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| Motion Picture News, 08-December-1923 |
"Three Knockouts in a Row!" Cowboy star Hoot Gibson was on a hot streak.
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| Motion Picture News, 22-December-1923 |
Looking for material for Hoot Gibson, Universal bought an original story by Johnston McCulley, who wrote The Mark of Zorro. The movie may have been Ride for Your Life.
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| Motion Picture News, 22-December-1923 |
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.
I was surprised to see the name Monogram. This Monogram apparently had no relation to the famous B-movie studio of the 1930s.
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| Motion Picture News, 15-December-1923 |
Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a big star in the early 1920s. The Red Warning was directed by Bob Bradbury.
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| Motion Picture News, 29-December-1923 |
Yakima Canutt (not "Yakime") was a rodeo champion. The Riddle Rider was a Universal serial that starred William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick. He had a long career as a stuntman and a stunt director. Canutt and his buddy John Wayne are often credited with developing the art of stunt fist fighting.
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