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| Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923 |
The Eagle's Talons and
In the Days of Daniel Boone were Universal serials. Fred Thomson, star of
The Eagle's Talons had a diverse career. While attending the Princeton Theological Seminary, he earned the Amateur Athletic Union's All-Around Champion trophy in 1910, 1911 and 1913. After being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he joined the Army and served as a chaplain during World War One. He went into the movie business after he married director and screenwriter Frances Marion. In time, he became a major western star. Sadly, he died of Tetanus in 1928.
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| Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923 |
William Duncan played in, wrote and directed many serials and other westerns. Jack Mower continued to work until the 1960s, but played small parts after the silent era. Eileen Sedgwick starred in many serials. Her brother Eddie Sedgwick directed many westerns and also most of Buster Keaton's silent two-reelers. Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a big star in the early 1920s.
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| Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923 |
Priscilla Dean starred in many serials. Hoot Gibson was one of my favorite western stars.
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| Film Daily, 03-June-1923 |
Leo Maloney directed several movies with Hoot Gibson, but he also starred in a series of two-reel Range Rider westerns, which he co-directed with Ford Beebe.
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| Motion Picture News, 02-June-1923 |
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| Motion Picture News, 02-June-1923 |
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| Motion Picture News, 16-June-1923 |
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