Ken Maynard -- $50,000 Reward -- December 10, 2024

Moving Picture World, 06-December-1924

Ken Maynard became one of the biggest cowboy stars in Hollywood. When I was young, I read a lot about him in books, but did not get to see many of his movies. Ken and his white horse Tarzan were a popular team. Ken was known as a great horseman. Clifford S Elfelt directed Ken, Tarzan "-- Famous Trick Pony" and the "Hollywood Beauty Sextette" in $50,000 Reward, Ken's first starring feature.

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Buck Jones in His New Western -- December 9, 2024

Casper Daily Tribune, 07-December-1924

Is Buck Jones smoking a cigarette, or is that a flaw in the printing or layout?

Casper Daily Tribune, 26-December-1924

"Charming Wanda Hawley is the capable little star supporting Buck Jones..." Not sexist at all.

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Gets a Window for Tom's Big Sombrero -- December 8, 2024

Moving Picture World, 13-December-1924

A theater in Paterson, New Jersey topped a display window for a local hat shop with a hat purported to have been specially made by the Stetson Company for Tom Mix.

Casper Daily Tribune, 23-December-1924

"A Wild Cowboy From the West Tamed by the Wiles of the Women of the East."

Pearl Harbor -- December 7. 2024

 

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83 years ago today, a sneak attack by forces of the Japanese Empire sank much of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the territory of Hawaii. The Japanese Empire came to regret doing this.

The 2001 movie Pearl Harbor, starring Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and Josh Hartnett, and directed by Michael Bay, was painful to watch. It somehow works in the Eagle Squadron, and the Doolittle Raid, along with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Very little of it makes sense. I feel embarrassed to mention it in a tribute to Pearl Harbor.

Harry Carey -- Harry Carey is On the Throttle -- December 6, 2024

Film Daily, 02-December-1924

Harry Carey was a pioneering cowboy star. The Flaming Forties was an adaption of Bret Harte 's "Tennessee's Parter." Tom Forman directed.

Moving Picture World, 13-December-1924

Soft Shoes is an odd title for a western. The ad says it was directed by Tom Forman, but other sources say the director was Lloyd Ingraham.

Photoplay, December, 1924

Harry Carey played a locomotive engineer in Roaring Rails. This item shows the rig that was used to shoot scenes of Harry in the right-hand seat. Tom Forman directed.

William S Hart -- A Triumphant Return for the Daddy of Western Thrillers -- December 5, 2024

Salisbury Post, 03-December-1923

I thought it was interesting that this ad does not mention the title of the William S Hart movie coming to the Iris in Salisbury, Marland. I'm guessing, because of the reference to his first film since his retirement, that it was Wild Bill Hickok. 

Kane Republican, 26-December-1924

Singer Jim McKee was a silent singing cowboy movie. Note the note in the image. "Singer Jim McKee strikes just the right note in Westerns." Kane is a town in Pennsylvania.

Harold Lloyd -- Wow! What a Knockout This Is! -- December 4, 2024

Oregon Daily Journal, 28-December-1924

Harold Lloyd's Hot Water is not considered one of his major films, but it is very funny.

Film Daily, 14-December-1924

Harold Lloyd and his crew attended the Cal-Stanford Big Game at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on 20-November-1924 and captured some scenes which he used in The Freshman. The game ended in a 20-20 tie.

Moving Picture World, 06-December-1924