 and 194?

Brownsville TX 1936 and 1943

Childress TX ca. 1936 [Link] and 1948 [Link] 

Commerce TX 1967

Denton TX 1938 and 1952 and 1975

El Paso TX 1937 and 1949

Ennis TX 196?

Floydada TX 1951 and 196?

Freeport TX 1970

Galveston TX 1937 and 1951 and 1970

Greenville TX ca. 1949

Harlingen TX 1946

Huntsville TX 194/5/X?

Keller TX 19??

Kerrville TX 1965

Lubbock TX 1936 and 1946 and 1973

McKinney TX 1951

Munday TX 19??

Odessa TX ca. 1948

Paris TX 1937 and 1952 and 1975

Pfuglerville, TX 193?

Plainview TX 1936

Port Arthur TX 1947

Quanah TX 19??

San Antonio TX 1937 and 1948

San Marcos TX 1943 [Link] and 197?

Terrell TX 1947 INFO

Vernon TX ca. 1939

Victoria TX 1970

Waco TX 195? (2 versions)

Waxahachie TX ca. 1948 and ca. 1968 

Virginia

Danville VA 1949

Wisconsin

Kenosha WI 1952 INFO (directed by George Sanderson)

Madison WI 1952 (directed by George Sanderson)

Oshkosh WI 1952 (directed by George Sanderson)

Sheboygan WI 1952 (directed by George Sanderson)

 

Other Melton Barker Productions

Secrets of a Co-Ed, Dallas TX (at Southern Methodist University), 1932

Carnival Days, Dallas TX, 1932

That's the Last Straw, Duluth MN, 1938