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| Motion Picture News, 26-April-1924 |
Fred Thomson (no relation) 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.
FBO announced plans to release six movies starring Thomson. Number One was The Mask of Lopez. Number Three was Galloping Gallagher (great title). Number Two must have been North of Nevada, but I haven't found an ad that calls it Number Two.
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| Motion Picture News, 12-April-1924 |
Silver King is a good name for a cowboy star's horse.
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| Photoplay, April, 1924 |
"Boyish, lovable, with a sense of humor. Hoot Gibson, whose pictures are consistently good." That is a nice description of Old Hoot.
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| Motion Picture News, 19-April-1924 |
Forty-Horse Hawkins is a good title. Eddie Sedgewick directed. Hoot winds up in New York City. We see him driving a cab in the middle image.
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| Motion Picture News, 12-April-1924 |
Universal purchased a western novel for Hoot's next production. I was surprised to learn that they kept the title:
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River.
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| Photoplay, April, 1924 |
Art Acord and Hoot Gibson were friends.
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| Film Daily, 28-April-1924 |
You might expect that "Buddy Roosevelt" was not this actor's real name. Kenneth Sanderson had a long career as an actor and a stuntman. He starred in a series of silent westerns and played small parts in many talkies.
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| Film Daily, 29-April-1924 |
And you might question whether this guy's real name was Buffalo Bill, Jr. Jay Wilsey starred in a series of silent and early sound westerns.
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| Photoplay, April, 1924 |
Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a star in the early 1920s.
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| Motion Picture News, 12-April-1924 |
Universal must have liked his work. They gave him a five-year contract.
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| Stockton Daily Evening Record, 30-April-1924 |
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| Stockton Daily Evening Record, 30-April-1924 |
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| Film Daily, 13-April-1924 |
I thought it was interesting that an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in Southern California wreaked havoc on production schedules.
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