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
Nebraska
Columbus NE 1948
Fremont NE 1939 INFO
Grand Island NE 1938
Lincoln NE 1940
Nebraska City NE 1949
Norfolk NE 1939
New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 1951
Clovis NM 1948
Deming NM 1951
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
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