Monday, September 9, 2019

Tom Mix in A Mile-a-Minute Western Drama -- September 9, 2019

Moving Picture World, 13-September-1919
100 years ago this month, Tom Mix was busy making movies. Note that this ad mentions two features, Rough Riding Romance and The Speed Maniac.

Moving Picture World, 06-September-1919
Pearl White was moving to Fox.  Both Pearl White and Tom Mix were known for doing their own stunts.  I like the word "pufflicists."

Moving Picture World, 06-September-1919
Speaking of stunts, Tom bulldogged a buffalo (I know, bison).

Moving Picture World, 06-September-1919
Part of The Feud was shot on location in Oklahoma.

Moving Picture World, 06-September-1919
I would like to have seen Tom Mix in A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, but it didn't happen.  In 1921, Fox released an adaption of the Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court starring Harry Myers.  That movie is lost.  Don't believe the IMDB review by the late F Gwynplaine MacIntyre.

Moving Picture World, 06-September-1919
Tom and his crew were planning to visit the San Francisco Bay Area for some location shooting.

Moving Picture World, 20-September-1919
Moving Picture World, 20-September-1919
I wonder why Tom was in a dress suit.

Moving Picture World, 20-September-1919
I didn't know Tom could play the fiddle.

Moving Picture World, 27-September-1919
Selig rereleased its 1917 production, The Heart of Texas Ryan.

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