Saturday, January 20, 2024

Hoot Gibson -- Mile-a-Minute Action That You'll Never Forget! -- January 20, 2024

Motion Picture News, 12-January-1924

Cowboy star Hoot Gibson did not always play a cowboy. He played a fireman in Hook and Ladder, directed by Eddie Sedgwick. 

Motion Picture News, 19-January-1924

Seattle Star, 23-January-1924

Casper Daily Tribune, 27-January-1924

Motion Picture News, 12-January-1924

Photoplay, January, 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.

Film Daily, 09-January-1924



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