Buck Jones -- Rings the Bell in Your Box-Office -- October 11, 2022

Moving Picture World, 28-October-1922

Buck Jones was Fox's second-string cowboy star, after Tom Mix. For some reason the Fox Film Corporation or Jones himself tried to bill him as Charles Jones. I like the image in this ad for Bells of San Juan. Directed by Scott Dunlap. 

Moving Picture World, 28-October-1922

Great Falls Tribune, 01-October-1922

I always enjoy Hoot Gibson movies. Red Courage is a good title. "you'll chuckle with your heart in your throat." That sounds uncomfortable. 

Motion Picture News, 21-October-1922

JP McGowan was an Irish-born actor and director. This ad is for a series of westerns that he directed and starred in.  I like the title The Ruse of the Rattler. 

Motion Picture News, 14-October-1922

"Fairbanks Comes Through!" Fairbanks was not Doug's brother, but he may have been related. They were both born with the family name "Ullman," but that may have been a coincidence. Ben Wilson was a popular actor who also directed and produced.

Motion Picture News, 28-October-1922

Motion Picture News, 28-October-1922

William Farnum, a big, tough guy, appeared in many westerns. I like this illustration.

Buck Jones -- The Most Convincing Actor on the Screen -- September 13, 2022

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

Buck Jones was Fox's second-string cowboy star, after Tom Mix. For some reason the Fox Film Corporation or Jones himself tried to bill him as Charles Jones. "The Most Convincing Actor on the Screen" is an unusual tag to hang on a star of westerns. Perhaps Fox was trying to broaden his scope. 

Moving Picture World, 23-September-1922

Leo Maloney starred in a series of short westerns.

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

Bill Fairbanks was not Doug's brother, but he may have been related. They were both born with the family name "Ullman," but that may have been a coincidence. Ben Wilson was a popular actor who also directed and produced. 

Moving Picture World, 02-September-1922

Moving Picture World, 02-September-1922

William Farnum, a big, tough guy, appeared in many westerns.

Buck Jones -- Only Rival of Tom Mix -- December 15, 2021

Omaha Bee, 18-December-1921

Buck Jones was Fox's second-string cowboy star, after Tom Mix. I like this image from Riding With Death. Jacques Jaccard directed. 

Clovis News, 22-December-1921

This item about Riding With Death reminds us that we recently saw Buck Jones try to change his billing to Charles Jones.

Bemidji Daily Pioneer, 31-December-1921

This ad refers to him as "Charles (Buck) Jones." 

Bemidji Daily Pioneer, 23-December-1921

While this ad refers to him as "Charles Jones," omitting "Buck" entirely. Personally I would rather be called "Buck." 

Great Falls Tribune, 20-December-1921

Bar Nothin' is a good title. Eddie Sedgwick was the director.

Alaska Daily Empire, 29-December-1921

I like the name Spickett's Palace. 

Cambridge, Maryland Daily Banner, 22-December-1921

Hoot Gibson was a contemporary of Tom Mix and Buck Jones. His movies tended to emphasize humor.

Pueblo Chieftan, 18-December-1921

John Ford directed Sure Fire. 

Great Falls Tribune, 18-December-1921

Note that the Capitol Theater in Great Falls planned to show Rex Ingram's The Conquering Power with Rudolph Valentino, but the print got "lost in transit," so they showed Sure Fire. 

Pueblo Chieftan, 08-December-1921

Bill Fairbanks was not Doug's brother, but he may have been related. They were both born with the family name "Ullman," but that may have been a coincidence.

Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, 24-December-1921

Lester Cuneo had worked with Tom Mix at the Selig Polyscope Company and then served in the army during World War One. Unable to deal with the death of his wife, Cuneo died by his own hand in 1925.

Cine-Mundial, December, 1921

Tom Santschi (hard name to spell) had a long career, but mostly worked in small character parts after the mid-1920s.

Indiana Daily Times, 03-December-1921

I see that I have not mentioned Texas Guinan in this blog. She started out in vaudeville and theater, then went into the movies, making a series of westerns. Later she ran several speakeasies in New York and became known as "The Queen of the Nightclubs." She died in 1933, just before Prohibition was repealed.  This ad calls her "The Female 'Bill Hart.'"

"Buck" Discarded at Church Christening -- November 14, 2021

Motion Picture News, 19-November-1921

100 years ago, cowboy star Buck Jones was thinking of going back to his birth name, Charles Jones.

Moving Picture World, 12-November-1921

Buck Jones was baptized into the Episcopal Church on 30-September-1921 at Saint Mary of the Angels Church in Hollywood. The article says that he might drop the "Buck" and go by "Charles." 

Moving Picture World, 12-November-1921

Moving Picture World, 05-November-1921

Hoot Gibson was a contemporary of Tom Mix and Buck Jones. His movies tended to emphasize humor. He starred in Universal productions.

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

Exhibitors Herald, 05-November-1921

Lester Cuneo had worked with Tom Mix at the Selig Polyscope Company and then served in the army during World War One. Unable to deal with the death of his wife, Cuneo died by his own hand in 1925. Mrs Wallace Reid was Dorothy Davenport. Learn more about her here: 

Dorothy Davenport: Her Life and Career 

http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/2017/03/dorothy-davenport-her-life-and-career.html

Moving Picture World, 05-November-1921

Bill Fairbanks, no relation to Doug, appeared in many westerns during the 1920s.

Albuquerque Evening Herald, 02-November-1921

The Ideal Theater in Albuquerque offered a double bill of Hearts of the West starring Bill Fairbanks and The Show Down, starring Art Acord. 

Motion Picture News, 12-November-1921

Art Acord was the star of Winners of the West, a Universal serial.

Moving Picture World, 12-November-1921

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams was a tall, muscular guy who had worked as a cowboy and played professional baseball. Will Rogers helped to get him into the movies and gave him the nickname. Big Boy had been an Army officer during World War One. He remained active during the talkie era.

Snowy Baker was an athlete who first appeared in Australian movies and made several in the US. 

Exhibitors Herald, 05-November-1921

Al Jennings was a former bank and train robber who once shared a prison cell with O. Henry. The Lady of the Dugout, which stars and was produced by Al Jennings, was allegedly based on true events in his life. Jennings was known for telling stretchers, so I wouldn't accept the movie as a documentary, but it does have a very realistic feel to it. The only parts that didn't feel real were the Mojave Desert standing in for Oklahoma and Tehachapi with its huge mountains representing a Texas town. Jennings and his brother Frank were good, understated performers.

William Desmond was a popular actor, who appeared in many serials. Fightin' Mad was a feature. 

Moving Picture World, 19-November-1921